Well done for all your efforts on Lexia this week.

Here are the children who achieved their latest Lexia Certificate.

Well done to everyone for your efforts with your TT Rockstars this week.

This week we are focussing on the Most Correct Answers over the last 7 days.

DB Primary Tips:

 

Welcome to DB Primary Power Point – PARENTS

DB Primary Parent Guide-58095

Developing-Online-Safety-in-the-Primary-School-through-DB-Primary-A-guide-for-parents-and-carers

 

 

We are very impressed with what has been completed and the engagement from our children. There have been a few issues raised from parents and children so here are some tips which might assist you from next week:

• Accessing DB Primary through an iPad – this is better if done through Google Chrome rather than Safari – Google Chrome can be downloaded free from the App Store
• You can access DB Primary by clicking on the link on our school website home page or remote learning page under parents heading
• If a word document doesn’t look right when you click on it, try downloading it first and then opening it.
• If you can’t print out worksheets or if you need to you can write on any piece of paper, take a photograph and upload it to DB Primary. If anyone needs an exercise book to work from, please email us and you can collect one from school
• We believe that DB Primary can be accessed through X-Box and Playstations. It will give your child access to a lot of content.

 

o X-Box

1. Plug a key board into the X Box USB slot – or use the games controller
2. Go in to my games and apps
3. Type in: https://nettlesworth.durham.dbprimary.com

 

 

o Playstation

1. Identify the Play Station internet browser icon (it is WWW with dots around it)
2. Press the PS4 logo on the controller
3. Go to the library and find options for games and applications
4. Go in to applications and you will find the internet browser
5. Type: https://nettlesworth.durham.dbprimary.com

 

 

 

If anyone is struggling with accessing remote learning or is having data issues, please contact us!

Safer Internet Day Articles 16 & 17 DOWNLOAD NOW

Attached is a brief demonstration for our new DB Primary Platform. Please bear in mind that this is our first day using this new system, and we are all getting used to it. We are delighted to see so many children accessing their Homepages and work. Well done everyone.

Thank you all for your continued support – we really do appreciate this.

Letter for direct and proximity contacts

Date: 4/2/2021

 

FOR PARENTS / CARERS OF CLOSE CONTACTS OF COVID-19 at Class 2 Keyworker/Vulnerable Groups Bubble

 

Advice for Child to Self-Isolate for 10 Days

 

Dear parent or carer,

 

We have been made aware that we have a positive lateral flow test, the member of staff will now have a PCR test for conformation. If it returns a negative result the bubble will re-open and we will inform parents of this with timing details.

 

We have followed the national guidance and, following a risk assessment with Public Health England (PHE) advisers, have identified that your child has been in close contact with the individual who has had a positive test result for coronavirus (COVID-19). In line with the national guidance, your child must stay at home and self-isolates until Saturday 13^th February 2021

 

If your child is well at the end of the 10 day period of self-isolation, then they can return to their usual activities and attend school as normal.

 

Other members of your household can continue normal activities, provided your child does not develop symptoms within the 10 day self-isolation period.

 

For more information, please see the guidance for contacts of people with confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection who do not live with the person:

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-for-contacts-of-people-with-possible-or-confirmed-coronavirus-covid-19-infection-who-do-not-live-with-the-person

 

What to do if your child develops symptoms of coronavirus (COVID 19)

 

Having been identified as a close contact, if your child then develops symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19), they should remain at home for at least 10 days from the date when their symptoms appeared. Symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) are a new, continuous cough, or a high temperature, or a loss of, or change in, their normal sense of taste or smell (anosmia).  Anyone with symptoms will be eligible for a PCR test – this is the type of test that is normally available and can be arranged via https://www.nhs.uk/ask-for-a-coronavirus-test or by calling 119.

 

People who do not have symptoms or have not tested positive using a Lateral Flow Device should not request a PCR test unless this has been specifically requested by Public Health England or the local authority.

 

All other household members who remain well must stay at home and not leave the house for 10 days. This includes anyone in your ‘Support Bubble’.

 

The household isolation period includes the day the first person in your household’s symptoms started (or the day their test was taken if they did not have symptoms) and the next 10 full days. This means that if, for example, your 10 day isolation period starts on the 15th of the month, your isolation period ends at 23:59 hrs on the 25th and you can return to your normal routine.

 

Household members should not go to work, school or public areas, and exercise should be taken within the home. If you require help with buying groceries, other shopping or picking up medication, or walking a dog, you should ask friends or family. Alternatively, you can order your shopping online and medication by phone or online.

 

Household members staying at home for 10 days will greatly reduce the overall amount of infection the household could pass on to others in the community.

 

If you are able, move any vulnerable individuals (such as the elderly and those with underlying health conditions) out of your home, to stay with friends or family for the duration of the home isolation period. If that is not possible, anyone with symptoms should try and stay as far away as possible from vulnerable members of your household.

 

For more information, please read PHE’s ‘Stay at Home’ guidance:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance/stay-at-home-guidance-for-households-with-possible-coronavirus-covid-19-infection

 

For most people, coronavirus (COVID-19) will be a mild illness.

