Covid 19 Latest News and Updates from School

• Coronavirus Update

  Mon 16 Mar 2020

  Department for Education

   

   

  ·staff, young people and children should stay at home if they are unwell with a new, continuous cough or a high temperature to avoid spreading infection to others. Otherwise they should attend education or work as normal ·if staff, young people or children become unwell on site with a new, continuous cough or a high temperature they should be sent home ·clean and disinfect regularly touched objects and surfaces more often than usual using your standard cleaning products ·supervise young children to ensure they wash their hands for 20 seconds more often than usual with soap and water or hand sanitiser and catch coughs and sneezes in tissues

  Current advice remains in place: no education or children’s social care setting should close in response to a suspected or confirmed COVID-19 case unless advised to do so by Public Health England.

  The Chief Medical Officer has advised that the impact of closing schools on both children’s education and on the workforce would be substantial, but the benefit to public health may not be. Decisions on future advice to education or children’s social care settings will be taken based on the latest and best scientific evidence, which at this stage suggests children are a lower risk group.

  Handwashing advice

  The most important thing individuals can do to protect themselves is to wash their hands more often, for at least 20 seconds, with soap and water. Public Health England recommends that in addition to handwashing before eating, and after coughing and sneezing, everyone should also wash hands after using toilets and travelling on public transport.

   

   

   

• Parent Information Booklet SATs

  Fri 13 Mar 2020 Mrs Maciver
  https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/792059/Information_for_parents_-_2019_national_curriculum_tests_at_the_end_of_key_stages_1_and_2.pdf

• Coronavirus Update

  Wed 04 Mar 2020

  Government Coronavirus action plan

  Yesterday, the Coronavirus action plan was launched. This document sets out what the UK as a whole has done to tackle the Coronavirus (COVID-19), and what it plans to do next.

  The action plan can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-action-plan

  The document includes:

  what we know about the virus and the disease it causes how we have planned for an infectious disease outbreak, such as the current coronavirus outbreak the actions we have taken so far in response to the current coronavirus outbreak what we are planning to do next, depending upon the course the current coronavirus outbreak takes the role the public can play in supporting this response, now and in the future

  Current advice remains in place: No school should close in response to a suspected (or confirmed) COVID-19 case unless advised to do so by Public Health England.

  The importance of hygiene

  Personal hygiene is the most important way we can tackle COVID-19, especially washing hands more; and the catch it, bin it, kill it strategy for those with coughs and sneezes.

  Please help us in sharing simple and effective hand hygiene messages.

  https://twitter.com/NHSuk/status/1235112744917049346

   

   

• Up to Date Information from Sefton Council on the Corona Virus

  Wed 26 Feb 2020 Mrs H Owens

  https://www.sefton.gov.uk/coronavirus

   

  As of today (25th February) advice for returning travellers is as follows;

  
  1) If you have returned from the following areas since February 19th, call NHS 111 to inform them of your recent travel, stay indoors and avoid contact with other people even if you do not have symptoms:

  
   Iran

  
   Specific lockdown areas in Northern Italy* as designated by the Government of Italy:
  In the Lombardy Region:

  
   Bertonico; Casalpusterlengo; Castelgerundo; Castiglione D'Adda; Codogno;
  Fombio; Maleo; San Fiorano; Somaglia; and Terranova dei Passerini  In the Veneto Region: Vo -  a map has been published to help detail the relevant areas.

  
   Daegu or Cheongdo (Republic of Korea)
   Hubei province, China (returned in the past 14 days)

  
  2) If you have returned from the following areas since February 19th :

  
   Northern Italy (see map)
   Vietnam
   Cambodia
   Laos
   Myanmar

  
  Or If you have returned to the UK from any of the following areas in the last 14 days:

  
   Other parts of China outside Hubei province
   Thailand

   Japan
   Republic of Korea
   Hong Kong
   Taiwan
   Singapore
   Malaysia
   Macau

  
  You should stay indoors at home and avoid contact with other people immediately  and
  call NHS 111 only if you develop symptoms. 

   

  Information for the public: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/wuhan-novel-coronavirus-
  information-for-the-public

  Occasionally, one or more members of staff or pupils may be asked to self-isolate because they are a contact of a confirmed case or have been to the specified towns and regions in Italy or other specified countries. The student or staff member will be given specific advice from NHS 111. In this instance there is nothing further for the school to do. There is no need for schools to close.

• Don't forget to download our Parentapp to keep in touch with what is happening in school!

  Fri 17 Jan 2020

• Christmas Raffle

  Wed 11 Dec 2019 Mrs Owens
  Tickets on sale at school office for our Christmas Raffle lots of great prizes. Tickets £1 per strip with all proceeds going into school.

  

• St Mary's College Visiting Day & Entrance Exam

  Tue 10 Dec 2019

  Dear Parents/Carers

  Please follow the link below to see details of St Mary's College Visiting Day & Entrance Exam.

  https://stmarys.ac/prep

• Year 6 Pupil Ellis Leads The Parade

  Tue 12 Nov 2019

  How proud are we all of our Year 6 pupil Ellis who has just qualified as a Drum Major and lead the Remembrance Day Parade on Sunday where he also pressed the button to release the poppies at the Albert Dock. This talented boy is also learning the bagpipes!

  Well Done Ellis this is amazing!

  

• Our School Lottery

  Tue 12 Nov 2019 Mrs Owens

  To start supporting, visit:
  www.yourschoollottery.co.uk
  and search for:
  Waterloo Primary School
  Supporters must be 16 years of age or older. Sign up before 19th December 2019 to enter the Harry Potter experience.

  This is a great way to support school and raise much needed funds for resources. Thank You

  Mrs Owens Office Manager

  Miss J Roberts Lottery Coordinator

  

• New Parent App

  Mon 11 Nov 2019 Mrs Owens

  Parents/Carers please check your emails and texts for an invitation from Parentapps to register and download our new school app.The old one does not work anymore and it is really important that everyone is able to download this app as this is our main source of communication between school and home. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact the school office on 0151 928 4274 and we will be happy to help

  Thank You