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Coronavirus update 19th March

Update 19th March

As of Monday 23rd March Woolmer Hill School will only be open for certain students (children of key workers, students with EHCPs and vulnerable students).

Please see the letter sent home to parents today:

Woolmer Hill School Letters home

From Monday 23rd March students not attending school will be set work daily on Insight, for completion at home.

We will continue to support our students and families over the coming weeks and we will continue to update you and communicate with you regularly.

Update 18th March

WMAT and Woolmer Hill

Following the Education Secretary and Prime Minister’s announcement this evening, we are expecting to receive further guidance in due course. This will then allow us to consider the best way forward.

As a trust, we are fully supportive of the principles, aims and objectives of these announcements. We will work tirelessly to put in place measures which allow our vital services and the vulnerable to be supported in the most appropriate way.

We will endeavour to update you as soon as possible, as further guidance is available from the appropriate agencies.

We thank you for your continued support and understanding as we work together to bring about a positive conclusion to this situation.

Update 17th March 2020

New guidance for households with symptoms

Yesterday, the Government introduced new guidance on whole household isolation in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak:

if you live alone and you have symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19), however mild, stay at home for 7 days from when your symptoms started
if you live with others and you or another member of the household have symptoms of coronavirus, then all household members must stay at home and not leave the house for 14 days. The 14-day period starts from the day when the first person in the house became ill. It is likely that people living within a household will infect each other or be infected already. Staying at home for 14 days will greatly reduce the overall amount of infection the household could pass on to others in the community
for anyone in the household who starts displaying symptoms, they need to stay at home for 7 days from when the symptoms appeared, regardless of what day they are on in the original 14-day isolation period.

The symptoms are:

A high temperature (37.8 degrees and above)
A new, continuous cough

The full stay at home guidance for households with these symptoms can be found here:

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

Exceptional travel advisory notice

The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) now advises British people against all non-essential travel worldwide. This advice takes effect immediately and applies initially for a period of 30 days.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to unprecedented international border closures and other restrictions. All countries may restrict travel without notice.

Government Action Plan

On 3rd March 2020 the government published their Coronavirus Action plan, you can read this here: Government Action Plan

DfE Government helpline

On 2nd March 2020 the Department for Education launched a new helpline to answer questions about COVID-19 related to education. Staff, parents and young people can contact the helpline as follows: DfE helpline