 

If your child does develop symptoms, you can seek advice from the nhs.uk website at https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/check-if-you-have-coronavirus-symptoms/. If you are concerned about your child’s symptoms, or they are worsening you can seek advice from NHS 111 at https://111.nhs.uk/ or by phoning 111.

 

How to stop coronavirus (COVID-19) spreading

 

There are things you can do to help reduce the risk of you and anyone you live with getting ill with coronavirus (COVID-19):

 

• wash your hands with soap and water often – do this for at least 20 seconds
• use hand sanitiser gel if soap and water are not available
• wash your hands as soon as you get home
• cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve (not your hands) when you cough or sneeze
• put used tissues in the bin immediately and wash your hands afterwards

 

Further Information

 

Further information is available at

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

 

Yours sincerely

Donna Lee

Head Teacher

Lateral Flow tests for primary school staff

 

Lateral Flow Testing for Primary Staff

Dear Parents/Carers,

 

As you may be aware the government, in conjunction with the NHS, are instigating a programme of Lateral Flow Testing for primary school staff which we started on Monday 25^th January 2021.

 

The aim of the testing is to identify asymptomatic carriers of the virus in order to break the chains of transmission. While the testing is for staff only – not children – and therefore any organisation and implications for the actual testing is for us alone, the implications of identifying positive cases impacts on all.

 

We have been very fortunate as a school to not have had any positive cases leading to bubble closures so far but this does not mean we have not, nor will not, have staff who are asymptomatic carrying the virus.

 

School staff are now undertaking the Lateral Flow tests twice a week.

 

These tests are undertaken at home.  If a test identifies that a member of staff is positive, then they will need to self-isolate immediately and inform me of the result (headteacher). The school will then follow the test and trace protocol we have had in place since September, which follows NHS, DFE and LA guidelines.

 

If a bubble needs to be closed, the closure will come into effect immediately. Parents will be informed by email/text. The member of staff will then book a PCR test for conformation. In the unlikely event that the PCR test returns a negative result the bubble will be reopened and parents informed of this with timing details.

 

This morning we have had to close a bubble due to a positive lateral flow test, the member of staff will now have a PCR test for conformation. If it returns a negative result the bubble will re-open and we will inform parents of this with timing details.

 

We know that you may find this concerning but we are continuing to monitor the situation and are working closely with Public Health England. This letter is to inform you of the current situation and provide advice on how to support your child. Please be reassured that for most people, coronavirus (COVID-19) will be a mild illness.

 

The small number of children who have been in close contact with the individual who has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) have received a letter informing them that their child must stay at home for 10 days.

 

The school remains open and your child should continue to attend as normal if they remain well.

 

What to do if your child develops symptoms of COVID 19

 

If your child develops symptoms of COVID-19, they must not come to school and should remain at home for at least 10 days from the date when their symptoms appeared. Anyone with symptoms will be eligible for a PCR test (the normally available test type) and this can be arranged via https://www.nhs.uk/ask-for-a-coronavirus-test or by calling 119.

 

All other household members who remain well, must stay at home and not leave the house for 10 days. This includes anyone in your ‘Support Bubble’.

 

Further information is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance/stay-at-home-guidance-for-households-with-possible-coronavirus-covid-19-infection

 

The household isolation period includes the day the first person in your household’s symptoms started (or the day their test was taken if they did not have symptoms) and the next 10 full days. This means that if, for example, your 10 day isolation period starts on the 15th of the month, your isolation period ends at 23:59 hrs on the 25th and you can return to your normal routine.

Household members should not go to work, school or public areas and exercise should be taken within the home.

 

If you require help with buying groceries, other shopping or picking up medication, or walking a dog, you should ask friends or family. Alternatively, you can order your shopping online and medication by phone or online.

 

Household members staying at home for 10 days will greatly reduce the overall amount of infection the household could pass on to others in the community

 

If you are able, move any vulnerable individuals (such as the elderly and those with underlying health conditions) out of your home, to stay with friends or family for the duration of the home isolation period.

 

Symptoms

 

The most common symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) are recent onset of:

 

• a new continuous cough
• a high temperature
• a loss of, or change in, your normal sense of taste or smell (anosmia)

 

For most people, coronavirus (COVID-19) will be a mild illness.

 

If your child does develop symptoms, you can seek advice from the nhs.uk website at https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/check-if-you-have-coronavirus-symptoms/. If you are concerned about your child’s symptoms, or they are worsening you can seek advice from NHS 111 at https://111.nhs.uk/ or by phoning 111.

 

How to stop COVID-19 spreading

 

There are things you can do to help reduce the risk of you and anyone you live with getting ill with COVID-19

 

Do

• wash your hands with soap and water often – do this for at least 20 seconds
• use hand sanitiser gel if soap and water are not available
• wash your hands as soon as you get home
• cover your mouth and nose with a tissue or your sleeve (not your hands) when you cough or sneeze
• put used tissues in the bin immediately and wash your hands afterwards

 

 

Further Information

Further information is available at https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

Mrs Donna Lee

 

Headteacher

Children’s Mental Health Week –  a message from County Durham Investors in Children

• This week is Children’s Mental Health Week 1^st – 7^th February. The following link has some fantastic resources that can be used by schools, families and Youth groups,  https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/  
• This Thursday 4^th February is Time To Talk Day, the biggest day in the calendar year for Time To Change.