After a long period of online learning, students will soon go back to school from February 14, 2022 after Covid-19 epidemic has been controlled. Therefore, International School Saigon Pearl (ISSP) has carefully prepared a plan to ensure maximum safety for students going back to campus. For more information about the return to campus plan and procedure of detecting and handling suspected Covid cases at ISSP, please read the below article.
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Students going back to school after the Lunar New Year 2022
After the Lunar New Year 2022, the Covid-19 epidemic in Vietnam has been strictly controlled. Therefore, according to the direction of the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), the Department of Education and Training (DOET) in 63 provinces and cities have prepared plans for students to go back to school including preschool and primary school students.
Like others, International School Saigon Pearl has also carefully prepared the return to campus plan and procedure of detecting and handling suspected Covid cases to ensure maximum safety for students, parents, leaders, teachers, educators, school members and visitors..
The return to campus plan for students at International School Saigon Pearl (ISSP)
International School Saigon Pearl (ISSP) is one of international schools Ho Chi Minh City, belonging to the Cognita in the UK with more than 85 school members worldwide, for students from 18 months to 11 years old in Vietnam. Currently, ISSP is the only international preschool and primary school in Ho Chi Minh City that is fully accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) known as two famous international education accreditation organization in the world. Since 2023, ISSP has been officially authorized by the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) to offer the IB PYP curriculum, known for its high academic standards.
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Schedule activity for preschool and primary school students at ISSP
At ISSP, there is a clear and specific learning program and activity schedule to both help students acquire knowledge and prevent Covid-19 spread.
Learning program for students
- Learning program for Early Years (EY) to Kindergarten (KG) students
- Day 1: Teachers and students get to know each other. Then, teachers will give detailed instructions to students on how to keep personal hygiene (such as washing hands, wearing masks, disinfecting properly), use personal eating utensils, sanitize and use restroom
- Day 2: Teachers guide students how to take care of themselves and recognize illness symptoms such as fever, cough, fatigue, etc. After that, to enhance movement and connection among students, teachers will organize games in small groups.
- Day 3: Teachers continue to reinforce personal hygiene habits, conscious of implementing 5K for students to ensure safety in epidemic prevention and control. Next, teachers encourage students to take part in activities and games within small groups to practice and consolidate knowledge and skills.
- Day 4: Teachers focus on teaching and learning activities related to physical development which helps students improve essential skills such as self-service and how to keep the environment clean and safe.
- Day 5: Students are given instruction on how to recognize necessary nutritious foods. Then, students are taught soft skills to adapt to the epidemic season and engaged in core activities to help them prepare well to enter Grade 1 next year.
- Learning program for Elementary students from Grade 1 – Grade 5 (G1 – G5)
- Week 1: Teachers teach students prevention habits in epidemic, build routines, review and consolidate learned knowledge.
- Week 2: ISSP implements teaching and learning activities according to the learning program and activity schedule while consolidating online learned knowledge (ISSP Assessments).
- Week 3: ISSP organizes a periodic inspection according to the plan of the MOET.
After School Activities (ASAs)
At ISSP, after school activities will continue as usual with the guidance and supervision of homeroom and subject teachers.
Procedure of detecting and handling suspected Covid cases at ISSP
In order to ensure maximum safety when students go back to school, International School Saigon Pearl (ISSP) has implemented the common epidemic prevention principle for the entire school like keeping a physical distance and wearing a mask.
ISSP has also shared a handbook of guidelines for prevention and control of Covid at school for each specific audience including students, parents, teachers, school staffs, school leaders and visitors.
For example:
- Parents need to always wear a mask, wash hands often, measure temperature regularly when taking children to school and picking them up, etc.
- Teachers need to always ensure safety rules, guide students safety habits, etc.
- School staffs need to wash hands often, always wear masks inside and outside the campus, etc.
- Visitors need to always wear masks, wash hands often, and do not attend ISSP if they have any symptoms of fever, cough, difficulty breathing, etc.
- School leaders need to control the epidemic prevention process, train teachers and school staffs on Covid epidemic prevention and control, etc.
- Students need to ensure safety rules, follow the instructions of teachers and school administrators, etc.
Moreover, ISSP also has a procedure of detecting and handling suspected Covid cases developed by HCDC, specifically as follows:
- For students:
- Step 1: Teachers notify a student suspected with Covid-19 to all school members, students and parents. Then, medical workers at school will move the suspected student to an isolation room.
- Step 2: If the suspected student has one of the symptoms of respiratory failure, difficult breath or SpO2 below 96%, medical workers or any school members should immediately contact the nearest hospital and prepare for transferring.
- Step 3: The school stops teaching and learning activities in the classroom for disinfection and conducts a rapid antigen test for all students and teachers as F1 who are in the same classroom with F0.
- Step 4: The school follows up the health status of all F1 cases (whether they have obesity and background disease or have been fully vaccinated) and turn back to Step 2 if necessary.
- For school members:
- Step 1: The school notifies all school members, parents, students about the suspected case of Covid infection. Then, medical workers at school will move the suspected school member to an isolation room.
- Step 2: Medical workers or any school members should immediately contact the nearest hospital and prepare for transferring if the suspected school member has one of the symptoms of respiratory failure, difficult breath or SpO2 below 96%.
- Step 3: The school stops all activities on campus for disinfection, investigates F1 cases involving this employee and conducts a rapid antigen test for all other school members as F1 who have close contact with F0 under 2 meters within 15 minutes.
- Step 4: The school follows up the health status of all F1 cases (whether they have obesity and background disease or have been fully vaccinated) and turn back to Step 2 if necessary.
The above article is about the detailed return to campus plan of ISSP when students go back to school with the schedule activity for preschool and primary school students along with the procedure of detecting and handling suspected Covid cases. If parents have any questions, please contact ISSP via:
- Phone number: +84 (028) 2222 7788.
- Email: admissions@issp.edu.vn.
After reading this article, ISSP hopes that parents have better understanding about the plan of ISSP for students to go back to campus after Covid-19 epidemic. Thereby, parents can work with the school to ensure maximum safety for students.
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