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    • zac's mumZ Offline
      zac's mum
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      One teacher even tried out home-based teaching because she was worried about her P5 students’ CA1:


      https://www.schoolbag.sg/story/home-based-learning-how-about-home-based-teaching

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      • phtthpP Offline
        phtthp
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        Thank you, zac mom

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        • N Offline
          Newtandcucumber
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          Coolkidsrock2\" post_id=\"1967588\" time=\"1584522734\" user_id=\"48901:

          lee_yl\" post_id=\"1967557\" time=\"1584512394\" user_id=\"17023:

          Not a little credit. I think it’s a big credit.

          Without Wuhan locking themselves down right before 春运, it could have been 10 times or 100 times worse.

          Agreed. Without China setting the precedent of decisively locking down, things may have been a lot worse.

          China has to take the blame for the worldwide pandemic, as it started there, and they tried to suppress its visibility early on. This will happen again as wet markets are rife in South East Asia, and involve key vectors: buyers, sellers and other supply chain merchants - listen to this report https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7nZ4mw4mXw

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          • C Offline
            Cloud Cloud
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            zac's mum\" post_id=\"1967645\" time=\"1584582464\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1967645 time=1584582464 user_id=53606]
            I still see moderate numbers of secondary school students going back to school during these March holidays.

            MOH has said that they won’t order school closures unless they start seeing evidence of the school-going age group being at higher risk, or of them being super-spreaders to vulnerable family members.

            In any case, we can expect plenty of kids whose parents have happily taken them on overseas holiday cos unwilling to cancel or whatever, waiting out their compulsory 14-day SHN, which will last till 1-2 weeks after Term 2 starts. I’d expect many classrooms to be less than full when Term 2 reopens.

            That should buy us a bit more time, flatten the curve a little bit.[/quote]
            Those returning by tomorrow will not be subjected to the SHN...their children will still attend school and enrichment classes 🤷

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            • SerendipityS Offline
              Serendipity
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              Cloud Cloud\" post_id=\"1967662\" time=\"1584587599\" user_id=\"160688:[quote=\"Cloud Cloud\" post_id=1967662 time=1584587599 user_id=160688]
              zac's mum\" post_id=\"1967645\" time=\"1584582464\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1967645 time=1584582464 user_id=53606]I still see moderate numbers of secondary school students going back to school during these March holidays.

              MOH has said that they won’t order school closures unless they start seeing evidence of the school-going age group being at higher risk, or of them being super-spreaders to vulnerable family members.

              In any case, we can expect plenty of kids whose parents have happily taken them on overseas holiday cos unwilling to cancel or whatever, waiting out their compulsory 14-day SHN, which will last till 1-2 weeks after Term 2 starts. I’d expect many classrooms to be less than full when Term 2 reopens.

              That should buy us a bit more time, flatten the curve a little bit.[/quote]
              Those returning by tomorrow will not be subjected to the SHN...their children will still attend school and enrichment classes 🤷[/quote]
              They will be issued LOA by MOE. I hope these people are socially responsible enough to avoid going to enrichment classes too!

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              • phtthpP Offline
                phtthp
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                Serendipity\" post_id=\"1967663\" time=\"1584587932\" user_id=\"9658:


                Those returning by tomorrow will not be subjected to the SHN...their children will still attend school and enrichment classes 🤷

                refer point #4, especially the bold & underlined part

                https://www.moe.gov.sg/news/press-releases/schools-and-kindergartens-to-re-open-with-enhanced-precautionary-measures


                4.

                To further protect the education system, MOE, MSF and ECDA will implement additional precautionary measures over and above MOH's measures.

                As some have travelled overseas during the March school holidays, we will issue a 14-day Leave of Absence (LOA) to students and staff of schools, preschools and student care centres who have been out of Singapore on or after 14 March, which is the start of the March school holidays.

