Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Updates

[Estéema]

I wld prefer kids hv neutral colors or std masks/face shields & not those silly or controversial prints. I’ve seen some real hilarious & silly ones. Might get kids teased or verbal bullied. This may reduce kids wasting energy teasing & laughing at each other’s protective fears & distract fr precious engagement time with teachers & peers. Just my preference.

[starlight1968sg]

Students and teachers to hv a standard type facial mask? Working adults can hv a fanciful type?

[zac's mum]

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Will you be happy if groups are limited to 5 people (1 teacher + 4 students max) when tuition and enrichment centers are allowed to resume in Phase 2 ?

Of course! Provided the rules for temperature checks, compulsory mask-wearing & sanitizing of hands are still in place.

But can centres that ran on 1:12 ratio business model, offer us 1:4? Highly doubt they can find more teachers.

[sky minecrafter]

[quote]...cute bucket hats will be given to preschool kids, but face shields will be given to primary school kids. There are no news on secondary, PreU+JC+poly+ITE at this moment.
[/quote]Hi, our JC principal says the cohort will receive a face shield each. In the other, our secondary school says both masks & face shields can be bought from school, if necessary.

[Cattac]

Any idea if music and dance schools offer discounts for their course fees conducted remotely?

[zac's mum]

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Any idea if music and dance schools offer discounts for their course fees conducted remotely?

Mandeville offering 10% off their music lessons conducted via Zoom, with option to suspend lessons if u don’t like remote learning.

[zac's mum]

I like this quote from a Rice Media article by Yeo Boon Ping:


“Our education system must recognise the achievements of all and must not continue to label those who take a vocational education route as less worthy or less valuable, or their qualifications less rigorous.

After all, healthcare professionals aside, we don’t see degree holders deemed as essential workers or heroes during this time. It’s the people who are fixing our burst pipes, the locksmiths who save us from being homeless when we stupidly lock ourselves out of our houses, the hawkers feeding us, the bus drivers who keep Singapore moving. The pandemic reminds us that these vocational skills have for so long been undervalued, but none of us can do without them.“

Full article here:
https://www.ricemedia.co/current-affairs-opinion-what-hbl-taught-us-about-education/

[phtthp]

anyone know, when can (ballet or piano or violin) enrichment lessons resume, face-to-face, at actual premises ? Thanks

[zac's mum]

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anyone know, when can (ballet or piano or violin) enrichment lessons resume, face-to-face, at actual premises ? Thanks

Nobody knows yet. If all goes well, maybe July or end-June earliest.

But I think the authorities are likely to lean on the side of caution.

They still have to monitor whether any kids fall ill in school first.

Probably take a cue from whenever those language centres start allowing many schools to mix in same classroom, for non-graduating batch.

I think the problem that arises is: how to do a ring-fence around Eg. One tuition student who becomes a confirmed case? A single tuition/ballet class can be made up of students from 5 different primary/secondary schools. That makes the ring even wider, ie besides issuing SHN for the tuition/enrichment students + teacher, still must issue SHN for each student’s school classmates + all subject teachers?? Too many people to fence in.

Possibly those 1-1 piano/violin lessons would be allowed to resume first.

[Zappy]

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/coronavirus-face-masks-to-be-default-option-for-people-when-out-face-shields-dont


Take note of the policy change... no face shields except for those under 12 & teachers.
Kinda last minute for the school re-opening tomorrow.