Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) Updates

[Zeal mummy]

Seeing the pike in school cases, I would prefer HBL for the next 2 weeks so the cases in schools can slow down. It’s almost impossible to have social distancing on public transport, esp kids will not know how to navigate to be safely distanced. Just my opinion.

[sharonkhoo]

Zeal mummy\" post_id=\"2031738\" time=\"1627186815\" user_id=\"58173:[quote=\"Zeal mummy\" post_id=2031738 time=1627186815 user_id=58173]
Seeing the pike in school cases, I would prefer HBL for the next 2 weeks so the cases in schools can slow down. It’s almost impossible to have social distancing on public transport, esp kids will not know how to navigate to be safely distanced. Just my opinion.[/quote]

I'm not sure I'd call it a spike when the cases are spread over several schools, and it generally doesn't spread within a school since they declare HBL for the school and quarantine for close contacts. I think it would be overkill to declare HBL for all schools when only a few schools have a few cases, and there is no evidence of wide transmission.

[Zeal mummy]

slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2031742\" time=\"1627187913\" user_id=\"28674:

Zeal mummy\" post_id=\"2031738\" time=\"1627186815\" user_id=\"58173:[quote=\"Zeal mummy\" post_id=2031738 time=1627186815 user_id=58173]Seeing the pike in school cases, I would prefer HBL for the next 2 weeks so the cases in schools can slow down. It’s almost impossible to have social distancing on public transport, esp kids will not know how to navigate to be safely distanced. Just my opinion.

I'm not sure I'd call it a spike when the cases are spread over several schools, and it generally doesn't spread within a school since they declare HBL for the school and quarantine for close contacts. I think it would be overkill to declare HBL for all schools when only a few schools have a few cases, and there is no evidence of wide transmission.[/quote]

I think it’s worrying as it’s spread over several schools. You don’t know who is sitting beside you on the bus/train, some schools are on the same transport lines. Default HBL until less than 5 cases, parents who wish to send their kids can still do so, compromise?

[phtthp]

Impossible, not practical to have less than 5 cases, out of more than 100+ primary schools & Secondary schools, in Sg.


Impossible to have HBL whole year round via (open close / open close) syndrome.

Those crucial graduation batches of students from (Psle / O-level / A-level / Upper Primary 5 / Upper Sec 3 / JC 1) definitely will protest over the disruptive, in-effective "half-past six" HBL lessons, taught neither here nor there. Unlike F2F, HBL lessons lack depth in subject matter content, in those core subjects (Maths / Science / English)

[MrsKiasu]

Less than 5 cases maybe an uphill task I guess. Tell kid to wear mask properly…always check if the mask is ‘waterproof’ after changing new brand/box of mask etc. Look around if see ppl sneeze etc quickly move away when at public places.


Lesser talking when in class. Told my gal to try avoid assisting fellow classmate for too long a duration after she told me cher complimented her, coz need to be close to each other and keep talking. Sometimes students do some stuff together, and once gal told me to discard the product she brought home coz the other gal was feeling unwell after that.

[sharonkhoo]

Zeal mummy\" post_id=\"2031745\" time=\"1627190467\" user_id=\"58173:[quote=\"Zeal mummy\" post_id=2031745 time=1627190467 user_id=58173]
I think it’s worrying as it’s spread over several schools. You don’t know who is sitting beside you on the bus/train, some schools are on the same transport lines. Default HBL until less than 5 cases, parents who wish to send their kids can still do so, compromise?[/quote]

I know you are concerned for your children, but I think this is the way it's going to be going forward. We will have to get used to the fact that the person sitting beside us on the train or in the office, or sitting next to our kid in school, is possibly infected. And that we cannot prevent all transmission. The only thing that we can be certain of is that when infected, children and vaccinated adults are unlikely to get seriously ill. The hope of keeping infections at an extremely low no. is being abandoned; the aim is to keep the no. of seriously ill at a low no. so as not to overwhelm hospitals.

Australia and NZ have succeeded longer than most to keep cases very low, and only by draconian closure of borders and repeated lockdowns, so much so that even citizens overseas (at least for Aus, not sure about NZ) are not being allowed home. Even if Singapore could survive with such tightly closed borders, the example of these 2 countries shows that it is not workable in the long term. And even these 2 countries only said that they were doing it until vaccination rates are higher, not as a long-term solution.

[SG_KP1]

I am not a proponent of HBL, and really hope the kids can attend school in person. However, I can imagine it is starting to be a bit of a mess for both teachers and students/parents on QO, LOA, AA, etc. My younger kid’s (primary) school appears to have a few students on one of the above (i.e. can’t attend in person). Teachers seem to be hosting extra Zoom lessons during their breaks so those who can’t attend can still get some direct instruction/feedback vs. simply completing assigned work in a vacuum. Old kid (secondary) has some classmates on LOA - they are a bit more able but still not the same as it is for those sitting in class. Hope the situation is stabilized soon…

[Zeal mummy]

slmkhoo\" post_id=\"2031751\" time=\"1627192700\" user_id=\"28674:

Zeal mummy\" post_id=\"2031745\" time=\"1627190467\" user_id=\"58173:[quote=\"Zeal mummy\" post_id=2031745 time=1627190467 user_id=58173]I think it’s worrying as it’s spread over several schools. You don’t know who is sitting beside you on the bus/train, some schools are on the same transport lines. Default HBL until less than 5 cases, parents who wish to send their kids can still do so, compromise?

I know you are concerned for your children, but I think this is the way it's going to be going forward. We will have to get used to the fact that the person sitting beside us on the train or in the office, or sitting next to our kid in school, is possibly infected. And that we cannot prevent all transmission. The only thing that we can be certain of is that when infected, children and vaccinated adults are unlikely to get seriously ill. The hope of keeping infections at an extremely low no. is being abandoned; the aim is to keep the no. of seriously ill at a low no. so as not to overwhelm hospitals.

Australia and NZ have succeeded longer than most to keep cases very low, and only by draconian closure of borders and repeated lockdowns, so much so that even citizens overseas (at least for Aus, not sure about NZ) are not being allowed home. Even if Singapore could survive with such tightly closed borders, the example of these 2 countries shows that it is not workable in the long term. And even these 2 countries only said that they were doing it until vaccination rates are higher, not as a long-term solution.[/quote]

Actually my children do not take public transport.. I am voicing up for those who have to take public transport. Which is the majority of the population. We also do not know if indeed children are unlikely to get seriously ill if infected, as the virus is still constantly mutating. Do we want to find out by risking it all?

We could perhaps let the graduating cohort, psle, o & a level children have school, do HBL for p1-4 etc

Honestly, I do not like HBL, for good reasons like distractions, eyesight, lack of social contact etc. However, I am okay for my kids to learn less, even if HBL is “half past six” for the sake of being safe.

It is unfortunate that the fishery industry and ktv has greatly impacted our management of the covid situation, as many of the school cases stem from their household. Do we stay away only when it spreads like wild fire?

[sky minecrafter]

[quote]...We could perhaps let the graduating cohort, psle, o & a level children have school, do HBL for p1-4 etc...[/quote]
Not quite; I've a P4, and I would prefer her to attend school in-person; not so much for the studying, but for the envious social interactions with classmates, schoolmates and teachers

[Coolkidsrock2]

We (adults and kid) take public transport. It is generally quite light and possible to have 1m distancing. If need, just move to the next cabin.


Have also told kid to wait for the next train if it gets too crowded.