From NHS immunisation team:-

Confirmed Catch Up Clinics

Please see the list of confirmed catch up clinics for children who missed their appointment for the flu spray in school. Further sessions may to be added and changes may be unavoidable due to the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Due to COVID-19 and the social distancing measures in place it is essential that you book your child’s appointment. To book an appointment email hdft.immunisationcatchupclinic@nhs.net informing us of the following details:
• Child’s name
• Date of birth
• School your child attends
• Contact telephone number
• Date and venue of the session you wish to attend

We will reply to the email with a time slot.
If you do not have access to email then please call 03000 032554.
Important information:
• Please attend your appointment on time to ensure that social distancing is adhered to.
• Only 1 parent to accompany the child.
• Adults, and children over 12 years, must wear a face covering when attending the session.
• Please leave the building once the vaccine has been administered.
• Follow our Facebook page for updates – Children’s Immunisation Team, County Durham, Darlington and Teesside.

Clinic sessions

19/01/2021 9am-1pm – Moorside Family Centre, Chester Road, Moorside, DH6 8EQ

20/01/2021 9am-1pm – Horden Family Centre, Ocean View, Horden, Peterlee, SR8 4EQ

21/01/2021 9am-1pm – Willington Family Centre, Chapel Street, Willington, Crook, DL15 0EQ

21/01/2021 9am-1pm – Durham Fire Station, Lanchester Road, Durham, DH1 5RA

22/01/2021 9am-1pm – Spennymoor Leisure Centre, High Street, Spennymoor, DL16 6DB

25/01/2021 9am-1pm – The Louisa Centre, Front Street, Stanley, DH9 0TE

26/01/2021 9am-1pm – Moorside Family Centre, Chester Road, Moorside, DH6 8EQ

27/01/2021 9am-1pm – Horden Family Centre, Ocean View, Horden, Peterlee, SR8 4EQ

28/01/2021 9am-1pm – Willington Family Centre, Chapel Street, Willington, Crook, DL15 0EQ

28/01/2021 9am-1pm – Durham Fire Station, Lanchester Road, Durham, DH1 5RA

29/01/2021 9am-1pm – Spennymoor Leisure Centre, High Street, Spennymoor, DL16 6DB

Dear Parents and Carers,

Eden Red Food Vouchers

This letter is to inform you of the move to food vouchers from the week commencing Monday 18th January 2021. On Monday 18 th January 2021, school can register with Eden Red (food vouchers). You will receive an email from Eden Red at some point from Monday 18th January. It may take a few days for you to receive your email from Eden Red. Please check your inbox and junk folders regularly from Monday onwards. To reduce the amount of emails, you will receive one code per family which will cover all of your children at Nettlesworth Primary school, for four weeks. For one child you will receive £60, two children £120 and for three children £180. I f you have any questions, please phone the school office for more information.

DFE are sending rapid coronavirus test kits to primary school staff from Monday.

This is an expansion of our existing rapid testing programme to all schools and colleges in England.

If your child is eligible for free school meals, your school might provide support through the National Voucher Scheme.

You can redeem your eCode for an eGift card at the supermarkets below.

More info about the scheme 👇https://www.edenred.co.uk/reward-…/Free-School-Meal-Vouchers

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Head Teacher Update

14th January 2021

 

Dear Parent / Carers,

 

 

Once again we would like to thank you for your backing in what has been an extremely challenging beginning of term. Schools have rapidly moved from providing full onsite provision to providing limited provision for children of critical workers and vulnerable children and remote provision for all other pupils. Thank you for working with us to enable your children to continue learning wherever they may be and for your many messages of support.

 

On Monday 4 January, the Prime Minister announced a national lockdown in order to reduce the spread of COVID19, this has now come into effect. Full details of the lockdown restrictions including the duty to stay at home where possible can be found here:

www.gov.uk/guidance/national-lockdown-stay-at-home.

The current stage of the pandemic means that once again attendance at school is limited in order to support us to keep staff, families and communities as safe as possible by reducing the number of contacts we have with people in other households. Limiting attendance at school is one of the main priorities. The new restrictions mean that schools can remain open only for the children of critical workers and vulnerable children to attend in person. All other pupils and students will receive remote education and must remain at home, in line with national guidance. Schools will be in contact with you at regular intervals to give you support to access remote learning if you are finding this tricky. This is not welcome news for any of us – we all would want our schools to be the vibrant and inclusive places of learning they were until March 2020, but it is absolutely essential if we are to successfully protect the NHS and reduce the transmission of the virus.

 

Children of critical workers

Schools are remaining open to the children of workers who are critical to the COVID-19 response and EU transition response if they are unable to safely stay at home. Please think carefully before sending your children back to school. It is vital that we ensure that the number of children and young people accessing the offer of provision in a school is kept to the lowest number possible, so that we can reduce household mixing and keep our staff, families and communities safe. As a result, and in line with the school risk assessment, they may have to limit the number of children they can safely support in their bubble arrangements. Therefore, even if you are a critical worker, if your child/ren can remain at home rather than attend school then they should. Please only use the offer of provision when it is crucial for you to undertake your critical role. The list of critical workers can be found on the government website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-educationalprovision/guidance-for-schools-colleges-and-local-authorities-on-maintaining-educationalprovision

Many of our schools have more applications than places so will have to ask you to verify this with a letter from your employer as to why you personally are critical to the COVID19 response or EU Transition and if not will ask you to access the offer for remote learning. The government announced further changes to the critical worker criteria, it is important to stress that places are only available where the school’s risk assessment indicates that they can be safely accommodated and will be different for different schools depending on risk assessments. Clearly, the more children and young people attending an education setting the wider the risk of spreading the virus grows.

 

Vulnerable children and young people – including those with education, health and care plans or a social worker

 

If your child has an education, health and care (EHC) plan and/or an allocated social worker they may attend their school or college. If you do decide to keep your child/ren at home and you need additional support, please contact your school and they will work with the local authority to support you. The Department for Education (DfE) definition of vulnerable children and young people who can access their school or college can be found at

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-maintaining-educationalprovision/guidance-for-schools-colleges-and-local-authorities-on-maintaining-educationalprovision

 

Childcare Bubbles

 

Parents can form a childcare bubble with one other consistent household for the purposes of informal childcare, where the children are under 14. This is mainly to enable parents to work and must not be used to enable social contact between adults. Some households will also be able to benefit from being in a support bubble. Details of support and childcare bubbles can be found here:

 

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/making-a-childcare-bubble-with-another-household#what-achildcare-bubble-is

 

When to Self Isolate

A reminder please to isolate your whole family bubble immediately if somebody in that bubble has symptoms and you are waiting for the results of their test. Please call your child’s school and keep them updated. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/self-isolation-and-treatment/when-to-selfisolate-and-what-to-do/

 

 

Once again thank you for your support in these challenging times.

 

 

Donna Lee

Head Teacher

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