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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 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
Please ensure that you notify Mr Barlow (NOT School Office or Form Tutor) directly, ASAP, if a student receives a positive Covid-19 test result.
You can email Mr Barlow on jbarlow@congletonhigh.com
Isolating students should refer to satchel:one for relevant school work to complete during their absence period.
Useful Information and Advice Sources
- From January 2021 and throughout lockdown, the Safer Schools and Young Person's Partnership (SSYP) is putting together regular newsletters for parents and carers containing lots of useful information. You can view these in the Download section to the right-hand side of the page.
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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 - 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
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SWaNS CIC offers a range of counselling services and have produced a number of useful information sheets.
Useful Emotional and Mental Health Wellbeing Resources
Activities for Positive Mental Health
Calm Down Ideas
Comfort Journal
Coping Skills for Children
Resilience
Resilience and Covid 19
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Live Streaming has become one of the most popular aspects of social media for young people. Young people’s exposure and use of livestreams has increased during lockdown. Live Streaming apps are the focus of the latest CEOP activity pack for young people (age 14+) https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/Support-tools/home-activity-worksheets/
While this video guide for parents & carers explores the potential risks of livestreaming and contains practical advice to keep children safe.https://youtu.be/6S5cFxoTATsThe 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
More general Coronavirus advice and information from the Government can be found here
Downloads