Our COVID-19 Policy will give you an idea what to expect when you arrive at the school and what will be done to keep the school environment as safe as possible.

Capital Park Pre-school COVID-19 Policy

1. Rules to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus:
1. Stay at home if you or your family are ill.
2. Wear a face mask/visor when you leave your home.
3. Please notify the School immediately if anyone in your family test positive or if anyone close to you has been in contact with anyone who has been tested positive for Covid 19.
4. Keep a physical distance of 1.5m from others at all times.
5. Wash your hands and face regularly with soap and water for 20 seconds (hands), or use an alcohol-based sanitizer.
6. Practice good hygiene by not touching your face mask/visor.
7. Wear a face mask/visor that covers your mouth and nose.
8. At arrival, please remove your child's face mask and put it in his/her bag (in a zip lock bag). Remember to bring a face mask with when you fetch your child.
9. Sneeze in your elbow and teach the children to do the same.
10. We will be on duty at the gate from 6:15 until 7:45. Our programme starts at 7:45. Please adhere strictly to this timeframe. After 7;45 the gate will be locked.

2. Arrival and Daily procedures: Please be patient at the entrance as protocols must be followed.
1. Staff will be screened in the mornings before entering the school.
2. No parent/guardian/driver/visitors will be allowed to enter the school.
3. An adult need to bring your child in each morning to be handed over safely.
4. Your child will be screened at the gate before he/she may enter the school premises. Should the the child have a fever of 38 or higher, the child will not be admitted and must return home.
5. Before entering the school, the child's hands will be sanitised, and the child must step onto a sanitizing pad before entering the school.
6. Please adhere to social distancing when another child is being dropped off and going through entry procedure.
7. If your child has underlying medical issues that may place him/her at higher risk, you need to go for an assessment with your doctor to confirm safe attendance at school.
8. Screening:
   Please fill out the Cappie Passport (Screening Questionnaire) every day before your child leaves home:
   1. Emergency information at the top of the daily Screening Questionnaire list must be completed by the Parent/guardian/driver. Should the child be brought to School by a guardian/driver, the parent must supply a work telephone no, cell no, and an alternative contact number that must be completed on the form.
   2. At arrival, you, the guardian or designated driver must have the completed Screening Questionnaire at hand for without a fully completed Screening Questionnaire, your child may not enter the premises. Your child’s temperature will be jotted down on the Screening Questionnaire at the gate before entry.
   3. We will assist with the Screening Questionnaire on the first day if you could not print it at home or work, but thereafter the questionnaire must be completed by parent, guardian, or designated person. We will provide the questionnaires.
9. Children and Staff’s temperature will be screened twice a day and a record of this is kept. Should a child develop a fever of 38 or higher during the day, the child will be separated and taken to the sick bay/ isolation room. The parents will be contacted and the child must be picked up as soon as possible. Parents should then follow the guidelines issued by Government. The isolation room will be entered from the outside of the school

3. What is going to happen during class times?
   1. We shall do our best to keep the 1 metre rule in the classroom, but with small children it is nearly impossible.
   2. Classes will be cleaned / sanitized at least twice a day.
   3. Children's hands will be sanitized on arrival and washed throughout the day as well as at the end of the day.
   4. Tables will be sanitized before breakfast, before lunch, before snack times and at the end of the day.

4. Bathroom routine:
   1. Bathrooms will be cleaned on an ongoing basis and record will be kept thereof.
   2. Classes will be cleaned / sanitized at least twice a day.
   3. Toilets and hand basins will be sanitized before the next group can enter.
   4. Social distancing arrows will indicate where children should line up.

5. Sleeping time:
   1. Each child will sleep on his or her own mattress and mattresses will be 1 metre apart.
   2. We will provide a small blanket for each child which will be washed every day. No blankets may be kept overnight at the School during Covid 19 without being washed.

6. Play time:
   1. Playground equipment will be cleaned regularly.
   2. During play time we will do our best to keep the children 1m apart but this might not be possible at all.

7. Toddlers:
   1. The changing station and the basin will be cleaned before and after every use.
   2. The potties will be kept 1 metre apart at all times.
   3. The potty train area will be sanitized as soon as it has been used.
   4. Teachers will wear disposable gloves during potty training.

8. Going home time:
   1. When collecting your child in the afternoon, you are required to stay at the gate. Please ring the bell once. Collecting children will be more time consuming than usual as your child must be called, has to wash hands, temperature has to be taken and recorded and only then will be brought out and handed over to you.
   2. Should somebody other than the names on the daily Screening Questionnaire collect the child, you must inform the School of the person's name and time the child will be collected.
   3. The potty train area will be sanitized as soon as it has been used.
   4. All children must please be collected by 17:30 at the latest to allow us to sanitize the school at closing time.

Additional Information
What must be done at home?
Parents and guardians must ensure that learners are provided with accurate, age-appropriate information regarding COVID-19 - it is up to parents and guardians to ensure that learners are taught the Golden Rules about how to stay safe from COVID-19. Parents and guardians must make sure that they model this behaviour for their children to observe and follow.

These are Golden Rules:

1. Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds each time. If soap and water is not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol content. Make sure that all parts of your hands including in between fingers, wrists and palms are thoroughly washed or covered in hand sanitizer.
2. Avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with your hands or gloves.
3. Cover your cough or sneeze with a flexed elbow or a tissue, then throw the tissue in a bin with a lid. Wash your hands after using a tissue.
4. Keep to the social distancing rules.
5. Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
6. Stay at home when you are sick; try to keep a distance from others at home; keep your eating utensils separate from the rest of the household.
7. Regularly clean and disinfect all objects and surfaces that are frequently touched.

What must be done on the way to school?

Whether learners and staff are travelling to school in a bus, a taxi or a car, their parents, guardians and (older) learners themselves have a responsibility to ensure their safety and the safety of other passengers. According to the Regulations, all public transport operators must put measures in place to adhere to social distancing, to ensure that transport is sanitised before and after use, and to observe the new prescribed passenger capacity regulations. Parents, guardians and service providers who transport learners must wear a mask - drivers and learners alike. Sharing transport: In the case of lift clubs or when private transport is shared between colleagues or friends, it is important to adhere to the same measures as are required of public transport services. Walking to school: If learners walk to/from school, it is important that they practice social distancing (at least 1.5 metres apart from each other), and good hygiene.

The Do's and Don’ts for Transport operators

All operators must ensure that vehicles used to transport learners are clean and tidy.
All operators of vehicles that transport learners must on regular intervals provide adequate sanitizers, hygiene dispensers or disinfection equipment for learners.
All operators must provide information materials about safety and disinfection procedures.
All operators must ensure that public transport vehicles are sanitised before picking up and after dropping off learners. These sanitizers must have a minimum of 60% alcohol content.
Everyone must wear a mask including drivers and learners.
All operators must ensure that all door and window handles, armrests etc. are sanitised before picking up learners and after dropping them off.

Covid-19: What to expect when you drop your child off at school:

The following documents must be filled out and be brought with when you drop your child off at school:

1. Weekly Learner Screening Questionnaire. (This will be sent out every Friday and must be returned on Mondays).
2. Emergency information.
3. Daily Screening Questionnaire. Your child may not enter the premises without this ‘symptom’ list. (Five Daily Screening Questionnaires will be sent home every Friday).

A record of these documents will be kept on file.

This is indeed trying times for all of us and we need to keep to these regulations – please be tolerant at the gate when you drop your child of or fetch him/her.

Should you have any questions, please contact us.

We are looking forward to seeing you and your child.

Kind regards,
Management