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Covid 19 Information Summary

This page is designated to all Covid 19 letters and documents we have sent home to parents/carers. Please see the summaries below of information contained in each letter for your reference.

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19/04/2021- Letter to Parents & Carers

Start of term
Lateral Flow Tests
Face Coverings
Uniform

19/04/2021- Face Coverings to Remain in Place after Easter Break

On Tuesday 6 April, the government confirmed that face coverings should continue to be worn in secondary school and college classrooms as a precautionary measure when students return after the Easter holiday. Further information can be found here.

18/03/2021 Rapid Testing: What you need to know

16/03/2021 Letter to Parents and Carers- Lateral Flow Tests

LFD Testing
Close Contact
LFD v PCR
Remote Learning
Home Testing

15/03/2021- Message from Department for Education re. Lateral Flow Tests

About 1 in 3 people with coronavirus do not have symptoms but can still pass it on to others. Regular testing of people without symptoms is important to help stop the virus spreading and protect your loved ones. As lockdown restrictions gradually ease we all need to play our part to help protect each other.

The following people in England will have access to regular rapid lateral flow testing made available to them:

secondary school pupils and college students
staff of primary and secondary schools, nurseries and colleges
households, childcare and support bubbles of nursery children, primary and secondary-age pupils and college students
households, childcare and support bubbles of staff of nurseries, primary and secondary schools, and colleges

Children of primary school age or younger will not be asked to test at this time.

If you’re a member of a household, childcare bubble of a pupil, student or staff of a school, nursery or college, you can get a twice-weekly test:

through your employer if they offer testing to employees
at a local test site
by collecting a home test kit from a test site
by ordering a home test kit online

Get a test through your employer

Your workplace may offer rapid lateral flow testing to you. Contact your employer to find out more.

Take a test at a rapid lateral flow test site

You can take a rapid lateral flow test at a local site. Testing at these sites is assisted, which means you will swab yourself under the supervision of a trained operator.

You may need to book an appointment.

Find your nearest rapid lateral flow test site.

Collect test kits

You can collect 2 packs of home test kits at a local collection point. Each pack contains 7 tests.

Anyone 18 or over can collect.

Most collection points are open from 1.30pm to 7pm. You can check online if the location is open or busy before you go. You do not need to make an appointment.

Do not visit a collection point outside opening hours, as it may be used to test people with coronavirus symptoms outside these times.

Find your nearest home test kit collection point.

Order home test kits online

If you cannot get tested at your workplace, or are unable to go to a test site or collect test kits, you can order a home test kit online.

Do not order online if you can get a test through other methods. This frees up home delivery for those who need it most.

Order rapid lateral flow home test kits

For more information, please visit:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rapid-lateral-flow-testing-for-households-and-bubbles-of-school-pupils-and-staff

Testing Progress Letter

Lateral Flow Testing
Vigilance
Expectations

Updated Testing Announcement- 09/03/2021

Lateral Flow Test Results

We are really pleased with how well the lateral flow tests have been going and especially the way the students have conducted themselves.

We wanted to give you an update about the results of the tests. We will know within 30-35 minutes whether your child has had a positive test result. If that is the case, we will contact you and your child as soon as possible. Therefore, if you are not contacted by us please assume your child’s result is negative. Uploading the results onto the Track and Trace software is time consuming as it is a large administrative task. For this reason, there will be a delay from when your child takes a test to you receiving the result of that test. Students should continue to attend school unless we have contacted you to inform you of a positive result.

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Testing Announcement- 05/03/2021

The Department for Education (DfE) has asked us to share the following information with our Parent/Carers. If you have any queries please use the phone numbers in the DfE message below – unfortunately we do not have any additional information and therefore we will not be able to answer any queries about this.

Asymptomatic testing information for parents and adults in households with children at school or college

NHS Test and Trace announced earlier this week, that all adults in households with school and college age children without symptoms can now access regular rapid coronavirus (COVID-19) testing.

Test kits can either be collected or ordered online, as set out below. Schools should not give test kits to parents, carers or household members and should not order more test kits for this purpose. Secondary school and college students will continue to access testing through their school or college.

Please share the information below with your parent networks to help answer any questions they may have.

Undertaking regular, rapid coronavirus (COVID-19) testing helps reduce transmission of the virus. Parents and other adults in households with children at school or college, who do not have symptoms, can now access regular, rapid coronavirus (COVID-19) testing. This includes childcare and support bubbles.

Tests are fast, easy and completely free. There are different ways for a household, childcare or support bubble to collect their test to take at home, twice-weekly:

through your employer, if they offer testing to employees
by collecting a home test kit from a local test site – anyone aged 18 or over can collect 2 packs of 7 tests
by ordering a home test kit online – please do not order online if you can access testing through other routes, this frees up home delivery for those who need it most

If you have any queries about the tests, and you live in England, please call 119 (free from mobiles and landlines). Lines are open every day from 7am to 11pm.

