To report a potential outbreak of infection or if you are concerned about a case of infection in your setting, please contact the local Health Protection Team on 020 3837 7084 (option 0, then option 2) or necl.team@phe.gov.uk. Please also inform the local authority of these situations via email on publichealth@haringey.gov.uk.
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Since September 2021, the government has provided CO2 monitors to all state-funded schools to reduce the transmission of COVID-19. The monitors enable staff to quickly identify areas with poor ventilation. You should have received roughly one monitor for every two teaching rooms. Please remember to:
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Monkeypox
There are currently cases of monkeypox in the UK, however, numbers are small and the risk to schools is low. Monkeypox causes a rash similar to that of chicken pox, please see example images here. Monkeypox spreads by close contact with an infected person. A person experiencing a blistered rash who has either a) been in contact with someone who has or might have monkeypox or b) travelled to West or Central Africa in the past 3 weeks should call NHS 111 for advice. More information is available on the NHS website: Monkeypox.
Monkeypox is a notifiable disease. This means doctors have a legal requirement to inform their local health protection team of any suspected monkeypox cases. Laboratories will also have to notify the UK Health Security Agency if they identify monkeypox virus in a sample. The reporting of cases will allow the UKHSA and health partners to monitor further spread of the disease and take action to contain transmission.
If your child missed out on their secondary school aged vaccines, Vaccination UK is running catchup clinics in Haringey for Year 8: Human papillomavirus infection (HPV) and Year 9: Meningitis ACWY and DTP (Diphtheria, Tetanus and Polio School Leaver Booster)
| Date | Time | Venue |
| Tuesday 21 June 2022 | 3.30pm – 5.30pm | Broadwater Farm Community Centre
Adams Road, N17 6HE |
| Monday 4 July 2022 | 3.30pm – 5.30pm | Caxton House
129 St Johns Way London N19 3RQ |
| Tuesday 19 July 2022 | 3.30pm – 5.30pm | Broadwater Farm Community Centre
Adams Road, N17 6HE |
These clinics will be running on an APPOINTMENT ONLY basis.
To register for these clinics, contact Vaccination UK by phone: 0208 017 7925 or email: haringey@v-uk.co.uk to make an appointment.
You will need to complete a consent form before your appointment. Link to e-consent form here: https://www.schoolvaccination.uk/e-consent-forms
You can make an appointment for your child’s vaccine through the National Booking Service: nhs.uk/coronavirus or by calling 119 free of charge.
Currently there are three vaccination clinics offering the COVID-19 vaccine to this age group in Haringey:
- Lordship Lane Health Centre, 239 Lordship Lane, N17 6AA – every Monday 9am – 4pm
- Bounds Green Group Practice, Gordon Road, N11 2PF 5-11 year old clinic each Friday 4-5pm
- Hornsey Central Neigbourhood Health Centre, 151 Park Road, London N8 8JD, 7 days a week, 9am-6pm
Some walk-ins are available (except at Lordship Lane) where 5-11-year-olds as well as older siblings, or family members, can be vaccinated together at the same time. Simply check the walk-in finder website: www.nhs.uk/grab-a-jab before attending to check clinic timings.
Children aged 5-11 with no other underlying health conditions will be offered two paediatric (child) doses of the vaccine, with at least 12 weeks between doses. A paediatric dose is smaller than doses given to those aged 12 and over.
A guide to Covid-19 vaccination for parents of children aged 5-11 has been produced. This can be accessed here
The Department for Education is encouraging more schools and colleges to identify and train a senior mental health lead. This is backed by a further £7 million in training grants from government, bringing the total amount of funding for 22/23 to £10 million.
Over 8,000 schools and colleges claimed a £1,200 grant to train a senior mental health lead between October 2021 and March 2022, including over half of all state-funded secondary schools in England and at least three in ten state-funded primary schools and colleges. The training provides knowledge and skills to develop a whole school or college approach to mental health and wellbeing in your setting.
Up to two thirds of all eligible schools and colleges in England will have the opportunity to benefit from quality assured senior mental health lead training by the end of this financial year.
For guidance on how to claim a grant and sign up for training, please go to Senior mental health lead training – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Dear colleagues
I just wanted to share some key information on the monkeypox outbreak in the UK with you. At the moment the overall risk to the public is low, and the overall situation and comms is being managed by UK Health Security Agency.
Monkeypox is a viral infection usually associated with travel to West Africa, but we are seeing cases transmitted in the UK at the moment. The number of cases is low, but is rising and we expect to see more cases as public awareness of symptoms is increasing. In the medium term, due to the low transmissibility of the infection, public health experts believe the numbers ware likely to start to come under control. At present cases at a local authority level are not being disclosed due to small overall numbers and potential to identify individual patients.
