Coronavirus #81 – more care and educational institutions resume their activities

Five more public nurseries in Szczecin will be opened this Monday. These are the last nurseries that has remained closed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. There are also ongoing preparations to reopen primary schools for grades 1-3.

 

 

On the 25th of May 2020 its activities will resume: Nursery No. 1 (ul. Żaglowa 16), Nursery No. 3 (ul. Włościańska 3), Nursery No. 6 (ul. Mazowiecka 11/12), Nursery No. 7 (ul. Podhalańska 1-3) and a branch of Nursery No. 9 (ul. Łączna 22).

 

As in previous reopenings, the priority in admission have children of health care workers, uniformed services, persons performing tasks related to preventing and combating coronavirus, as well as employees of trade and manufacturing companies.

Government guidelines also precisely determine the size of individual groups. Each of them can have a maximum of 12 children. Unfortunately, this means that the provided number of care for children may not be sufficient. It all depends on how many parents will apply. That is why we recommend to apply for the children’s care in the institutions only if it is really needed.

At the same time, primary schools prepare for reopening for pupils of grades 1-3. Currently, headmasters of Szczecin's primary schools are gathering information from parents about the scale of interest in sending children to the institution. Acquiring this information is necessary to provide appropriate care for pupils. As in the case of nurseries or kindergartens, there will be 12 children in one group, and the minimum space per person in a given room may not be less than 4m².

 

The opening of such facilities requires proper preparation and implementation of the highest precautions so as to ensure maximum safety not only of the youngest residents of Szczecin, but also their families and employees of the institutions.

 

In order to do so, special procedures for the admission of children to nurseries, kindergartens and schools were developed, also, food-related rules and the limitation of the number of toys available were introduced. In addition, the institutions were equipped with the necessary personal protective kits and appropriate devices to control the health of people staying there (contactless thermometers).