What measures is your primary school taking?

[Anniemabel]

The only measure we’ve been told about is staggered drop off and pick ups and class bubbles of 30 (although after school club is all in one and everyone has siblings in different classes!) In the letter the head set out the staggered drop offs rules and described them as “one of many measures” but didn’t elaborate on what the other measures are.

Is it reasonable for me to email the head and ask for specifics. The main thing I’m worried about is how track and trace is supposed to work - there is no out of hours school phone number - so If a child is diagnosed with covid at, say, 3.30 on a Friday you can’t let the school know until Monday at 8.50. I’m going to raise the question with the head but just wondering if there is anything else they haven’t covered that I should raise.

One way system around the outside of the school, each class has its own entrance (they had this anyway), staggered drop and pick ups, staggered play times, lunch eaten in classroom, no assembly, PE kits worn for the full day no getting changed, can't take anything in from home, no mixing of classes/bubbles, teachers to teach front the front of the class stood up TA to be at the back or side, toilets allocated to each class, playground split up, visors to be worn by teachers/TAs if they need to do personal care 1-1 or small group learning, no hot dinners packed lunch only (FSM children provided with packed lunch), each child given their own stationary, reduced soft toys in foundation classes, lots of handwashing, parents unable to enter school.
I'm happy with the precautions taken, I'm not sure what else they could have implemented within the parameters they have to work with.

Been told what stationary to buy and that's all the info so far!

Has anyone been given a list of symptoms to keep children at home / get tested for (aside from the three on govt website)

Marking place - no info for dds primary yet

Staggered drop off and pick up but if DS does 8.40-3 and DD 9-3.20 you drop both at 8.40 and collect both at 3.20 which must be a logistical bloody nightmare. All done at gates and parents asked to not fraternise.

Class bubbles, no school assembly, lunches in rooms, segmented playground.

Own stationary provided.

School meals provided but not breaktime toast so must provide a snack and water.

No bags. That'll be interesting - DS isn't toilet trained and I can't reasonably wash his O2 bag daily. Night see if I can get a spare actually. Good thinking.

Temp checks, regular handwashing.

Windows open in all weathers so kids to wear layers.

Waiting to hear about PE kits.

@locked2020

Has anyone been given a list of symptoms to keep children at home / get tested for (aside from the three on govt website)

Just the basic ones - temp, cough, taste and smell changing. If one kid/teacher gets symptoms they're all off for 14 days unless the great comes back negative

Similar to pp - primary school, staggered drop off, no parents in the building, one way system to drop off/collect etc. But ds' primary only has approx 35 pupils in the whole school, and there will be 3 bubbles, so 12ish kids per bubble. I'm not worries at all.

@smithecat I want my kids at your school!!

Staggered drop off and collection. Class bubbles of 30. Class children and class teacher (&TA if they’ve got one) not to mix with any other bubble or staff. Lunches to be eaten in classrooms under supervision of teacher (who gets to eat lunch with pupils but no break from them). Class staff regularly cleaning touch points. No PPE to be worn (except gloves if giving first aid or dealing with toileting accident). Social distancing impossible as rooms are too small. First aiders and SLT are “bubble exempt” but even they are only allowed gloves, no masks.

The minute the children are let out of school in their staggered bubbles ...... their parents take them to meet up together at the park, play dates and McDonalds.

It’s going to be great! And absolutely none of us who work in school are at all concerned that we are not being protected......

They're in bubbles but the "bubble" is their entire year group, which is 90 pupils. So seems largely pointless really.

www.standard.co.uk/news/health/children-spread-coronavirus-schools-reopening-a4529166.html

Children may carry more Covid-19 than previously thought as experts warn temperature checks are not enough