Children of primary school age (and below) without symptoms are not being asked to take a test.

Testing is voluntary, but strongly recommended to all who are eligible. Alongside the vaccine, washing hands, wearing face coverings, and maintaining social distancing, rapid testing plays a vital role in reducing transmission rates. Getting into the habit of regular testing as part of our everyday lives will help us all to play our part and do what we can to protect each other.

02/03/2021- Year 7 Student Letter- Return to School

02/03/2021- Year 8 Student Letter- Return to School

02/03/2021- Year 9 Student Letter- Return to School

02/03/2021- Year 10 Student Letter- Return to School

02/03/2021- Year 11 Student Letter- Return to School

02/03/2021- Key Worker Students Return to School

01/03/2021- Lateral Flow Testing Consent Letter

Covid-19 Testing
Consent- By Wednesday 3rd March deadline (3pm)
First Test Year Group Dates (before school re-opens)
Second Test Year Group Dates
Third Test Year Group Dates
Risk Assessments and Policies
Covid-19 Cases
FAQs

COVID-19 Testing Privacy Statement

26/02/2021- Letter to Parents and Carers

8th March- Inset Day
Lateral Flow Covid Tests
Staggered Starting and Ending Times
11th March- Year 9 Parents Consultations
Wearing of Masks
Welcome Back

â12/02/2021- Letter to Parents and Carers

05/02/2021- Letter to Parents and Carers

29/01/2021- Letter to Parents and Carers

25/01/2021- Remote Education Provision: Info for Parents

22/01/2021- Letter to Parents and Carers

20/01/2021- New Student Code of Conduct for Microsoft Teams

15/01/2021- Letter to Parents and Carers

Digital Parenting by Vodafone

06/01/2021- Letter to Year 11 Parent and Carers

GCSEs cancelled
2pm Meeting for all Year 11 students on Teams with Mr Bartlett on 07/01/2021
Parents Consultations postponed until 28th January

A detailed page of our Home Learning FAQs can be found here. If your question has not been answered, please fill in the form below where we will get back to you as soon as we can.

Quick Guide to Downloading and using Office 365

Quick Guide to Downloading the Teams App to your Smart Phone

Using XBox or PlayStation to Access Remote Learning

05/01/2021- Letter Update

FAQ- Live Streaming

Lockdown Lesson Tariff for Parents and Carers

31/12/2020- Letter Update

Lateral Flow Testing
Schedule for Return Dates and Times

â21/12/2020- Letter Update

17/12/2020- Year 10 Close Contact Covid Letter

17/12/2020- End of Term Letter

Covid 19 Pandemic Response
Mental Health

11/12/2020- Letter Update

Contact Tracing during Christmas Break
covidresponse@waingels.wokingham.sch.uk

08/12/2020- Letter Update

Christmas Dinner
Jerusalema Dance

01/12/2020- Letter Update

Corona Virus updates and thank you's
Student Mental Health and Well-being
End of Term Jerusalema Dance
Christmas Dinner
Food Bank & IT Recycling

30/11/2020- Letter Update

Year group working from home schedule

23/11/2020- Government Guidance Published in Various Languages

20/11/2020- Letter Update

10/11/2020- 1 day year group closures

Wednesday 11th Nov: Year 9 working at home
Thursday 12th Nov: Year 8 working at home
Friday 13th Nov: Year 12 working at home
Monday 16th Nov: Year 10 working at home

09/11/2020- Notification of a Confirmed Case of Covid-19

School closed to students in Year 10 on 10/11/2020

06/11/2020- Letter Update

Ventilation & winter clothing
Covid related staff absence
Covid related student absence
Face coverings, Extra Curricular and other measures
School opening times
Travel to and from school
Drop off and pick up
Parent Consultations
Children in Need

â19/10/2020- Key Worker Provision Letter

15/10/2020- Changes to A Levels 2021

15/10/2020- Changes to GCSEs 2021

13/10/2020- Contingency Plan Letter Home

Link to live Microsoft Teams consent form

12/10/2020- Face Mask Video

06/10/2020- A Quick Guide for Parents & Carers on Covid 19 Absence

02/10/2020- Introducing Compulsory Face Coverings

From 12/10/2020 Year 7 & 8 students will move for all lessons
From 12/10/2020 the wearing of face masks when students are moving between lessons and when using the toilets or buying food will be mandatory.

25/09/2020- Re-opening of Food Cube

Public Health England have produced a letter for schools to distribute to parents which explains when a person requires a coronavirus test and what the symptoms of coronavirus are. The Department have asked us to share and circulate this letter amongst parents at our school.
The intention of the letter is to help prevent children being taken out of school unnecessarily and answer some of the questions you may have around testing.

24/09/2020- Public Health England Letter

18/09/2020- Adjustments to Covid 19 Measures