Early Years Covid-19

Last updated 10/3/2021

Latest government information

• Early Years Sector: Consumer Law Advice
• Child Safeguarding posters
• Guidance on coronavirus testing for essential workers
• Actions for Early Years and Childcare Providers
• Sign up for email alerts about the Coronavirus (COVID-19) UK government response
• Business Coronavirus Support Finder

Health and wellbeing

• Cheshire West and Chester - Mental Health Helpline
• RCPCH - Advice for parents and carers when a child is unwell or injured
• World Health Organisation - mental health considerations
• NHS – One You

Cheshire East information

The Early Years Team are continuing to send out an online survey for completion by 12 noon on Mondays. The information collected is required by and submitted to the Department for Education, and therefore it must be completed by ALL childcare providers. The survey will take approximately 2 minutes to complete.

• Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Winter 2021 (PDF, 23KB)
• Closed settings and vulnerable children procedures (PDF, 88KB)
• Early years: The next stage June 2021 video recording
• PPE suppliers for setting (PDF, 130KB)
• Domestic Abuse- Request for Help from the Police and Crime Commissioner (PDF, 2MB)
• Cheshire East Business Rates support

Support for home learning

• National Literacy Trust’s Family Zone
• BBC Tiny Happy People
• Hungry Little Minds
• Help for children aged 2-4 to learn at home

Early Years and Childcare Providers Coffee and Chat

If you would like to discuss any of the above guidance then join the Childcare Development Team and other childcare providers for an informal group discussion around the DfE COVID-19 guidance and business support. 

As these are open discussion sessions we won't have a fixed agenda. Our intention is for everyone to share and learn from one another and to understand the approaches taken by different settings to the guidance. 

The sessions will be held on:

• Thursday 28 October 10.00am
• Thursday 25 November 10.00am
• Thursday 16 December 10.00am

Register your interest in joining our discussion

We will send you a link to a Microsoft teams meeting which you can use in your web browser. You don't have to download software.