Safety tips for attending school during COVID-19

head — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 19:17:00 +0000

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, we need to maintain prevention strategies so that we don’t have a COVID-19 outbreak. At the moment, there is no requirement to submit a COVID test before resuming school on Monday 5th September. Children who will display symptoms in school, will be isolated from class until they are picked up from home.

COVID-19 vaccination
A COVID-19 vaccine and booster doses might prevent you from getting the COVID-19 virus or becoming seriously ill or hospitalised.

Wearing face masks
Whether or not household members are vaccinated, we recommend wearing a face mask when visiting the school. Students and staff who have been exposed or think they’ve been exposed to COVID-19 will need to undertake a COVID-19 PCR test and wear a mask around others for 10 days after their last exposure.

If your child wears a face mask in school, consider these tips:
Have your child wear the most protective mask possible that fits well and is comfortable.
Provide your child with a clean mask and a backup mask each day. Consider giving your child a clean, resealable bag to store the mask during lunch.
Label your child’s mask, so it’s not confused with other children’s masks. Tell your child never to wear another child’s used mask.

Screening test
If there is a new COVID-19 wave in Lagos and Nigeria, we might need to screen all students and staff.
We may also have to screen students and staff before and after breaks, such as a holiday or half-term break.

Handwashing
We will continue to encourage students to frequently wash their hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds or use an alcohol-based hand sanitiser that contains at least 60% alcohol. Children should cover their mouths and noses with an elbow or a tissue when coughing or sneezing. Children also should avoid touching their eyes, noses and mouths. To ensure thorough handwashing, kids can be taught to keep washing their hands until they have sung the entire “Happy Birthday” song twice (about 20 seconds).

Staying home when sick and getting tested
Students who have symptoms of an infectious illness should stay home from school and get tested for COVID-19. Possible symptoms of COVID-19 in children include:
Fever
Cough that becomes productive
Chest pain
New loss of taste or smell
Changes in the skin, such as discoloured areas on the feet and hands
Sore throat
Nausea, vomiting, belly pain or diarrhoea
Chills
Muscle aches and pain
Extreme fatigue
New severe headache
New nasal congestion

Everyone with COVID-19 should stay home and isolate from others for at least 5 full days. Children who have had COVID-19 will be required to submit a negative COVID-19 PCR test before returning to school.

Contact tracing
Contact tracing is the process of identifying people who may have been exposed to someone with COVID-19. During an outbreak, contact tracing to help students and staff know when to stay home can help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Strategies such as improving ventilation or wearing a well-fitting mask also can help prevent further spread.
If your child’s school does contact tracing, make sure you understand what steps your child needs to take after a COVID-19 exposure.

Cleaning and disinfecting
Cleaning once a day is usually enough to lower the risk of germs spreading from surfaces in schools.

What to do if your child gets COVID-19
Even if your family and your child’s school carefully follow these prevention strategies, it’s still possible for your child to get COVID-19. If your child tests positive for COVID-19:
Talk to your child’s health care provider. Keep your child home from school and away from others, except to get medical care.
Focus on relieving your child’s symptoms. This might include rest, plenty of fluids and the use of pain relievers.
Contact the school. Make sure you understand the school’s policy on when your child can return to school.
Consider picking one person in your family to care for your sick child. Have that caregiver be with your child and separated from others in your home when possible.
Unfortunately, pets can catch COVID-19, so limit contact between your child and your pets.
Call the health care provider if your child gets sicker. Emergency warning signs include trouble breathing, persistent pain or pressure in the chest, new confusion, and inability to wake or stay awake.

We wish everyone a healthy start of the new academic year and look forward to seeing you all on Monday.

Fire Drill

head — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 18:00:00 +0000

The safety of your child and all children in our school and the safety of the school staff is essential to us.

To maintain a safe environment for our children to study and learn, we must educate them about fire safety and practise our emergency and crisis response plans by having drills designed to exercise our procedures.
We have spoken with the children during the assembly today about fire safety and would appreciate it if you could follow up at home by sharing the information below.

The Fire Drill
The school will conduct a “fire drill” each half term that the school is in session. We want each student to understand and be aware of the importance of this drill and not be afraid when the fire alarm is sounded. By practising they will know what to do and how to do it.

Fire and children
Fire is one of the most common causes of accidental injury and death among children. They are naturally drawn to the light of the fire, but this can turn into a dangerous fascination without proper guidance. The following tips will help keep your children out of harm’s way.

Talking to your children about fire
Give children under five clear instructions of what they should and shouldn’t do. With older children, it’s better also to explain why. You will probably need to talk about fire safety more than once to make sure they remember and understand what you have taught them.
Tell them:
– to tell a grown-up if they see matches or lighters lying around;
– never to play with matches, lighters or lighted candles;
– never to play or leave toys close to a fire or heater;
– not to put things on top of heaters or lights;
– not to pull on electric cables or fiddle with electrical appliances or sockets;
– never to switch on the cooker or put anything on top of it;
– never to touch any saucepans on the cooker.

Fire instructions for children
It’s important to talk through with children what to do if there’s a fire – don’t avoid it for fear of frightening them. Children need to know how to react, as there may not be an adult around to tell them what to do if a fire happens.
Here are the basic instructions to give to your children:
– if they see smoke or flames, they should tell someone straight away – a grown-up if possible
get out of the building as soon as possible;
– never go back into the building for anything
never hide in a cupboard or under a bed – get out of the house and call for help straight away;
– find a phone and call 112, and ask for the Fire Emergency – give the address of the fire slowly and calmly (they may need to go to the neighbours to find a phone);
– make sure that children know their address so they can raise the alarm.

Know your escape route
Plan an escape route and make sure that everyone in the house is familiar with it, including children, childminders and babysitters. Keep all exits clear and practise the escape plan with children.

Make your home safe for children
Here are some measures you can take in your home to make sure your children stay safe:
– please don’t leave children on their own in a room where there’s a fire risk;
– keep matches, lighters and candles in a place where children can’t see or reach them – and put child locks on cupboards;
– put a child-proof fireguard in front of an open fire or heater;
– don’t let children play or leave toys near a fire or heater;
– keep portable heaters in a safe place where they can’t be knocked over when they are being used or stored;
– never leave children alone in the kitchen when you’re cooking and never let them play near the cooker
– make sure electrical appliances are switched off when they are not being used.

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I appreciate your support and wish you all a safe and relaxing weekend.

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Safety tips for attending school during COVID-19

Fire Drill

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