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CORONAVIRUS INFORMATION
This page aims to keep parents and carers updated on Coronavirus information and resources relevant to students at Congleton High School. We are also regularly communicating with parents and carers by emailed letters and the most recent of these can be downloaded on the right of the page. Copies of these letters and earlier correspondence can also be found on our Letters to Parents/Carers page in the Parent and Carer Area of this website
New Free School Meals Enquiries Helpdesk for Queries Regarding the National Voucher Scheme
If you are experiencing difficulties accessing your child’s vouchers, please contact the Free School Meals enquiries helpdesk: fsm@congletonmat.com
Please note, the administration of vouchers is handled centrally by Cmat, so CHS staff will therefore be unable to help with your query.
We are currently working through all enquiries in order of receipt, and aim to get back to you within two working days. If you have previously raised a query and have not yet received a response, please redirect this to the above email address to ensure we have captured your enquiry.
Please note that this is a national scheme so we may be unable to assist with any more technical difficulties you may be facing, and you may instead need to direct your query to the government’s voucher provider, Edenred. However we will do all we can to support parents, carers and students at this difficult time.
Thank you for your continuing patience and support.
Useful Information and Advice Sources
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The government has issued the following general guidance to parents and carers regarding the impending school closures: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/closure-of-educational-settings-information-for-parents-and-carers/closure-of-educational-settings-information-for-parents-and-carers
Parents and carers are advised to review this guidance alongside specific guidance issued by their school to ensure they are clear about how school provision will operate from Monday 23rd March. -
The Department for Education (DfE) has launched a new helpline to answer questions about COVID-19 related to education. Staff, parents and young people can contact the helpline by telephone: 0800 046 8687 or by email: DfE.coronavirushelpline@education.gov.uk
The opening hours are 8:00am to 6:00pm (Monday to Friday -
The Safer Schools Home Learning Hub is a free library of resources to support parents and carers who are taking the time to help their children be safer online. The resources have been adapted to make them easily accessible for everyone:
https://oursaferschools.co.uk/home-learning-hub - The Young Minds website has lots of useful advice and information for any students who are worrying about COVID-19 and the implications. Visit www.YoungMinds.org.uk
- Local NHS Trust, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership, has launched a new mental health helpline: 0300 303 3972 for residents of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Wirral. It's open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for people of all ages including children and young people who need urgent mental health support.
- Many parents and carers will be juggling childcare with working from home. Barnardos has suggested some top tips for parents/carers working from home: https://www.barnardos.org.uk/blog/tips-parents-working-home-barnardos-colleagues During the lockdown families are spending much more time together and in these uncertain times emotions can run high and arguments happen more often. Barnardos also suggests some tips for coping with family conflict: https://www.barnardos.org.uk/blog/coping-family-conflict-during-lockdown
- CEOP has put together an activity pack for parents and carers to deliver online safety activities with children at a time when they will be spending more time online at home: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Support-tools/home-activity-worksheets/
- The NSPCC has created an information and advice resource for parents/carers of young people with anxiety about Coronavirus: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/childrens-mental-health/depression-anxiety-mental-health NSPCC Learning also has an extensive library of resources which can help parents, carers and professionals to support children’s mental health and wellbeing during the COVID-19 outbreak: https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/news/2020/april/supporting-children-young-people-mental-health
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The NSPCC has also updated its online safety content for parents and carers and this also now includes new advice on talking to children about upsetting coronavirus content, which they may have viewed online: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/inappropriate-explicit-content
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/talking-child-online-safety - The Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has collated a valuable online library full of resources which can support professionals, parents, carers and children during the Covid-19 outbreak. Highlights include a family focused COVID-19 Self Care Kit.https://www.sheffieldchildrens.nhs.uk/patients-and-parents/coronavirus-resources-for-children-and-families/
- More Information, daily updates, resources, tips and support for young people, parents and carers can be found on the Young Addaction Pan Cheshire social media pages at: https://www.facebook.com/Pan-Cheshire-Missing-and-Child-Exploitation-Service-1039465136264241 and https://twitter.com/PanCheshireMFH
More general Coronavirus advice and information from the Government can be found here