You can help to slow the spread of Coronavirus!

• Make sure you and your children follow these general principles to prevent spreading any respiratory virus:
• Wash your hands often – with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, or an alcohol-based sanitiser if soap and water aren’t available.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands.
• Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
• If you feel unwell, stay at home and don’t attend work or school.

• Cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in a bin.
• Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces in the home.
• If you’re worried about your symptoms, please call NHS 111 – don’t go directly to your GP or other healthcare environment.

Department for Education Coronavirus helpline - this helpline has been set up to answer questions about the virus related to education. Staff, parents and young people can contact the helpline.

• Phone: 0800 046 8687
• Email: DfE.coronavirushelpline@education.gov.uk
• Opening hours: 8am to 6pm (Monday to Friday)

School Meal Provision

South Tyneside Council School Meals Service provide all food for our school. Whilst meals are cooked on site, kitchen staff are employed by school meals services and not the school. Decisions around provision of school meals is made by school meals services and not the school itself.

For children of key workers and vulnerable children in school

School catering staff will be serving a reduced hot and cold menu every day from Monday. These meals are free to all children attending school. 

Children NOT attending school but entitled to Free School Meals

Food vouchers

Eligible parents will be receive email vouchers directly from Edenred, the company contracted by the government to deal with issuing vouchers. If you are having issues with your vouchers, Elizabeth Luke at South Tyneside School Meals may be able to help.

We wish you and your families well in these challenging times.

This document has been produced in conjunction with Government, Public Health England and Department for Education guidance.

All known hazards have been identified, the risks evaluated and control measures put in place to minimise the spread of the virus, as far as reasonably practicable.

We cannot eliminate all risk, but if this risk assessment is followed it will mitigate risk as far as reasonably practicable.

It is the staff’s responsibility to read and understand this document and implement the control measures described to ensure, where reasonably practicable, that pupils adhere to all social distancing, infection control measures and follow school specific requirements.