COVID19 - Coronavirus
Information about COVID-19 (coronavirus).
You will find information and updates about the Coronavirus here.
June 2020
3 June 2020, email update
2 June 2020, email update and accompanying documents:
- Email update from Carolyn Terry to Essex early years and childcare providers - 2 June 2020 (PDF, 147KB)
- Frequently asked questions - 2 June 2020 (PDF, 95KB)
- Funding questions updated - 2 June 2020 (PDF, 129KB)
- Initial COVID-19 transition guidance for early years settings (Powerpoint, 84KB)
- West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group COVID-19 testing in under fives advice (PDF, 104KB)
May 2020
29 May 2020, email update and accompanying documents:
- Email update from Carolyn Terry to Essex early years and childcare providers - 29 May 2020 (PDF, 107KB)
- EYFS guidance for the reopening of settings, updated 29 May 2020 (Word, 40KB)
- FAQs EYFS practice and provision - 29 May 2020 (Word, 34KB)
22 May 2020, email update and accompanying documents:
- Email update from Carolyn Terry to Essex early years and childcare providers - 22 May 2020 (PDF, 156KB)
- Safeguarding briefing for early years - 22 May 2020 (PDF, 173KB)
- Early years guidance for the reopening of settings - 22 May 2020 (Word, 39KB)
- Early years back to school poster (PDF, 486KB)
- PPE suppliers (Excel, 35KB)
- COVID-19 provision and outcomes form summer term 2020 (Word, 72KB)
- FAQs EYFS practice and provision - 22 May 2020 (PDF, 138KB)
- Reasonable Endeavours: key messages (PDF, 113KB)
- Reasonable Endeavours: legal factsheet (PDF, 120KB)
- Reasonable Endeavours: letter from Clare Kershaw (PDF, 107KB)
- Reasonable Endeavours: what will happen (PDF, 94KB)
- Reasonable Endeavours: for education settings - 18 May 2020 (Powerpoint, 23MB)
- Parent helpline flyer (PDF, 169KB)
20 May 2020, email update and accompanying documents:
- Email update from Carolyn Terry to Essex early years and childcare providers - 20 May 2020 (PDF, 113KB)
- Funding questions - 19 May 2020 (PDF, 130KB)
- FAQs - 19 May 2020 (PDF, 168KB)
14 May, email update and accompanying documents:
- Email update from Carolyn Terry to Essex early years and childcare providers - 14 May 2020 (PDF, 104KB)
- Checklist to be read alongside the early years re-opening framework - 14 May 2020 (PDF, 128KB)
- Framework for re-opening early years - 14 May 2020 (Word, 40KB)
- Framework for re-opening early years print version - 14 May 2020 (Word, 40KB)
- Summary of the guidance relating to early years - 14 May 2020 (PDF, 203KB)
7 May, email update and accompanying documents:
- Email update from Carolyn Terry to Essex early years and childcare providers - 7 May 2020 (PDF, 149KB)
- COVID-19 children response plan summer 2020 for early years settings - 26 April 2020 (Word, 141KB)
- Safeguarding guidance for EYS providers during closure (Word, 46KB)
April 2020
29 April, email update
27 April, email update and accompanying documents:
- Email update from Carolyn Terry to Essex early years and childcare providers - 27 April 2020 (PDF, 167KB)
- COVID-19 children response plan summer 2020 for early years settings - 26 April 2020 (Word, 141KB)
- COVID-19 safeguarding contact sheet PVI settings - April 2020 (Word, 30KB)
- Open letter from the Secretary of State for Education - 23 April 2020 (PDF, 533KB)
23 April, email update and accompanying documents:
- Email update from Carolyn Terry to Essex early years and childcare providers - 23 April 2020 (PDF, 118KB)
- Furlough FAQs - 23 April 2020 (PDF, 124KB)
- DfE daily Coronavirus update email - 22 April 2020 (PDF, 157KB)
15 April, email update and accompanying documents:
- Email update from Carolyn Terry to Essex early years and childcare providers - 15 April 2020 (PDF, 114KB)
- Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme information - 15 April 2020 (PDF, 137KB)
- Coronavirus: providers FAQs - 15 April 2020 (PDF, 174KB)
- COVID-19 advice for parents when a child is unwell or injured poster - 15 April 2020 (PDF, 267KB)
- COVID-19 Essex Child and Family Wellbeing service Resource Hub flyer - 15 April 2020 (PDF, 93KB)
- DfE daily Coronavirus update email - 14 April 2020 (PDF, 178KB)
1 April, email update and accompanying documents:
- Email update from Carolyn Terry to Essex early years and childcare providers - 1 April 2020 (Pdf, 130KB)
- Coronavirus Provider FAQs - 1 April 2020 (PDF, 72KB)
- Operation Shield update - 1 April 2020 (PDF, 234KB)
- DfE daily Coronavirus update email - 1 April 2020, (PDF, 167KB)
March 2020
30 March, email update and accompanying documents
- Email update from Carolyn Terry to Essex early years and childcare providers - 30 March 2020 (PDF, 115KB)
- Safeguarding guidance for EYS providers during closure - 27 March
- EYCC working in partnership during COVID-19 advice
- ECFWS letter to partners RE COVID-19 provision - 25 March
- DfE daily Coronavirus update email 27 March 2020 (PDF, 150KB)
24 March email update and accompanying documents
- Email update from Carolyn Terry to Essex early years and childcare providers - 24 March 2020 (PDF 99KB)
- Business Management Consultancy Early Years Business advice - 24 March 2020 (PDF, 142KB)
- British Business Bank - Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme
- DfBEIS COVID-19: guidance for employees, employers and businesses
- Coronavirus Providers FAQ updated 24 March 2020 (PDF, 234KB)
- COVID-19 early years and childcare critical worker status - 24 March 2020 (PDF, 96KB)
- Vicky Ford letter to early years sector COVID-19 response - 24 March 2020 (PDF, 146KB)
20 March 2020 - communication to early years and childcare providers
- Early Years provision
- Coronavirus queries early years FAQ
- Child friendly explanation of coronavirus
- ECC Coronavirus FEEE funding update
- DfE Guidance - 23 March
- COVID-19 checklist for EYCC settings
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