Here are some useful websites to support our families and the safeguarding of our children.   

 Warwickshire Welfare Scheme - www.warwickshire.gov.uk/localwelfarescheme or tel: 0800 408 1448

• Bereavement support  - COVID – 19 Support WES EPS

                                                         helpline@cruse.org.uk or 0808 808 1677                                                                                                                                 www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/coping-with-bereavement/        

• Family Information Service -  www.warwickshire.gov.uk/childrenandfamilies
• Domestic Abuse Helpline  - www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk
• Citizens Advice Service - www.citizensadvice.org.uk
• Young Carers  - 02476 217740
• Samaritans Helpline  116 123 or email  jo@samaritans.org
• Childline  -  0800 1111

Please contact the school Designated Safeguarding Leads (DSLs) if you have a concern about a child:

Mrs K Davidson:  head2626@welearn365.com

Mrs E Collett-Cox:   collett-cox.e@welearn365.com

Mrs D Hicks (Pre-school):   hicks.d@welearn365.com  

OR

call any of these services listed 

Government Advice on Social Distancing 

Maintain a distance of 2m from people other than those in your immediate household.

This guidance is for everyone, including children. It advises on social distancing measures we should all be taking to reduce social interaction between people in order to reduce the transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19). 

Social distancing measures are steps you can take to reduce social interaction between people. This will help reduce the transmission of coronavirus (COVID-19).  Social distancing includes reducing the number of contacts we make, as well as the 2m rule.  Cutting down the number of contacts we have is the most effective way of reducing spread of the virus.

Government Advice on Face Coverings 

Face coverings are instead largely intended to protect others, not the wearer, against the spread of infection because they cover the nose and mouth, which are the main confirmed sources of transmission of virus that causes coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

Face coverings need to be worn inside any premises and on public transport.  Face coverings must be worn by visitors inside school and on the school site.  Children do not need to wear face coverings.  

Everyone should be trying to follow these measures as much as is practicable.

Social Distancing and Face Coverings at

Binley Woods Primary School 

Parents are required to wear face coverings at all times when on the school premises.  

All parents are expected to comply with social distancing expectations at all times when on the school site, both with staff and with other parents. This is particularly important at arrival and collection times when there will be more people on the site.  We have adopted staggered arrival and collection times for year group bubbles to support social distancing but we rely on parents, grandparents and carers to leave the site directly and maintain a 2m distance from others. Only one parent who has no symptoms may drop off and collect.  Thank you for respecting these expectations. 

Meetings with parents will take place via Teams or Zoom to maintain social distancing.

Staff are not expected to wear face coverings in primary schools, and neither are primary aged children.  Children are not to wear masks at school.  If parents wish their child to wear one to and from school they will need to remove it safely from their child before they enter the school and take it home.  Equally they will need to bring one from home when collecting their child and safely put it on them.  

Staff will wear face coverings for cleaning, during first aid, when entering bubbles that are not their own place of work within the school,  and if they are concerned about their health..  Staff in school will maintain social distancing in shared spaces and restrictions are in place on numbers of adults allowed in small spaces including the staff rooms.