This page aims to provide you with information with regard to the virus.
For details of home working assignments and arrangement etc, please see the Class pages.
Preventing the virus spreading by adopting the following best practices;
Washing hands often - with soap and water, or use alcohol sanitiser. Especially after using the toilet and before eating food – including snacks
Covering your coughs/sneezes with a tissue, then throwing the tissue in a bin. See Catch it, Bin it, Kill it
Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands
Avoid close contact with people who are unwell
Please note that this page nor the school intends to offer medical or legal advice
For information from Public Health England - please see the link below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-list-of-guidance
When to Self Isolate?
The latest guidance is that for those exhibiting;
Then that person and those in that household should self-isolate for a period of 14 7 days.
Please see the weblink below for more details…
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance/stay-at-home-guidance-for-people-with-confirmed-or-possible-coronavirus-covid-19-infection
Department of Education helpline to answer questions about COVID-19 related to education. Staff, parents and young people can contact the helpline as follows:
Phone: 0800 046 8687
Email: DfE.coronavirushelpline@education.gov.uk
Opening hours: 8am to 6pm (Monday to Friday)
Advice for returning travelers
Public Health England continues to its advice as follows for returning travellers in the last 14 days as follows. Parents and families should refer to https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-specified-countries-and-areas/covid-19-specified-countries-and-areas-with-implications-for-returning-travellers-or-visitors-arriving-in-the-uk for advice following returning to the UK. We will not list the countries as they are subject to frequent change.
Category 1 areas: stay indoors and avoid contact with other people if you’ve travelled to the UK from these areas, even if you don’t have symptoms.
Category 2 areas: Stay indoors and avoid contact with other people if you’ve travelled to the UK in the last 14 days and have a cough, high temperature or shortness of breath, even if your symptoms are mild.
Foodbank update - as at 17th March 2020
Due the Coronavirus crisis we are making some changes to our foodbank operation. Please read this message as it affects you and your clients.
St Paul’s Church, Hills Road (Monday & Friday)
Church of the Good Shepherd Arbury (Thursday)
Cambourne Old Blue School (Thursday)
C3 Centre, Coldham’s Lane (Friday)
Chesterton Methodist Church (CLOSED)
OLEM Catholic Church (CLOSED)
Alpha Terrace, Trumpington (CLOSED)
Waterbeach Baptist (CLOSED)
This will be in effect from MONDAY 23rd March. Please ensure that clients know about this when issuing vouchers as the address of all centres may be printed on the back of the voucher.
We expect additional demand during the coming months. We will continue to provide food for those in financial hardship but if people have enough money and are self-isolating we cannot provide food. Our resources will not stretch that far.
Our procedures at the centres will be changed to minimise personal contact. This means we will be unable to offer the usual hospitality (tea, coffee etc.). Please explain this to clients and that the changes are intended to enable us to provide our service throughout the coming weeks and months. There is no need to come at the beginning of the sessions or to worry about us running out.
Please get in touch if you have any questions.
Many thanks
The Foodbank team