Coronavirus Updates
Latest News
Return to school information (PowerPoint)
Kirk Sandall Infant School - Coronavirus Risk Assessment v3
Key Workers - If you require emergency childcare please contact Mrs Brannon: headteacher@kirksandall-inf.doncaster.sch.uk
Information about the reopening of schools - Doncaster Council
https://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/schools/information-about-the-reopening-of-schools
Quick links to DfE updates:
Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for schools and other educational settings
Change made: Added both Actions for FE colleges and providers during the coronavirus outbreak and Procurement Policy Note 02/20: Supplier relief due to COVID-19 under Finance and administration.
Actions for FE colleges and providers during the coronavirus outbreak
Change made: Added Procurement Policy Notice (PPN) 02/20: Supplier relief due to COVID-19 – additional post 16 educational sector guidance.
Attendance/admissions
· Coronavirus (COVID-19): attendance in education and early years settings
· Video tutorial on completing the online attendance form
· Attendance in education and early years settings
· Admission appeals for school places
Childcare/Early years
· Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus outbreak
· Councils given flexibility with free childcare funding
· Helping children aged 2 to 4 to learn at home during COVID-19
· Early years and childcare closures
· Coronavirus (COVID-19): attendance in education and early years settings
· Childcare and children's social care health declaration form
· Actions for educational and childcare settings to prepare for wider opening from 1 June 2020
Coronavirus
· COVID-19: guidance for households with possible coronavirus infection
· COVID-19 Information leaflet
· Major home testing programme for coronavirus will track levels of infection in the community
· Coronavirus outbreak FAQs: what you can and can’t do
· Staying at home and away from others (social distancing)
Educational settings – general
· Guidance for schools and other educational settings
· Actions for schools during the coronavirus outbreak
· Using clusters and hubs to maintain educational provision
· Actions for schools during the coronavirus outbreak
· Reducing burdens on educational and care settings
· Guidance for educational settings
· Guidance on isolation for residential educational settings
· Extra support for schools and parents to help cope with coronavirus
· social distancing in schools and colleges
· Guidance on cleaning in non-healthcare settings.
· Guidance to schools on temporarily closing
· Guidance for schools and local authorities on closures
· Ofsted: coronavirus (COVID-19) rolling update
· Coronavirus (COVID-19): travel advice for educational settings
· Actions for educational and childcare settings to prepare for wider opening from 1 June 2020
Finance
· Multi-million support for vulnerable children during COVID-19
· Financial support for education, early years and children’s social care
· ESFA
· Exceptional costs associated with coronavirus (COVID-19) for the period March to July 2020
· Financial support for schools
Home learning
· List of online education resources for home education
· Case studies: remote education practice for schools during coronavirus(COVID-19)
Key workers
· Coronavirus (COVID-19): getting tested
· School opening for children of key workers
· Critical workers who can access schools or educational settings
NQTs
Parents
· Guidance for households with possible coronavirus infection
· What parents and carers need to know about schools and education during the coronavirus outbreak
· Closure of educational settings: information for parents and carers
· Extra support for schools and parents to help cope with coronavirus
Post 16
· Actions for FE colleges and providers during the coronavirus outbreak
· Providing apprenticeships during the coronavirus outbreak
· Provide training for postgraduate teaching apprenticeships
· Apprenticeship programme response
· Maintaining education and skills training provision: further education providers
· Dealing with COVID-19 in nurseries, schools and universities
· Maintaining further education provision
· Actions for HE providers during the coronavirus outbreak
· Actions for FE colleges and providers during the coronavirus outbreak
Qualifications and exams
· Awarding qualifications in summer 2020
· GCSEs, AS and A level awarding: summer 2020
· Cancellation of GCSEs, AS and A levels in 2020
· How GCSEs, AS & A levels will be awarded in summer 2020
· A statement on our updated guidance for private candidates
· Ofqual publishes initial decisions on GCSE and A level grading proposals for 2020
School Meals
· Providing free school meals during the coronavirus outbreak
· Free school meals guidance for schools
· Voucher scheme launches for schools providing school meals
· Free school meal guidance for schools
SEND
· Help children with SEND continue their education during coronavirus
· SEND risk assessment guidance
· Conducting a SEND risk assessment during the coronavirus outbreak
Social Care
· Guidance for children's social care services
Transport
· Coronavirus (COVID-19): safer transport guidance for operators
Vulnerable
· Supporting vulnerable children and young people during the coronavirus outbreak
· Guidance on vulnerable children and young people
· Emergency funding to support most vulnerable in society during pandemic
Wellbeing
· Guidance on supporting children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing
School Meal Updates
At this moment, there will be no meals being provided for our universal infant school meals. This is in line with updated government guidance.
Any family in receipt of free school meals are entitled to a meal or voucher from the school. Please make contact with us if you feel this applies to you. The school will provide a voucher for the most vulnerable cases. The school will use a FSM checker to ensure you are eligible. You can apply for free school meals on the link below.
https://www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/schools/free-school-meals
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Before you apply for free school meals you must read all the information on this page. Am I entitled to free school meals for my child? Your child will be eligible for free school meals if you are receiving one of the following benefits or support:
www.doncaster.gov.uk
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All critical keyworker children will be provided with a hot/cold option on the days they are in school. Please can these children all bring labelled water bottles where possible.
Coronavirus Update – Doncaster Schools Catering
Funding for free childcare offers to continue in the event of Coronavius closures
Today the Chancellor has confirmed the Government will continue to pay for free early years entitlement places even if settings are closed on the advice of Public Health England or children are not able to attend due to coronavirus. We expect local authorities to follow the Department’s position, and to continue early entitlements funding for all childminders, schools and nurseries. We will not be asking for funding back from local authorities.
 The Government’s advice remains that childcare settings should stay open unless advised otherwise by Public Health England, and today’s announcement should help settings to continue to do so. This will minimise both longer-term disruption to parents and any income losses that providers may otherwise experience.
The full statement can be found here:
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· https://www.gov.uk/government/news/free-childcare-offers-to-continue-during-coronavirus-closures |
Handwashing Advice
The most important thing individuals can do to protect themselves is to wash their hands more often, for at least 20 seconds, with soap and water. Public Health England recommends that in addition to handwashing before eating, and after coughing and sneezing, everyone should also wash hands after using toilets and travelling on public transport.
Watch this short NHS film for guidance:
