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• Important Food Parcel Offer

  Wed 28 Oct 2020

  The Local Authority are pleased to offer the following:

   

  Emergency Assistance Grant Offer

  Our Primary offer to support our most vulnerable families during this half-term holiday is through our Emergency Assistance Grant funding to ensure that families in need have access to food.

   

  Our Emergency Assistance Grant funding is available. Families eligible for free school meals can apply for a payment card by visiting our One Stop Shops, contacting their local Citizens Advice Bureau or calling the Council on 01454 868009, and successful applicants will receive a card within 48 hours with sufficient funds (£20) for meals for a week for their children that can be used in all main supermarkets and other retail outlets.  We encourage you to publicise this offer so that parents/carers are able to access this; for most families, we would suggest this will be a really good option. 

   

  Food Parcel Offer

  In addition, on Thursday and Friday of this week, we have organised across the Council area, food parcel collection points for parents and/carers that as is an alternative to the above and for where a voucher may not be their preferred option.  All parents/carers will need to do, is turn up at the collection point and they will be given a food parcel containing various products.  We are wanting to make this as easy as possible and to ensure that people feel comfortable in collecting.  Integra have worked tirelessly in conjunction with ELS and our Transport department with support from Local schools to get an offer in place.  All collection points across South Gloucestershire will be open from 11am-1pm on Thursday 29^th and Friday 30^th October.  The food parcels contain dried goods only and non-perishables. 

   

  We must once again thank Heads and CEOs for their support of the Council in putting in place this offer. 

   

  The collection points are listed below and we encourage you to highlight where you nearest collection point is. Parents and carers, go to the front entrance, they will be directed the collection point as appropriate, this will be the Drama Hall at KOA and we may update other locations on the premises in due course.  We have tried to cover the whole geography of South Gloucestershire so that we meet the needs of as many families as possible, so please see a list of schools. 

  The Castle School

  Yate Academy

  Winterbourne Academy

  Patchway Community School

  Bradley Stoke Community School

  Mangotsfield School

  Sir Bernard Lovell School

  Longwell Green Primary

  Hanham Woods Academy

  Beacon Rise Primary

  Kings Oak Academy (Drama Hall which can be accessed by car and foot half way down Brook Road on the right hand side) 

   

   

• COVID in half term

  Fri 23 Oct 2020

  Why do we need to contact different people at the beginning of half term? When Covid-19 symptoms start the person is infectious 48 hours before this and up to 10 days afterwards.  If your child gets symptoms over the weekend it may impact on others in their class. But if they get symptoms from Monday of half term onwards and then gets tested positive you won’t need to alert the school/setting.  You will need to let all those your child has been in close contact with know they have tested positive and they will need to self-isolate.

  

• FREE first aid course at school

  Thu 15 Oct 2020

  South Gloucestershire Community Learning and Skills Service

  *FREE Qualification in

  Paediatric First Aid  at Barley Close Primary School

  Every Tuesday, 9.15 – 11.15am, starting 3^rd Nov 2020 for 6 weeks

   

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  01454 864613

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  community.learning@southglos.gov.uk

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  * For adults aged 19+ with few or no qualifications; or experiencing other barriers to work

  
  In conjunction with South Gloucestershire Community Learning and Skills service, this is an Ofsted compliant, accredited course for parents/carers at Barley Close Primary School.  During the course you will look at: 

   

  • the aims of first aid
  • resuscitation in adults and children
  • defibrillators: how they work and where we find

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  • choking and how to deal with it
  • bleeding, bandages and how to treat fractures

   

  The final class will be a practical assessment, which must be completed to gain the Certificate

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  .To book your place, please contact Sam Jones on 07768 293842