Covid-19 Support

Topic outline

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  Introduction

  This courses is dedicated to Covid-19 resources and guidance for schools and parents. There are guidance documents, embedded videos, useful links and our new Covid-19 translation leaflet app.

  
  
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  The importance of getting vaccinated (with voice over in different languages)
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  Covid Translation app

  The translation tool is currently available in 14 languages (including English). Bengali, Chinese, French, Hungarian, Italian, Nepali, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog and Turkish.

  Click the little green icon to launch the app. The best user experience will be through use of Google Chrome browser.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  ***Please note: When you close the 2 pop-up windows you may find the translation app is hidden but still open. This means if you try to launch the app again it appears as if it is not working. But actually the app will still be open in a hidden window.***

  • Launch the Translation app SCORM package
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  Recent Guidance

  • What parents and carers need to know about early years providers, schools and colleges Information for parents and carers about going back to schools, nurseries and colleges in January 2021. URL
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  Should I send my child to school?

  A simple to follow Covid-19 flow chart designed to help parents make appropriate decisions whether or not to send their child to school.  This was contributed by Cherrywood Community Primary School in Rushmoor with the translation into Nepali done by Nisha Lama, EMTAS Nepali-speaking Bilingual Assistant, at the school's request.  Cherrywood is an EAL Excellence Award Gold school and in keeping with the 'Parents and Community' aspect of this award, this is a great example of supporting and empowering families through the use of first language.

  • Should I send my child to school - English File
  • Should I send my child to school - Nepali File
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  Free helpline from Barnardos

  
  
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  Covid-19 information

  Parenting Tips (in different languages), Parent for Lifelong Health (PLH)

  Translated and accessible COVID-19 materials, HCC website
  

  Coronavirus Information and news, Travellers Times website

  Covid 19 – Support pack for parents and pupils of English as an additional language - Ealing Learning Partnership April 2020

  Home during COVID-19 - from Clear Project (leaflets and videos in different languages)

  Going Back to School Guide: Guide for children returning to school this September, adapted for learners who use English as an Additional Language by The Bell Foundation
  

  ***NEW***What parents and carers need to know about early years providers, schools and colleges during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, Autumn 2020 
  

  Free library of translated letters courtesy of Mantra Lingua. Includes letters regarding Covid-19. Access the library.

  Coronavirus information for the Traveller community courtesy of Traveller Times (shared by Sam Wilson, Hampshire EMTAS)
  Video can be accessed here

  Translated booklet for children about Covid 19 and how to keep safe (shared by Julie Greer, Cherbourg Primary)
  https://www.mindheart.co/descargables

  Free information book about Coronavirus from Nosy Crow

  Doctors of the World - information about COVID 19 in 35 languages

  UK Government guidance on social distancing in various languages:
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-on-social-distancing-and-for-vulnerable-people 

  More information in different languages
  

  https://covid-at-home.info/

  
  

  Covid 19 Health Literacy Project - different resources and fact sheets available in 35 languages, including fact sheets for 3-6 year olds, 6-12 year olds and 13-18 year olds. 

  
  

  Health Translations - Various different resources and guides organised by language (75+ languages available).

  
  

  Humans Like Us - Videos, sound recordings and visual posters, which explain the best way to wash hands and keep safe from coronavirus. 35 languages.

  Scientific Animations Without Borders - 'Protecting yourself from coronavirus' animated video available in 49 languages

  Centres for Disease Control and Prevention - posters on handwashing available in Spanish, French, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Portuguese, Urdu and Haitian Creole

  Minnesota Department of Health - a poster which says 'Wash Your Hands' in 24 languages (English, Amharic, Arabic, Burmese, Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hmong, Karen, Khmer, Korean, Laotian, Nepali, Oromo, Ojibwe, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Thai, and Vietnamese).
  

  • Covid-19 story for children URL

    Published Date: 31 March 2020

    This book is the product of a project developed by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (IASC MHPSS RG). It could be used with children to help meet their mental health and psychosocial needs in relation to the pandemic. The list of languages into which it's been translated is extensive.

    
    

  • Hope is where you are URL

    Hope where are you? is the story of six children around the world who are experiencing school closures because of the pandemic. Each story follows a similar pattern of frustration and challenge, finding their hope and spreading their hope to others. 

    Available in 30+ Languages