Dear parents,
As you are aware the Government have stated that nurseries should CLOSE but children of ‘Key workers’ can still be cared for in childcare settings and schools.
Children of parents who are not identified as a ‘key worker’ will not be allowed to leave their children in any childcare provision.
If you believe you are a ‘key worker’ (as stated below) please can you complete the form emailed by Lisa or contact Lisa on 01254 699823 before 3pm today.
If you are a ‘key worker’ and have someone to care for your child at home (who are not at risk) it is strongly recommended that they care for your child and minimise contact with others.
PLANS FOR ST MARY'S NURSERIES
We are pooling resources and providing care from one setting ONLY. From Monday 23rd March 2020 all St Mary’s Childcare will be provided at St Mary’s Nursery @ St Mary’s College. This is to improve the capacity to care for the children of key workers during staff sickness.
All staff from St Mary’s @ WFCC will be at St Mary’s @ St Mary’s college. A great deal of time has been spent to devise a suitable and robust rota system that will ensure that the children attending know the staff in their rooms.
KEYWORKERS:
Health and social care
This includes but is not limited to doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, social workers, care workers, and other frontline health and social care staff including volunteers; the support and specialist staff required to maintain the UK’s health and social care sector; those working as part of the health and social care supply chain, including producers and distributers of medicines and medical and personal protective equipment.
Education and childcare
This includes nursery and teaching staff, social workers and those specialist education professionals who must remain active during the COVID-19 response to deliver this approach.
Key public services
This includes those essential to the running of the justice system, religious staff, charities and workers delivering key frontline services, those responsible for the management of the deceased, and journalists and broadcasters who are providing public service broadcasting.
Local and national government
This only includes those administrative occupations essential to the effective delivery of the COVID-19 response or delivering essential public services such as the payment of benefits, including in government agencies and arms length bodies.
Food and other necessary goods
This includes those involved in food production, processing, distribution, sale and delivery as well as those essential to the provision of other key goods (for example hygienic and veterinary medicines).
Public safety and national security
This includes police and support staff, Ministry of Defence civilians, contractor and armed forces personnel (those critical to the delivery of key defence and national security outputs and essential to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic), fire and rescue service employees (including support staff), National Crime Agency staff, those maintaining border security, prison and probation staff and other national security roles, including those overseas.
Transport
This includes those who will keep the air, water, road and rail passenger and freight transport modes operating during the COVID-19 response, including those working on transport systems through which supply chains pass.
Utilities, communication and financial services
This includes staff needed for essential financial services provision (including but not limited to workers in banks, building societies and financial market infrastructure), the oil, gas, electricity and water sectors (including sewerage), information technology and data infrastructure sector and primary industry supplies to continue during the COVID-19 response, as well as key staff working in the civil nuclear, chemicals, telecommunications (including but not limited to network operations, field engineering, call centre staff, IT and data infrastructure, 999 and 111 critical services), postal services and delivery, payments providers and waste disposal sectors.
If workers think they fall within the critical categories above they should confirm with their employer that, based on their business continuity arrangements, their specific role is necessary for the continuation of this essential public service.
