After 10 weeks of preventing students from attending British schools as part of a previous package of closures announced by the government to try to control the spread of the Corona virus and to achieve the policy of "staying at home", Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced in his speech on May 28 last year to open schools again To receive some academic levels. However, this decision does not apply to all schools, some of which are still closed.

In order to prepare for this stage, which includes many challenges and obstacles, and in conjunction with the announcement of the Prime Minister to begin the steps to return to life at its normal pace, many school administrations reached out to parents in order to prepare for the return of students to the classroom, which was already decided to open its doors with the beginning of This June is for students in kindergarten, pre-primary, and first and sixth grades, while students from the tenth and eleventh grades will return to secondary schools later.

British schools have begun implementing students ’return to classes 10 weeks after closure (Bixaby)

All schools agreed on a set of procedures to deal with the educational process to ensure the safety of students, such as reducing the number of children in the classroom, and organizing them in small groups called "air bubbles", and these groups cannot be confused, and keeping the windows open to renew the air, taking into account washing Hands periodically using running water, soap, or hand sanitizer gel.

School procedures differed in the form of the school day and the division of students. Some schools reduced teaching hours to 3 hours so that study rooms and roads can be cleansed after students leave on a daily basis, with the convenience of eating food removed, while other schools have designated specific days for teaching, and each class has been divided into Two groups, one on Monday and Tuesday, and the other on Thursday and Friday, to make Wednesday dedicated to cleaning.

The decision to return is not mandatory

In these emails, these schools made clear to parents that the decision to return is not compulsory, and that parents have the right to refuse.

Some schools have resorted to polling parents about whether they will allow their children to attend, in an attempt to monitor attendance ratios to plan workflow based on the numbers monitored, with an emphasis on continuing to give priority to children of workers in first-class careers to combat the epidemic in British society such as doctors and workers In health professions, policemen, and delivery workers.

Aya decided her and refused to send her child in the preschool class to his school, which is scheduled to open on June 8, and despite the safety measures established by the administration and sent to the parents, she believes that sending her child is a risk to his safety because it does not guarantee the child follows the protection and safety measures. She knows that he will not be able to control his enthusiasm and joy when meeting his friends after this period, which makes him not committed to the distance of social safety between him and them while playing.

A mother says that despite my daughter Salma's desire to return to her sixth-grade class again, she rejected the decision and sent her to the school her opinion poll, which was the highest percentage of those who had not yet decided, as 39.6% of parents chose "perhaps They allow the return of their children, "and while 35.9% of respondents confirmed consent, 24.5% of them protested this. Salma believes that the remainder of the end of the school year is short, and it is not worth the risk and the children to return to their schools.

As for left, she found that the return of her child in Al-Rawda was an opportunity to restore the required social communication with his peers, to break the loneliness that he suffers from throughout the day, and to spend most of the time in front of the TV. And because his school follows the system of dividing the days of the week between students, which allows him to go to school only two days per week, taking into account the necessary hygiene procedures and spacing between children, she was satisfied with the decision to agree to her son's enemy to the school.

Hajar's approval came to return her son in the first primary grade, accompanied by her desire to do her work better from home. Throughout the ban, she suffers from a lack of focus and accomplishes the tasks required of her because of her busyness with her son. She knows that such a decision by the British government came only after a careful study of its consequences to ensure the safety of children.

Some parents think that returning to school may address the problem of the unit that children suffered during the ban period (Pixabe)

And on the official website of the British government, under the title "Why can students return to school at the present time?", The answer was: "We want to return all children to education as soon as scientific advice permits because it is the best place for them to learn, and because we know it is good for children's mental health to communicate." And their social interaction with their peers, carers, and teachers. "

The latest scientific advice has reached several points:

  • There is high scientific confidence that children of all ages have less severe symptoms than adults if they contract coronavirus, and there is somewhat scientific confidence that younger children are less at risk even if they are infected with the virus.
  • Reducing the number of children returning to school, then gradually increasing their numbers, reduces the risk of an increased rate of transmission.
  • Schools can make changes to how returns are organized and establish risk-reduction measures.