Coronavirus Updates
School Closure and Gradual Reopening
Bantock Primary School have a priority of providing a safe and healthy environment for both pupils and staff. Therefore, we continue to monitor and follow all guidance issued by the UK government and NHS when making decisions about the school.
It is important to underline that schools 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 being asked to gradually reopen to pupils as well as continuing to provide provision for children who are vulnerable, and children whose parents are critical to the Covid-19 response and cannot be safely cared for at home.
Information will be shared with you about the phased reopening of Bantock School.
Bantock Primary School have a priority of providing a safe and healthy environment for both pupils and staff. Therefore, we continue to monitor and follow all guidance issued by the UK government and NHS when making decisions about the school.
It is important to underline that schools 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 being asked to gradually reopen to pupils as well as continuing to provide provision for children who are vulnerable, and children whose parents are critical to the Covid-19 response and cannot be safely cared for at home.
Information will be shared with you about the phased reopening of Bantock School.
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The full return of all year groups is planned for September 2020 for the Autumn term.
Please read the Government guidance for what parents need to know about the return.
Please read the Government guidance for what parents need to know about the return.
Home Learning
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Symptoms and Advice
If your child falls ill during the school day, with either a continuous cough, high temperature or loss of taste and smell, we will contact you to come and collect them. Please ensure the office have your up to date contact details.
The symptoms are:
The government advice on whole house isolation is:
Information can be found in a variety of languages here:
https://www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/coronavirus-information/
The full stay at home guidance for households with these symptoms can be found here:
Health and Safety at Bantock Primary School
In order to comply with government guidelines, anybody on the school premises will be required to implement strict social distancing measures. This will include:
Symptoms and Advice
If your child falls ill during the school day, with either a continuous cough, high temperature or loss of taste and smell, we will contact you to come and collect them. Please ensure the office have your up to date contact details.
The symptoms are:
- A high temperature (37.8 degrees and above)
- A new, continuous cough
- A loss of, or change in, normal sense of taste or smell (anosmia)
The government advice on whole house isolation is:
- 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.
Information can be found in a variety of languages here:
https://www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/coronavirus-information/
The full stay at home guidance for households with these symptoms can be found here:
Health and Safety at Bantock Primary School
In order to comply with government guidelines, anybody on the school premises will be required to implement strict social distancing measures. This will include:
- Staggering the times each Year group starts.
- Staggering the times each Year group finishes.
- SCHOOL WILL CLOSE EARLY TO PUPILS EVERY FRIDAY TO ENSURE ALL CLASSROOMS RECEIVE A THOROUGH CLEAN.
- Adopting a “one-way” system when parents drop off and collect children.
- A 2-metre rule to be enforced whilst parents are on school premises or outside the school gate. To help with this we will have markers on the playground.
- Parents wishing to talk to school about any queries or questions regarding their children, are to ring the school office. If a meeting is required with the teacher, this can be arranged observing social distancing rules. If you need to attend a meeting, please ensure there is only one household in the main entrance at any one time.
- Staggering break and lunchtimes for each class to minimise contact with other pupils and staff.
- Children sitting at individual desks with no more than 10 pupils per class.
- Children being taught by the same adult/s throughout the day in the same classroom.
- Each pupil having their own tray, resources, books, tissues and water bottle.
- Removing any resources that cannot be easily cleaned and ensuring any resources that are used are regularly cleaned and sprayed with disinfectant.
- Regular cleaning of all areas used by staff and children each day.
- Regular routine of hand washing throughout the day and access to hand sanitiser.
- Adhering to social distancing rules when eating at lunchtime.
Parent Support:
Additional information from the Government and other agencies to support parents during this time.
The links below provide information and advice to support people during this uncertain time.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/closure-of-educational-settings-information-for-parents-and-carers/closure-of-educational-settings-information-for-parents-and-carers
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-action-plan
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public
https://111.nhs.uk/covid-19
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51711227
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/coronavirus-advice-suppport-children-families-parents/
Additional information from the Government and other agencies to support parents during this time.
The links below provide information and advice to support people during this uncertain time.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/closure-of-educational-settings-information-for-parents-and-carers/closure-of-educational-settings-information-for-parents-and-carers
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-action-plan
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public
https://111.nhs.uk/covid-19
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51711227
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/coronavirus-advice-suppport-children-families-parents/
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The Department of Education Coronavirus Helpline available to answer questions about COVID-19
0800 046 8687
8am - 6pm Monday to Friday
10am - 4pm Saturday and Sunday
0800 046 8687
8am - 6pm Monday to Friday
10am - 4pm Saturday and Sunday
Multilingual Information:
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Information For children:
To help children to understand the virus and how they can look after themselves and others during this time.
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The e-Bug project is led by Public Health England and has a dedicated webpage for learning resources on hand washing and respiratory hygiene. E-Bug has published posters on hand hygiene, and covering coughs and sneezes, to display in bathrooms, classrooms and shared spaces. The hand and respiratory hygiene posters and other educational resources can be found here: https://e-bug.eu
A book about coronavirus written for children to help them understand and make them feel less worried.
