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Even during the midst of this current situation, it is Autism Awareness Week!

Why not take the time to chat with your super hero about their autism or start a discussion with your super hero (if they are not ASD), about how it must feel to be autistic?

The following links could be really useful : 

National Autistic Society-

https://www.autism.org.uk/about/what-is/asd.aspx

YouTube-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbwRrVw-CRo

YouTube-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaRdPYvWt48​

Dear parents and carers,

You will have received a text from us to inform you that school is closed from tomorrow morning. This is following the announcement by the Prime Minister to limit movement of people. We have staff who will be unable to attend and this will put our staffing ratio's below what would make our building safe to open.

As you know, we informed you on March 11th of how we would work from home, and so from tomorrow, this now becomes active.

For tomorrow, all teaching staff will be available during school hours to answer questions and help with any issues you may have. After tomorrow, we will go to the times set in the protocol.

We have arranged delivery of an electronic Tesco shopping voucher of £25 for every family across the Federation - regardless of whether you receive free school meals or not. This is our gift to you from the school and not the government. When we have further information with regards to the Government Issued Vouchers, we will organise delivery for you.

We understand that tonight's announcement will have been scary - we are scared too, but we know that if we work together, support each other - we will be able to come out the other side and get on with our daily lives.

For this evening, keep safe and we will call you tomorrow to check in and see how you are. Together we can do this!

Dear Parents / Carers :

Firstly, thank you all so much for your continued support – you are amazing and I am so proud to work alongside you – providing the very best support, education and care.

Following from the Government announcement and the conference call I had with lead officers from the Borough (and I have another booked for 8am tomorrow), as a Federation we have addressed our role within keeping our pupils safe and maintaining a semblance of normality for them – which we all know is vital. 

The Federation will continue to be open from Monday for pupils who have not self isolated or been kept at home - as we have ensured that we have daily catering and transport, but only for as long as we have a safe amount of staffing to do so.

If we had to close, our home working procedure would activate and you will have access to staff and further work (as laid out in the protocol sent out previously).

From discussion with the Governing Board and health professionals, we need to curtail the possibility of re-infection among the population. To this end, if you have taken your child out of school, they will not be able to return until April 6th - so that the isolation policy as issued by Government has been given the best chance possible.

We know that this is difficult, but we are here to help and you are not being left alone.

We have been working with our partners in Social Care and Parenting 4 Parents, and between us, we will contact you at least 3 times per week - both over the phone and via a variety of video messaging i.e. Skype, Facetime or Hangout , to check in on how you are, what we can do to help and get you the support you need including ensuring that your mental health is catered for during this period.

We have also organised e-vouchers with Tesco supermarkets, so that if you are struggling financially due to the crisis, we will do our very best to ensure that you and your family have food to eat. These will be used to subsidise the vouchers being promised by the Government (of which we have yet to receive information about).

These are very interesting times for all of us and although we are doing our best to react both positively and sensibly to this changing situation - we will make mistakes so please be kind. We are trying our very best to support you and our communities.

As we have done every day, we will keep you updated with any changes so that you are informed.

We've got this - we can get through this and we will come out the other side, showing the world how amazing we are.

COVID-19 : 
You will all be aware from the press conference and subsequent news coverage, that schools are at the front line.

We have sought advice (as we have done daily) and publish the latest in both daily briefing and any updates as soon as we get them.

On 16 March, Prime Minster Boris Johnson announced significant new measures to tackle the outbreak.
    Anyone with a fever or persistent cough should stay at home for 14 days. This measure also extends to anyone who lives with someone displaying coronavirus symptoms. People who have to isolate themselves should ask others for help to deal with everyday necessities.
    Everyone has been asked to stop non-essential contact with others. This is particularly important for those aged over 70, people with underlying health conditions and pregnant women.
    People should work from home where they can and should avoid places like pubs, clubs and theatres. This applies especially to those in London which is said to be "a few weeks ahead" of the rest of the UK in the spread of the virus.
    People should stop all unnecessary travelling.
    By the weekend, those with the most serious health conditions should be largely shielded from social contact for 12 weeks.

We have issued guidance via email, social media and physically printed daily to all on what to do if you feel unwell or have concerns and how to report your childs absence.

We are expecting updated guidance from the DfE and PHE by 2pm today.

We will be issuing our guidance for parents in relation to Working From Home which the SLT have been working on for some time. Today – packs of work that have been created, log ins etc to go out at the end of the day. Any pupils who are not in, we will ensure that those packs of work & logins are posted home today.

We understand how worrying this is for you and your families - as it is for our own, but we will work together to ensure the safety of all as well as continue the education of your children.

If you have any questions then please contact us via telephone, Dojo or email.