Hampton Primary to temperature test students and staff upon return
One Bayside primary school says the safety of staff and students is paramount as they begin their return to the classroom. Temperature tests on arrival and other “protective layers” will be put in place, she said.
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The principal of Hampton Primary School says the school will temperature test students and staff when they return.
“We will certainly be very watchful of the health of everyone and give careful consideration to social distancing requirements,” Sue Knight told the Leader.
“I think society is gently restarting and hopefully in another fortnight the risks will have diminished even further.”
Ms Knight said there was an understandable level of uncertainty for teachers about coming into contact with a lot of people.
“Around the world there would be a number of teachers anticipating nerves as schools go back,” she said.
“But if anyone is feeling uncertain or vulnerable we will put procedures in place.
“We will put protective layers in place for those feeling anxious, like offering masks for example.”
Ms Knight said she and the school’s staff were “very, very excited” about welcoming back the younger years before the older students returned two weeks later.
“It couldn’t come soon enough,” she said.
“Lockdown has been a huge, almost depressing phase of life, but necessary.
“To have it open and welcome them back and to have them having fun and laughing and engaged in activities will be great. I couldn’t be more delighted.”
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One teacher in Melbourne’s southeast, who asked to remain anonymous, said it was “scary” returning to school.
“I was very excited when I heard the news, but there is also that hesitance and that nervousness because I don’t know where people have been during the time off,” she told the Leader.
“While you’d like to think that everybody has been doing the right thing, there’s no guarantee of that when you are around a lot of people.
“So I’m super excited to get back and see the staff and students, but I’m also nervous to see how it goes in terms of enforcing the social distancing and keeping up the good work that’s been done.
“Definitely it is scary, because you have a lot of different classes throughout a day so you’re seeing a lot of people.”
The teacher, who can teach up to five classes a day and come into contact with 125 students, said social distancing would be impossible.
“There just isn’t enough space to do it and there isn’t enough space in staffrooms to be that far apart.”
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“Definitely it is scary, because you have a lot of different classes throughout a day so you’re seeing a lot of people.”
The teacher, who can teach up to five classes a day and come into contact with 125 students, said social distancing would be impossible.
“There just isn’t enough space to do it and there isn’t enough space in staffrooms to be that far apart.”