Coronavirus COVID-19

Many of you will be concerned about the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and how it may affect school.

Newfield is fully open from 8th March 2021

Parents and Professionals - Please be aware we can only accept essential visitors until further notice.

If it is essential for you to come into school, please inform the office that you will be coming in beforehand.

Most Recent Letters to Parents

Newfield Infection Control Risk Assessment - 17/06/22 - This document outlines the risks and how we are managing them within school at the current time.

Letter to parents - 05/01/22

WellChild - the national charity for sick children - is offering a Direct Response Service to help families get the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and support with supplies that parents and carers need. Please see the information on their website and complete the online form for support getting PPE for home.

Coronavirus (COVID-19): safer travel guidance for passengers - This information from the government will help you to plan travel - walking, cycling, and travelling in vehicles or on public transport during the coronavirus outbreak.

Previous Letters to Parents & Staff

You can make contact with school by using the contact email - contact@newfield.org.uk

The Senior Leadership Team is meeting virtually, on a regular basis, to discuss and implement any strategies required and is liasing with the BwD local authority as well as health and socail care colleagues.

Learning at Home

We have an area on the website to support learning at home

Here you will find ideas, links, resources and our rationale for supporting remote learning.

We will be maintaining contact with families with a phone call at least once per week. Parents can email the class teacher or school website for additional support - we will get back to you.

Class teachers are sending out modified targets from the EHCP for you support your child’s leanring at home, as well as providing activities and resources specific to your child and families needs. If you are concerned about your child’s learning, please discuss this during your phone call from school and we will address this with you.

In addition, support and guidance for alternative arrangements for individual children can be sought from:

• SEND Support Service - robertrobinson@blackburn.gov.uk
• EP team - educationalpsychology@blackburn.gov.uk
• Local Offer - www.bwd-localoffer.org.uk
• SENDIASS - jane.partington@communitycvs.org.uk

Free School Meal Guidance

If your child is entitled to free school meals you will have been sent an email to the email address that school holds for you.

The email will contain an e code. You need to then redeem this code following the instructions on this Free School Meals website.

This gives you further information on the process you need to follow.

If we do not have an email address for you the information (e code) will be printed and posted. You will then need to follow the instructions listed on the Free School Website above.

Daily Exercise Guidance

Many of our children need regular opportunities to exercise by going for walks outside, which is difficult during ‘lockdown’.

The government has some guidance about what you can and cannot do during this period, which may be helpful - particularly section 15 - in their information - Coronavirus outbreak FAQs: what you can and can’t do

NW SEND - Regional Network Newsletter - This network provides support for children, families and practitioners, with a monthly newsletter.

We continue to follow government advice from Public Health England.

We continue to encourage you wash your hands frequently and thoroughly and would ask that you ensure your children are doing this also.

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.

Any vulnerable people should social distance to protect themselves as directed by the government, as directed in the govenment advice on social distancing.

Please see here for further information about the COVID-19 UK government response.

For further medical advice, please go to NHS 111 online.

We understand what a worry time this is for everyone and will keep you updated via the normal channels i.e. here on the website and via ParentMail.

Many thanks for your support, please be assured that we are doing everything we can to keep everyone safe!

Hospital Passports

East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group wants to encourage all individuals with learning disabilities or their carers to complete a hospital Passport to communicates their likes, dislikes, communication issues, how they express pain etc. You can access a COVID Hospital Passport that has been developed by Learning Disability England to support the current crisis.