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  • GOVERNMENT GUIDANCE 20TH MARCH 2020

    Fri 20 Mar 2020 FHAMRIDING

    GOVERNMENT GUIDANCE FOR SCHOOLS

    19TH MARCH 2020

    As a country, we all need to do what we can to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

     

    That is why the government has given clear guidance on self-isolation, household isolation and social distancing.

     

    And the most recent scientific advice on how to further limit the spread of COVID-19 is clear. If children can stay safely at home, they should, to limit the chance of the virus spreading.

     

    That is why the government has asked parents to keep their children at home, wherever possible, and asked schools to remain open only for those children who absolutely need to attend.

     

    It is important to underline that schools, colleges and other educational establishments remain safe places for children. But the fewer children making the journey to school, and the fewer children in educational settings, the lower the risk that the virus can spread and infect vulnerable individuals in wider society.

     

    Schools are, therefore, being asked to continue to provide care for a limited number of children - children who are vulnerable and children whose parents are critical to the Covid-19 response and cannot be safely cared for at home.

     

    Vulnerable children include children who are supported by social care, those with safeguarding and welfare needs, including child in need plans, on child protection plans, ‘looked after’ children, young carers, disabled children and those with education, health and care (EHC) plans.

     

    We know that schools will also want to support other children facing social difficulties and we will support head teachers to do so.

     

    Parents whose work is critical to the COVID-19 response include those who work in health and social care and in other key sectors outlined below. Many parents working in these sectors may be able to ensure their child is kept at home. And every child who can be safely cared for at home should be.

     

    Please, therefore, follow these key principles:

     

    If it is at all possible for children to be at home, then they should be.

    If a child needs specialist support, is vulnerable or has a parent who is a critical worker, then educational provision will be available for them.

    Parents should not rely for childcare upon those who are advised to be in the stringent social distancing category such as grandparents, friends, or family members with underlying conditions.

    Parents should also do everything they can to ensure children are not mixing socially in a way which can continue to spread the virus. They should observe the same social distancing principles as adults.

    Residential special schools, boarding schools and special settings continue to care for children wherever possible.

    If your work is critical to the COVID-19 response, or you work in one of the critical sectors listed below, and you cannot keep your child safe at home then your children will be prioritised for education provision:

     

    Health and social care

    This includes but is not limited to doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, social workers, care workers, and other frontline health and social care staff including volunteers; the support and specialist staff required to maintain the UK’s health and social care sector; those working as part of the health and social care supply chain, including producers and distributers of medicines and medical and personal protective equipment.

     

    Education and childcare

    This includes nursery and teaching staff, social workers and those specialist education professionals who must remain active during the COVID-19 response to deliver this approach.

     

    Key public services

    This includes those essential to the running of the justice system, religious staff, charities and workers delivering key frontline services, those responsible for the management of the deceased, and journalists and broadcasters who are providing public service broadcasting.

     

    Local and national government

    This only includes those administrative occupations essential to the effective delivery of the COVID-19 response or delivering essential public services such as the payment of benefits, including in government agencies and arms length bodies.

     

    Food and other necessary goods

    This includes those involved in food production, processing, distribution, sale and delivery as well as those essential to the provision of other key goods (for example hygienic and veterinary medicines).

     

    Public safety and national security

    This includes police and support staff, Ministry of Defence civilians, contractor and armed forces personnel (those critical to the delivery of key defence and national security outputs and essential to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic), fire and rescue service employees (including support staff), National Crime Agency staff, those maintaining border security, prison and probation staff and other national security roles, including those overseas.

     

    Transport

    This includes those who will keep the air, water, road and rail passenger and freight transport modes operating during the COVID-19 response, including those working on transport systems through which supply chains pass.

     

    Utilities, communication and financial services

    This includes staff needed for essential financial services provision (including but not limited to workers in banks, building societies and financial market infrastructure), the oil, gas, electricity and water sectors (including sewerage), information technology and data infrastructure sector and primary industry supplies to continue during the COVID-19 response, as well as key staff working in the civil nuclear, chemicals, telecommunications (including but not limited to network operations, field engineering, call centre staff, IT and data infrastructure, 999 and 111 critical services), postal services and delivery, payments providers and waste disposal sectors.

     

    If workers think they fall within the critical categories above they should confirm with their employer that, based on their business continuity arrangements, their specific role is necessary for the continuation of this essential public service.

     

    If your school is closed then please contact your local authority, who will seek to redirect you to a local school in your area that your child, or children, can attend.

     

    We are grateful for the work of teachers and workers in educational settings for continuing to provide for the children of the other critical workers of our country. It is an essential part of our national effort to combat this disease.

