Dear Parents,
Please look at this section of the website frequently. It will contain all the information you need about school during COVID.
School is going to look very different this year, it will not be the same as last March. We need to keep you up to date with all the changes so you can prepare your children at home before they return to school.
Please show you children these videos at the bottom of the page as it will show them the new way we will access and leave the building safely.
Please look at this section of the website frequently. It will contain all the information you need about school during COVID.
School is going to look very different this year, it will not be the same as last March. We need to keep you up to date with all the changes so you can prepare your children at home before they return to school.
Please show you children these videos at the bottom of the page as it will show them the new way we will access and leave the building safely.
Opening Times
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Monday 14th September Onwards
This will be the time table for the rest of the school year while we live with COVID. Please be mindful that we may have to change things if they aren't working or as public health advice is updated. With that in mind please check this section of the website regularly. Follow us and the PTA on Twitter and make sure your contact details are up to date on Aladdin.
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Updated Information from HSE on When to Keep your Child Home
The HSE has updated their website on when to keep your child home from school, when to phone your GP and when to get urgent medical advice.
Please follow the link here and stay up to date with new guidelines.
Do not send your child to school or childcare if any of the following is true
Your child has:
Diarrhoea
If your child has diarrhoea, they should stay at home and not go to school until they have not had diarrhoea for 48 hours.
Non-common symptoms
If your child has other symptoms such as headaches, feeling sick keep them at home for at least 48 hours.
These are not common symptoms of coronavirus, but they could be a sign of another infection.
Keep an eye on your child's symptoms for 48 hours.
After 48 hours it's usually okay to send your child back to school or childcare as long as:
Please follow the link here and stay up to date with new guidelines.
Do not send your child to school or childcare if any of the following is true
Your child has:
- has taken medication with paracetamol, ibuprofen (if you give your child any of these medications they must stay home for 48hrs, you should call your doctor to see if they need a COVID test)
- a temperature of 38 degrees Celsius or more
- any other common symptoms of coronavirus - a new cough, loss or changed sense of taste or smell, or shortness of breath
- been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for coronavirus
- been living with someone who has had a COVID test and is awaiting results or has COVID symptoms
- an existing breathing condition that has recently got worse
- diarrhoea
- returned from another country in the last 14 days
- has other less common symptoms of COVID such as a sore throat or headache
Diarrhoea
If your child has diarrhoea, they should stay at home and not go to school until they have not had diarrhoea for 48 hours.
Non-common symptoms
If your child has other symptoms such as headaches, feeling sick keep them at home for at least 48 hours.
These are not common symptoms of coronavirus, but they could be a sign of another infection.
Keep an eye on your child's symptoms for 48 hours.
After 48 hours it's usually okay to send your child back to school or childcare as long as:
- their symptoms do not get worse
- they do not develop new symptoms
- they do not need paracetamol or ibuprofen during these 48-hours
Return to School Safety Measures In Place |
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We are currently carrying out a Risk Assessment and updating the school safety statement in the context of COVID-19.
Here are the decision that have already been made, the list will be updated daily. |
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STAFF
- Teachers / SNAs who cannot adhere to social distancing will wear masks.
- Teachers will restrict their movement in the building and will be in pods.
- Teachers will use specific toilets based on their pods.
- All teachers will receive COVID-19 training before school opens.
- Teachers will not come to work if they are sick or have any COVID symptoms.
PARENTS
- We will be sending out a Google form to all families, asking them to agree to “return to school conditions” PARENTS CANNOT SEND THEIR CHILD TO SCHOOL IF THEY HAVE BEEN OUT OF THE COUNTRY UNTIL THEY HAVE RESTRICTED THEIR MOVEMENTS FOR 14 DAYS (unless they have travelled from a “Green List Country”) – ALL parents will be asked to confirm this.
- Children and staff cannot come to school if they are sick or have ANY COVID-19 symptoms - no exceptions.
- Parents are no longer allowed in the school building for the duration of COVID measures.
- Parents are no longer allowed in the office, please e-mail or phone the school for queries and check our website for information.
- Parents of JI - 2nd class are allowed to walk onto the school grounds to drop off & collect their children but only up to a marked drop off point.
- Parents of 3rd - 6th class are NOT allowed on the school grounds (unless your child has a special need, the SNA will meet you at the drop off point) - please encourage your child to walk, cycle, scoot, park and stride.
- Please do not drive into the school car-park. Parents cannot collect children by car on the school grounds. Please arrange an area off site (such as Castle road/leisure centre) to meet your child.
- Parents should not to congregate near the school and should adhere to social distancing rules.
- Please make sure your child can open/close their water bottle/lunch items on their own as well as tie their own shoe laces and put on and take off coats on their own.
CHILDREN
- Children will use specific toilets depending on their assigned pods (rather than boy/girl – This is a safety measure to minimise cross contact between pods).
- Children are asked to bring in a CLEAN FACECLOTH to dry their hands after washing. It is advised that each child has 5 facecloths at home, they bring in a clean one each day.
- Children will not share towels/facecloths.
- All children will be given their own individual plastic box with a lid in class. It will be kept in school. All of their books and stationery will be stored inside to avoid other pupils or staff touching any of the items.
- Your child will not be sharing pencils/ pens etc. please insure they have everything they will need for school with them as they cannot borrow from other children or the teacher. It is a good idea to have lots of spares at home and in their schoolbag.
- Children will not bring toys or footballs from home into school.
- Children will have to sanitise/wash their hands throughout the day.
BUILDING ACCESS & CLEANING
- Starting/finishing times for children will be staggered on the first two days – please see above for individual starting and finishing time until 14th of September.
- Children will no longer line up on the yard, instead they will go directly to class through a designated door.
- We have maximised the physical distancing as much as possible within our classrooms.
- JI - 2nd class - children sit in pods of 4-6 children.
- 3rd - 6th - children sit 1 metre from each other.
- Classes will not mix with other classes.
- Break times are staggered. Only 5 - 6 classes will be on at one time. Classes will play in a sectioned off area of the yard assigned to them and will not mix with other classes.
- Extra hand sanitiser has been purchased – these are located outside and inside of each classroom.
- Cleaning will now take place throughout the day - the high contact points will be regularly cleaned - railings, door handles, light switches.
- Children will exit the building at home time from separate doors.
School COVID-19 Response Plan
Symptoms
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The main symptoms to look out for are:
• A cough – this can be any kind of cough, not just dry. • Shortness of breath. • Breathing difficulties. • Fever (temperature above 38 °C or 100.4 °F). Other symptoms may include:
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Different Languages - Back to School
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Covid 19 World Service is a joint initiative of Nasc and Together Ireland. In addition to public health videos voiced by doctors in over 30 languages, they have added video messaging for parents of children returning to school in 2020. These videos were voiced by education professionals including teachers and SNAs working in Ireland and the messaging has been approved by the Irish College of GPs.
You can view these videos in Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Cantonese, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, English, French, Georgian, Irish, Italian, Hungarian, Kurdish Sorani, Latvian, Lingala, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Ukranian and Yoruba. Click here. |
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