Updated Position on Swansea Schools Return to Face to Face Learning

All Swansea schools will aim to return to face to face learning from Monday 11 January instead of 6 January. There will be a delay to face to face learning to allow time to consider updated information, expected next week, about Covid-19, including the new variant. All schools will provide online learning from Wednesday 6 January and each school will provide onsite childcare for vulnerable children if needed and critical workers’ children if essential from Wednesday 6 January. The position will be reviewed on 6 January.

In response to concerns about COVID-19 for the health and well-being of Wales, the Welsh Government released a Sêr Cymru COVID-19 response grant, funding a study conducted by Swansea University. The specific objectives of this study are as follows:

• to determine the current physical activity levels and mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in Wales;

• to track whether/how these parameters change as we progress through the phases of the pandemic;

• to identify factors that underpin any changes, and that mediate, both positively and negatively, pathways between physical activity and mental health and wellbeing; and

• to provide guidance on what strategies are needed, and where, to minimise the impact of COVID-19 on physical activity, mental health and wellbeing, among children and young people in Wales.

The results from the study will provide government with important information on how to deal with the effects of COVID19 in children going forward.

This study is for pupils in Y4,Y5,Y6. If you would like your child to take part, follow the link.

For the survey in Welsh:

https://swansea.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/caniatad-rhieni-effeithiau-covid-19-ar-blant-yng-nghymru

 

For the survey in English:

https://swansea.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/the-effects-of-covid-19-on-childlren

All parents/children to queue in single file on entry into the school, maintaining safe distancing of at least 2 metre.

 

All parents must be reminded of the importance of:

• Monitoring pupils on arrival
• Maintaining social distancing
• Pupils to use hand sanitisers on arrival
• Vacate the premises immediately after drop off and collection at the end of the day
• All parents and guardians must assure staff that their child/ children DO NOT show symptoms of the virus before entering the school/ setting.

 

As communicated to parents/ carers/ responsible adult, no one will be permitted to congregate on the grounds of the premises and those who are dropping off pupils will be required to leave immediately after drop off.