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Cllr Catherine Gibbons, the authority s executive member for children s services, said: “We believe no child should go hungry during term time or the school holidays and the extra vouchers we are providing in February will ensure all children will have meals during the half-term week. There is plenty of money still available under this grant scheme and we want to make sure it goes to those families and individuals in North Somerset who really need it. We don t want to have to give it back to the Government.
“Many are struggling with the economic impact of coronavirus and will continue to do so while the pandemic remains with us. This money is there to help the hardest hit families and individuals over the winter period. If you re struggling to provide meals for your children or pay the heating bills, we can help.
North Somerset families are being encouraged to continue to access free school meals during the latest national lockdown.
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“This past year has been very disruptive to children’s learning, but our schools staff have worked incredibly hard to keep things going as best as possible remotely while also supporting vulnerable and key worker children. They deserve our utmost respect and gratitude.
“I was pleased to hear the Government free school meal provision will continue during lockdown and that more devices will be made available to support online learning. No child should go hungry or be without access to learning.”
The Priory Learning Trust, which oversees schools including Priory and Worle secondary schools, says it is continuing to use its WONDE voucher system to provide free school meals to families, as well as handing out another 334 laptops to students through the DfE laptop scheme.
It confirmed schools staff will be eligible for weekly rapid tests while students will be able to have two tests three days apart when they return to face-to-face education.
If students are identified as a close contact of someone who has tested positive, they will also be able to access testing every day for seven days to potentially enable them to remain in face-to-face teaching as long as they have negative test results.
Cllr Catherine Gibbons, executive member for children s services at North Somerset Council, said: After a very disruptive year for our young people s learning, we hope testing will now enable more students to remain in schools-based lessons.