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• Wearing facemasks

  Fri 22 Oct 2021

   

  22nd October 2021

  Dear Parent / Carer,

  We are once again seeing worryingly high levels of COVID infections in Liverpool, with highest numbers in school children. The impact of COVID is a risk to everyone. Rising infections will mean more children becoming ill, needing to isolate from their friends, disruption to learning and more strict measures being re-introduced next term in schools.  

  We wanted to thank you for your support but also urge you to act now. Help us keep your child safe, in school with their friends next term and reduce the future impact of COVID on their lives by taking a few simple steps now.  

  No measure is perfect and we are recommending a few carefully selected measures, which we feel will have minimal impact on education and are effective at reducing risk of transmission – but for these to work everyone has to play their part now.  

  Parent, carers and guests should wear face coverings when in and around the school, unless medically exempt. This includes when collecting and dropping off your child(ren). Wearing a face covering is the most effective way to reduce your risk of infection or spreading the virus. 

  Vaccination is our first line of defence against COVID. If you have been called for the vaccine, please take up the offer. You can book your vaccine on the following here (https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/book-coronavirus-vaccination/)

  Even if you haven’t been testing before, now is the time to start. It is essential that you and any eligible household members still use twice-weekly lateral flow tests and report the results (https://www.gov.uk/report-covid19-result). Continued regular testing over half term will help reduce the risk of household infections when returning to school. 

  Stay COVID safe. A few additional steps will help reduce your risk of infection, keep washing your hands or using alcohol gel, socialise outdoors and when inside ventilate the room. If you develop COVID symptoms, it is essential to isolate immediately, get a PCR test as soon as possible and let the school know. The main symptoms are still a high temperature, a new, continuous cough and a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste. 

  We wish you all a COVID safe and enjoyable half term.

   

  Yours Sincerely

   

  Matt Ashton

  Director of Public Health

  Steve Reddy

  Director of Children’s Services

   

• YPAS Virtual Coffee Morning

  Tue 12 Oct 2021

  See below for ZOOM link for Event dated Wednesday 13^th October 10am- Primary Age

   

  Paula Catharell is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

   

  Topic: MHST Parent Coffee Event- Primary Age

  Time: Oct 13, 2021 10:00 AM London

   

  Join Zoom Meeting

  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81878465888?pwd=TUorOTB3citwbFczUDdvbXlyWnpIZz09

   

   

  Meeting ID: 818 7846 5888

  Passcode: 317331

  

• Year 6 Health Questionnaires

  Mon 11 Oct 2021

  Next week Year 6 will complete school health questionnaires- please see details below. 

   

  Dear Parent or Carer

  
  The School Health Team would like to inform you of the Healthy Child Programme Universal Core Service we are currently commissioned to offer for Year 6 school aged children.
  Year 6 Contact includes:

  
  Health & Wellbeing questionnaire will be for pupils to complete about themselves on a range of health & wellbeing topics.
  The questionnaire will be confidential and completed electronically. Pupils will access the questionnaire during a session in school.
  The questionnaire will be available between set dates for each school and will be accessed via a web link taking you directly to Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust web site, once the questionnaire has been completed it will close and the information will be sent securely to the School Health Team and placed on their record.

  
  If you wish to review the questionnaire, please click on the link below:

  
  Year 6 https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk/our-services/liverpool/school-health-service

  
  The information we gather from the health and wellbeing questionnaire alongside school profiles generated by the Local Authority Public Health Service and input from school will help formulate a school profile, evidencing themes and topics that pupils require further information.

  
  Next step the School Health Team will liaise with school to highlight the themes / topics from the profile and discuss how we can best support school with any health promotion sessions required.

  
  If a young person indicates in their questionnaire, something that would require an individual contact by a member of the School Health Team then this will also be undertaken.
  Should you wish to contact you School Health Team at any time, please follow the link above and select ‘Team 1,2 or 3’ to find the schools listed and current contact number. This will get you to the School Health Teams office. Our service hours are 08.30 – 17.00

  
  Kind Regards
  School Health Team

• Free Sewing Course

  Wed 06 Oct 2021

  Information attached regarding a free sewing course.