    GOVERNMENT GUIDANCE FOR SCHOOLS

    19TH MARCH 2020

    As a country, we all need to do what we can to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

     

    That is why the government has given clear guidance on self-isolation, household isolation and social distancing.

     

    And the most recent scientific advice on how to further limit the spread of COVID-19 is clear. If children can stay safely at home, they should, to limit the chance of the virus spreading.

     

    That is why the government has asked parents to keep their children at home, wherever possible, and asked schools to remain open only for those children who absolutely need to attend.

     

    It is important to underline that schools, colleges and other educational establishments remain safe places for children. But the fewer children making the journey to school, and the fewer children in educational settings, the lower the risk that the virus can spread and infect vulnerable individuals in wider society.

     

    Schools are, therefore, being asked to continue to provide care for a limited number of children - children who are vulnerable and children whose parents are critical to the Covid-19 response and cannot be safely cared for at home.

     

    Vulnerable children include children who are supported by social care, those with safeguarding and welfare needs, including child in need plans, on child protection plans, ‘looked after’ children, young carers, disabled children and those with education, health and care (EHC) plans.

     

    We know that schools will also want to support other children facing social difficulties and we will support head teachers to do so.

     

    Parents whose work is critical to the COVID-19 response include those who work in health and social care and in other key sectors outlined below. Many parents working in these sectors may be able to ensure their child is kept at home. And every child who can be safely cared for at home should be.

     

    Please, therefore, follow these key principles:

     

    If it is at all possible for children to be at home, then they should be.

    If a child needs specialist support, is vulnerable or has a parent who is a critical worker, then educational provision will be available for them.

    Parents should not rely for childcare upon those who are advised to be in the stringent social distancing category such as grandparents, friends, or family members with underlying conditions.

    Parents should also do everything they can to ensure children are not mixing socially in a way which can continue to spread the virus. They should observe the same social distancing principles as adults.

    Residential special schools, boarding schools and special settings continue to care for children wherever possible.

    If your work is critical to the COVID-19 response, or you work in one of the critical sectors listed below, and you cannot keep your child safe at home then your children will be prioritised for education provision:

     

    Health and social care

    This includes but is not limited to doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, social workers, care workers, and other frontline health and social care staff including volunteers; the support and specialist staff required to maintain the UK’s health and social care sector; those working as part of the health and social care supply chain, including producers and distributers of medicines and medical and personal protective equipment.

     

    Education and childcare

    This includes nursery and teaching staff, social workers and those specialist education professionals who must remain active during the COVID-19 response to deliver this approach.

     

    Key public services

    This includes those essential to the running of the justice system, religious staff, charities and workers delivering key frontline services, those responsible for the management of the deceased, and journalists and broadcasters who are providing public service broadcasting.

     

    Local and national government

    This only includes those administrative occupations essential to the effective delivery of the COVID-19 response or delivering essential public services such as the payment of benefits, including in government agencies and arms length bodies.

     

    Food and other necessary goods

    This includes those involved in food production, processing, distribution, sale and delivery as well as those essential to the provision of other key goods (for example hygienic and veterinary medicines).

     

    Public safety and national security

    This includes police and support staff, Ministry of Defence civilians, contractor and armed forces personnel (those critical to the delivery of key defence and national security outputs and essential to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic), fire and rescue service employees (including support staff), National Crime Agency staff, those maintaining border security, prison and probation staff and other national security roles, including those overseas.

     

    Transport

    This includes those who will keep the air, water, road and rail passenger and freight transport modes operating during the COVID-19 response, including those working on transport systems through which supply chains pass.

     

    Utilities, communication and financial services

    This includes staff needed for essential financial services provision (including but not limited to workers in banks, building societies and financial market infrastructure), the oil, gas, electricity and water sectors (including sewerage), information technology and data infrastructure sector and primary industry supplies to continue during the COVID-19 response, as well as key staff working in the civil nuclear, chemicals, telecommunications (including but not limited to network operations, field engineering, call centre staff, IT and data infrastructure, 999 and 111 critical services), postal services and delivery, payments providers and waste disposal sectors.

     

    If workers think they fall within the critical categories above they should confirm with their employer that, based on their business continuity arrangements, their specific role is necessary for the continuation of this essential public service.

     

    If your school is closed then please contact your local authority, who will seek to redirect you to a local school in your area that your child, or children, can attend.

     

    We are grateful for the work of teachers and workers in educational settings for continuing to provide for the children of the other critical workers of our country. It is an essential part of our national effort to combat this disease.

  • Home Learning 18th March 2020

    Wed 18 Mar 2020 FHamriding

    If your child is currently at home due to ‘self-isolation’ there are a number of ways that your child can continue with their learning,

    Our school website has links to a number of educational websites that we use in school.

