Coronavirus Information | Northwood Community Primary School

Please read the letter below about Free School Meals during School Closure

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Restricted School Opening from 23rd March 2020

School Opening - Mon 23rd March.pdf

LETTER REGARDING CORONAVIRUS - 19TH MARCH 2020

Dear Parents / Carers

As you will be aware, Coronavirus is a rapidly changing situation and we have been working with the Department for Education, Public Health England and Knowsley Council to plan for such a pandemic.

As per the Prime Minister’s announcement yesterday we have been directed to close schools for most children. We are prepared and ready to respond to this challenge.

We are writing to inform you that school will close on Friday 20^th March at normal time and remain closed until further notice. Parents should check the school website for updates which will be posted weekly.

Pupils will be provided with work through SeeSaw/ or work packs have been made available.

As advised by the government, we will do all we can to stay open from Monday 23^rd March for the following groups:

children with an EHCP or a social worker – we will contact you separately

children of key workers (e.g. NHS staff, police, others in frontline services)

Please contact school if you are a key worker and require this provision. School may ask you for further information about your role. School will also ask you for further detail about your requirements – eg. if you need the place all week for example.

We encourage you and your children to continue to follow Public Health England advice on keeping yourselves safe. Updated information can be found here :

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance

Pupils who are eligible for free school meals will have their lunches provided for them. Further information about this will be communicated to these families in due course.

Energy difficulties - The Government has announced that energy suppliers won’t shut people off and that families should contact their supplier in the first instance.

Our Pastoral Team will be available to offer any support if needed.

Mrs Ball 07753419389

Mrs Livesey 07734391555

Mrs Hyland 07734258218

Ms Sarah Murphy

Acting Headteacher

NOTICE ABOUT NURSERY CLOSURE

Dear Parents and Carers

Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, we are having to make the difficult decision to close our nursery from 17th March 2020 until further notice. This is to help manage current staff shortages and keep the main school open for as long as it is safe to do so.

We are having to prioritise classes of compulsory school age and our essential services. This means we can no longer maintain legal ratios in our nursery.

We appreciate that this will cause inconvenience and hope that you understand that in this unprecedented time, we have been left with no alternative.

Please keep up to date via our school twitter feeds and school website.

Yours sincerely

Sarah Murphy

Acting Headteacher

GOVERNMENT ADVICE

Please find below links to the current government advice. School will continue to follow this advice unless advised otherwise by Public Health England

KNOWSLEY FOOD BANK

In the event of an extended school closure, families struggling with food poverty can seek support from:

https://knowsley.foodbank.org.uk/locations/

IDEAS FOR HOME-LEARNING IF A CHILD IS STAYING AT HOME (SELF-ISOLATING)

Children should stay at home if they are unwell with a new, continuous cough or a high temperature to avoid spreading infection to others. Otherwise they should attend education or work as normal.

FREE online education resources

Khan Academy

https://www.khanacademy.org

Especially good for maths and computing for all ages but other subjects at Secondary level. Note this uses the U.S. grade system but it's mostly common material.

Numberblocks

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b08bzfnh/numberblocks

Numberblocks. Learn how much fun counting can be with the Numberblocks - a fun-loving group of numbers who work together to solve problems big and small.

BBC Learning

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/coursesearch/

This site is old and no longer updated and yet there's so much still available, from language learning to BBC Bitesize for revision. No TV licence required except for content on BBC iPlayer.

Futurelearn

https://www.futurelearn.com

Free to access 100s of courses, only pay to upgrade if you need a certificate in your name (own account from age 14+ but younger learners can use a parent account).

Blockly

https://blockly.games

Learn computer programming skills - fun and free.

Scratch

https://scratch.mit.edu/explore/projects/games/

Creative computer programming

Ted Ed

https://ed.ted.com

All sorts of engaging educational videos

National Geographic Kids

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/

Activities and quizzes for younger kids.