Coronavirus Updates
Central Government Guidance
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What parents need to know about early years providers, schools and colleges during COVID-19
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Claiming financial support under Test and Trace Support payment scheme
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Lateral Flow Device Testing
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Hampshire Saliva Testing Programme
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Useful Information for Parents/Carers
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HCC flowchart for when to send your child to school/ early setting
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For help with transport to attend a vaccination appointment please click on this link (Cabs for Jabs - organised by Westgate lower school parents)
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Central Government Guidance
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Information for Early Years Providers and Schools during the Coronavirus outbreak.
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https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-getting-tested
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Parents can book a Coronavirus test for their child via.
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How do I ask for a test?
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You can ask for a test online.
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We'll ask you:
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how you want to get the test – you may be able to choose between driving to a regional testing site or getting a home test kit
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for details such as your name, mobile phone number and address
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Help with asking for a test
If you're having problems getting a test, see answers to common questions about asking for a coronavirus test.
CV19 - Emotional Health Support for Children and Families (April 2020)
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BE KIND
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RING A FRIEND
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CATCH UP ON WORK
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EXERCISE
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PLAY A GAME
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COOK
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WATCH A MOVIE
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LEARN A NEW FACT
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KEEP POSITIVE
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KEEP SMILING
Department for Education
New guidance for households with symptoms
The Government introduced new guidance on whole household isolation in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak:
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if you live alone and you have symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19), however mild, stay at home for 7 days from when your symptoms started
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if you live with others and you or another member of the household have symptoms of coronavirus, then all household members must stay at home and not leave the house for 14 days. The 14-day period starts from the day when the first person in the house became ill. It is likely that people living within a household will infect each other or be infected already. Staying at home for 14 days will greatly reduce the overall amount of infection the household could pass on to others in the community
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for anyone in the household who starts displaying symptoms, they need to stay at home for 7 days from when the symptoms appeared, regardless of what day they are on in the original 14-day isolation period.
The symptoms are:
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A high temperature (37.8 degrees and above)
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A new, continuous cough
The full stay at home guidance for households with these symptoms can be found here:​
gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-stay-at-home-guidance
Emergency Food Provisions - Winchester Basic Bank
Winchester Basic Bank is kindly offering emergency food provision for those children who receive free school meals. Please register your details in the link below (in either A4 or A5). WBB will be giving 2-weeks worth of food per each visit; but it will only cover the lunch food. They will be opening just for the families on a Monday 10-12pm at our Milland Rd site, or they can collect from St Barnabas Church on a Thursday 10-1 pm. If the families need a standard food voucher, then they will need to be referred in the standard manner.
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Please click here for more information regarding Emergency Food Provisions.
ChatHealth Messaging Service
Text your school nurse.
During these unsettling times, as a young person, you may be worried about your health and wellbeing and be unsure about how to get the help you need.
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Please click here for more information.