    Please have a look in ‘Pupil’ on our signpost and then go into ‘Educational Websites’ to find the available links.

    In the ‘Homework’ link you will find your child’s homework for this half-term.

    We appreciate that some homes do not have access to the internet and we have therefore provided work packs for your children to complete at home. Please contact the school office if you require a pack for your child.

    Please feel free to contact school if you have any questions or concerns in relation to the above.

     

    Thanks for your continued support.

    Kind Regards,

    Mrs Hamriding

    Acting Headteacher

  • Guidance - Covid-19

    Tue 17 Mar 2020 FHamriding

     

    Guidance Covid -19

    18th March 2020

    I am receiving daily guidance from Blackburn with Darwen and Public Health – we are fully up to date and following the guidance. I hope this reassures you.

    We are planning NOT panicking!

    We encourage you and your children to practice good hygiene – everyday.

    Please follow the simple steps to help stop the spread of illness:

    • Wash your hands with soap and hot water – do this often for at least 20 seconds,
    • Always wash your hands when you get home or into school/ work,
    • Use hand sanitiser gel if soap and water is not available,
    • Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve (not your hands) when you cough or sneeze,
    • Put used tissues in the bin straight away and wash your hands afterwards,
    • Try to avoid close contact with people who are unwell.
    •  

    DO NOT touch your eyes, nose or mouth if your hands are not clean.

    If your child has a cough or high temperature keep them at home for 14 days.

    If you live with others and you or one of them 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.

     

    Schools in Blackburn are not being advised to close.

    We are keeping school as clean as is possible and making sure that we have soap, paper towels and hand sanitisers in every classroom around school.

    A member of staff will be delivering home-work packs this week and educational resources can be found on our website.

    Thanks for your continued support,

    Mrs Hamriding, Acting Headteacher

  • Year 3 Healthy Day

    Fri 07 Feb 2020 Mr Taylor
    Today we enjoyed, 'Healthy Day.' We designed, made and evaluated our fruit faces. Then we enjoyed eating them all together! We also had a visit from the school nurse to teach us about oral health. After some exercise to get our pulses beating faster, we completed some mindful activities to help with our mental health.
  • Big Local donations

    Wed 13 Nov 2019

    Everyone at Intack Primary School wants to say a big thank you to the charity 'Shadsworth and Whitebirk Big Local'.

    Yesterday they came into school and gave EVERY child a pair of gloves and a hat.

     

    All the children were so happy with their gifts

  • Jack and the Beanstalk

    Thu 31 Oct 2019

    Thank you to today's visitors who came to perform the show Jack and the Beanstalk.  The children had a fabulous time and all left the hall smiling and dancing.

     

    M & M Productions will be back next year to share more shows with us.

  • Hula Hoop Classes starting May 2019

    Wed 03 Apr 2019

    On Monday 1st April - Laura from The Valley Hooper came into assembly to show the children some of her skills.  She is going to be running a three week course during May on Thursday's after school priced at £2 per session.

    If these are popular we will continue with the classes from September through to Christmas.

  • Year 5 trip to UCLAN

    Thu 21 Mar 2019

    Year 5 children enjoyed their trip to UCLAN.  This FREE visit is supported by the Young Scientist initiative and Intack Primary School are proud to belong to this.

    The children enjoyed a tour of the University, current university students discussed the life of a student with them as we visited the sports facilities, the library, the media centre and the student accommodation.  Next the children went into the science laboratory and we learned all about acid and alkaline.  When they understood the differences and the reactions these have when joined together we made bath bombs, this was great fun and very interesting.  The children were able to bring the bath bombs away and keep them.

    The children were well behaved and the teachers we proud of them all.

     

     

  • Young Voices 2019

    Tue 12 Feb 2019 Mrs Cunliffe

    Children from Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 attended the young voices concert at the Manchester Arena on Monday 11th February 2019.

    They performed with a choir of 6,500 children and they were amazing!

    Every child sang and danced the night away.  Thank you to the parents who were able to attend, they all said what an fantastic night it was.

  • Update about Catering and Parent Pay

    Fri 12 Oct 2018

    School Meals and Payments

    The school is changing their school meal provider from Dolce to Lancashire Catering Services. This change will take effect from after the half term. We will be sending out new menus and instructions to every parent next week. This information pack will also include instructions to show you how to use our new payment system ParentPay. This can be used for any payments to school including clubs, Robin Wood residential, school lunches etc

    We will be aiming to be a cashless school in future so please sign up to ParentPay when you get your instructions. If you need help or advice please come and speak to Mrs Ruth in the office.


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