The virus can spread if there is close contact between people with infectious lesions (pox). Recent cases are predominantly in gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, so UKHSA are advising these groups to be alert to any unusual rashes or lesions on any part of their body, especially their genitalia, and to contact a sexual health service if they have concerns. Risks of transmission in schools, nurseries and other community settings is very low at present. As a local authority and commissioner of sexual health services, we are working with our sexual health services to ensure they have the latest information on how to identify and manage cases safely and reduce impacts on staff who may have to self isolate if they are in contact with a monkey pox case.
Background info on monkeypox
Mokeypox is usually a mild self-limiting illness, spread by very close contact with someone with monkeypox and most people recover within a few weeks.
Symptoms
- Unusual rashes or lesions on the body such as the face or genital area
- Fever
- Muscle aches
- Chills and exhaustion
- Headaches
- Swollen lymph nodes
The virus can enter the body through broken skin, the respiratory tract or through the eyes, nose or mouth.
If you get infected with monkeypox, it usually takes between five and 21 days for the first symptoms to appear. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches, backache, swollen lymph nodes, chills and exhaustion.
A rash can develop, often beginning on the face, then spreading to other parts of the body. The rash changes and goes through different stages – a bit like chicken pox – before finally forming a scab, which later falls off.
The virus can spread if there is close contact between people through:
- touching clothing, bedding or towels used by someone with the monkeypox rash
- touching monkeypox skin blisters or scabs
- the coughs or sneezes of a person with the monkeypox rash
Anyone with concerns that they could be infected should see a health professional but make contact with the clinic or surgery ahead of a visit. NHS 111 can also give advice.
We will share further updates as needed as the situation develops.
Additional information is available on the government and NHS websites:
Monkeypox – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Dr Will Maimaris
Director of Public Health
Haringey Council
Mobile: 07919 357421
Email: will.maimaris@haringey.gov.uk
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News for schools from gov.uk
| · Information for schools to support school planning for recovery
· an update for schools on the National Tutoring Programme · information for schools on the Schools White Paper: Opportunity for all webinar · Children’s Commissioner for England launches an interactive quiz to support schools |
Guidance to support school planning for recovery
The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) have published a practical guide for schools to support their planning and recovery efforts. Schools can consult this guide as they plan for the next academic year.
The department has also published guidance for governors and trustees, to support them to have effective discussions about education recovery plans within their school or trust, and an overall summary of education recovery support.
National Tutoring Programme update
In March 2022, we announced an additional £65m of funding was being transferred to the School-led tutoring (SLT) route of the National Tutoring Programme (NTP), to provide greater flexibility for schools to source their own tutors. Schools should have now received a 16% uplift in their final SLT payment for the academic year 2021 to 2022.
Please record usage of your SLT funding in next week’s educational setting status form, being issued on Thursday 26 May. We have published guidance on how to complete the form which includes the 3 questions on SLT. The individual completing the form should have all the relevant information to hand on SLT use in your school.
An optional tracker and calculator tool has been designed to help schools track SLT information during the academic year.
Find out how Green Way Academy in North Hull is using the NTP to provide a range of interventions to help pupils in an area of high deprivation to catch up on lost learning.
Schools White Paper: Opportunity for all webinar
The Schools White Paper – Opportunity for all: strong schools with great teachers for your child was published on Monday 28 March. The white paper demonstrates how our education system can deliver on the government’s priority to level up across the country. The economic benefits of meeting the white paper’s ambitions, and the case for a fully trust led system, are also set out.
Webinars are open to local authority maintained schools and provide the opportunity to hear more from your Regional Schools Commissioner, about the white paper and what it could mean for schools. Register using the links below:
| South-East England and South London Schools White Paper Webinar, 16 June, 14.30East of England and North East London Schools White Paper Webinar, 23 June, 15.30 |
Events are organised regionally; they are virtual and will all cover the same material.
Children’s Commissioner for England launches an interactive quiz to support schools
On National Numeracy Day 2022, Wednesday 18 May, the Children’s Commissioner for England launched ‘Where can I go with maths?’, an interactive quiz for children featuring over 50 career profiles of role models using maths or maths skills in their work.
It has been developed to show connections and transferable skills between the KS3 maths curriculum, careers, and everyday life. Careers advisers and maths departments are encouraged to use this interactive quiz in schools.
The information below has not changed since our last update
Department for Education Incident Support helpline
The Department for Education Incident Support helpline is available to answer any questions you have about COVID-19, the current situation in Ukraine, as it relates to education and childcare settings and children’s social care, or other national emergency issues.