We have been sent this advice from Herts County Council......

Advice for parents/guardians

You should not be unduly worried about the possibility of your children catching the Coronavirus.

There is no reason why your children should not continue to attend their early years, school or further education setting as normal.

We recognise that some families or children may be planning to travel to China during the forthcoming half term period. If so, please refer to the FCO’s latest travel advice via the link above.

What action you can take

A UK wide campaign has been launched to provide clear advice on how to slow the spread of Coronavirus.

Please help to support the campaign which promotes basic hygiene practices, such as regularly washing hands and always sneezing into a tissue, to stem the spread of viruses.

You can do this by:

Displaying this poster in relevant public spaces:

Sharing DHSC content from the following social media links:

Local Job Centre

If you would like find out more information about the local Job Centre, Universal Credit, finding a job and much more, please clink on the link to find your nearest Job Centre:

https://www.jobcentrejobs.co.uk/

Guest blog - SENDIASS

Hertfordshire's SENDIASS is a free service that provides confidential and impartial information, advice and support on issues related to SEND for parents of children and young people up to the age of 25.  In this blog post https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/microsites/local-offer/news/local-offer-blog/guest-blog-sendiass.aspx, SENDIASS talks to us about how they're working to improve the service they offer and reach more families across the county. 

Alongside this, we're strengthening our partnerships with local voluntary organisations such as Families in Focus CIC, who have agreed to work with us in trialling some 1:1 advice sessions at different venues across Hertfordshire.

You can come along and meet with members of our SENDIASS team to discuss your individual concerns. The First session times and venue is Hemel Hempstead - 14th October (9:30am- 11:30am) South Hill Centre, Cemetery Hill, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1JF Booking is Essential to francine@familiesinfocus.co.uk

If you are a parent or carer, we hope you will find the documents and web links below useful.

Hertfordshire County Council have developed a directory of parenting courses, which is available on the website at www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/parentingsupport 

The parenting directory lists all courses that are available to parents/carers in Hertfordshire

The Parent Portal

The Parent Portal in a new website designed to help parents support their child through primary school. The site is still being developed so please revisit in the near future.