                =================

                This means that any parent who have brought their children out for overseas holiday trip, on the start or beginning of the 14 March holiday [Saturday] during this one week holiday break, after returned back home to Singapore,

                the student cannot come to school starting Term 2 next Monday 23 March.
                Student must stay at home for 2 weeks, LOA

                Schools will issue these students / parents LOA, SHN stay at home notice


                They don't care when u come back to Singapore, from your holiday overseas.
                It is the starting date, that is important
                As long as students & family had departed out of Singapore, from this Saturday date 14 March 2020, means
                must go on leave for 2 weeks, starting from next Monday, beginning of Term 2, 23 March

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                • lee_ylL Offline
                  lee_yl
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                  phtthp\" post_id=\"1967664\" time=\"1584588386\" user_id=\"35251:

                  Serendipity\" post_id=\"1967663\" time=\"1584587932\" user_id=\"9658:


                  Those returning by tomorrow will not be subjected to the SHN...their children will still attend school and enrichment classes 🤷


                  refer point #4, especially the bold & underlined part

                  https://www.moe.gov.sg/news/press-releases/schools-and-kindergartens-to-re-open-with-enhanced-precautionary-measures


                  4.

                  To further protect the education system, MOE, MSF and ECDA will implement additional precautionary measures over and above MOH's measures.

                  As some have travelled overseas during the March school holidays, we will issue a 14-day Leave of Absence (LOA) to students and staff of schools, preschools and student care centres who have been out of Singapore on or after 14 March, which is the start of the March school holidays.

                  =================

                  This means that any parent who have brought their children out for overseas holiday trip, on the start or beginning of the 14 March holiday [Saturday] during this one week holiday break, after returned back home to Singapore,

                  the student cannot come to school starting Term 2 next Monday 23 March.
                  Student must stay at home for 2 weeks, LOA

                  Schools will issue these students / parents LOA, SHN stay at home notice


                  They dont care when u come back to Singapore, from your holiday overseas.
                  As long as students & family had departed out of Singapore, from this Saturday date 14 March 2020, means
                  must go on leave for 2 weeks, starting from next Monday Term 2, 23 March

                  That teacher I knew, she took one day leave and flew off before March Hol (14th March) started!

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                  • EstéemaE Offline
                    Estéema
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                    Anybody else hv kids studying in UK besides slmkhoo, I’ll pm you for special arrangements msg for yr kids. Those in SG, don’t go UK now till COVID-19 subsides.

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                    • lee_ylL Offline
                      lee_yl
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                      Newtandcucumber\" post_id=\"1967661\" time=\"1584587584\" user_id=\"133333:

                      Coolkidsrock2\" post_id=\"1967588\" time=\"1584522734\" user_id=\"48901:

                      [quote=lee_yl post_id=1967557 time=1584512394 user_id=17023]Not a little credit. I think it’s a big credit.

                      Without Wuhan locking themselves down right before 春运, it could have been 10 times or 100 times worse.

                      Agreed. Without China setting the precedent of decisively locking down, things may have been a lot worse.

                      China has to take the blame for the worldwide pandemic, as it started there, and they tried to suppress its visibility early on. This will happen again as wet markets are rife in South East Asia, and involve key vectors: buyers, sellers and other supply chain merchants - listen to this report https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7nZ4mw4mXw[/quote]By blaming China, does it help the current situation? It’s like blaming Western countries for the AIDS pandemic which killed more and has been around longer. Be objective, the situation could be much much worse had China not responded so aggressively with the lockdown of Wuhan and Hubei province

                      Time gained could have been put to good use by governments worldwide but many just let the golden opportunity slip

                      I find it sad that when it was an Asian epidemic no one seemed overly worried but when Caucasians started dying then the whole world got worried to the extent of being irrational.

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                      • phtthpP Offline
                        phtthp
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                        lee_yl\" post_id=\"1967665\" time=\"1584588903\" user_id=\"17023:


                        That teacher I knew, she took one day leave and flew off before March Hol (14th March) started!
                        hopefully, this teacher is Not a virus carrier, after travelled overseas holiday

                        But if she is, then the number of infected cases in Sg will rise

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