After a little over a year studying remotely, Brazilian students are preparing to return to face-to-face classes. Classes are gradually returning and each institution has decided the best way for their students, obviously following the safety protocols of the World Health Organization (WHO). In this text, we will show you safe alternatives for a good back to school day.
3 precautions for returning to face-to-face classes
The return to school for Brazilian students will be a resumption of a teaching model that proved to be very important during the pandemic. With remote classes, we learned the importance of being in the classroom with teachers and colleagues. In addition to this return requiring a series of health protection measures, students will also have to return to old habits and routines that they stopped exercising for more than a year. For prevention against the coronavirus, here are some tips and care to ensure your safety back to school, as well as being safe for your teachers, colleagues and family.
1- Organization
Organize in advance everything you need to go to class. Separate gel alcohol and additional masks and leave them in your bag or backpack so you don't forget them, you will use them every day, you should always have them with you. Masks should be changed as they are used.
2- Do not share objects or food
Amid socializing with friends, situations may arise in which you want to share something. Even if the will is great, back to school, at least in this first moment, without the population being completely vaccinated with two doses, it will be necessary to retreat.
Do not share food or objects with other people. The spread of the virus is very fast and extremely contagious, where there is little care. Take your own material, food, water bottle and whatever else you need.
3- Do not go to class with symptoms
This first moment back to school is full of excitement and enthusiasm. Even so, if you experience any of the symptoms related to Covid-19, do not attend in-person classes. This is a commitment you must make to colleagues, staff, and faculty.
They may just be harmless symptoms of a common flu, but contagion from close people is very dangerous. Prevent the spread of the virus and, as soon as possible, see a doctor to diagnose it.
Back to in-person classes
Many institutions have returned to face-to-face classes in an optional, gradual or hybrid way. Students have been gradually returning, following all protocols, in many cases because some institutions do not have the structure to return to face-to-face classes in a way that resembles pre-pandemic classes, with the same number of students occupying the classrooms .
Gradual and Hybrid
The gradual return has been made with few students, testing student positioning, distancing and building structure. Classes have also been hybrid, so that students do not need to attend face-to-face classes every day: some days they attend remote classes and, on others, face-to-face classes, so that the return to school strictly follows the precautions recommended by the Organization World Health.
Necessary care
In order for back to school to be as safe as possible, strict care is required. Students, teachers and the institutions themselves must be aware that no person who attends the institutions is infected by the coronavirus. See some precautions below.
Social distancing
Social distancing is the back-to-school flagship. Educational institutions must follow a standard for the placement of students and teachers during the period in which they are in class. Distancing avoids physical contact between people, as well as ensuring a better breathing space and air circulation for people. The virus is spread through the air, so it is necessary to maintain as much distance as possible between everyone.
Sanitation
Hygiene is also extremely important. Wash your hands whenever possible with soap and water and sanitize your objects with gel alcohol. Take your own hand sanitizer with you for when you can't wash your hands. Sanitize your hands frequently and whenever you touch your face. Also keep the masks clean and never reuse them without disinfecting them.
Suspected cases
Be careful with suspected cases. If you have symptoms, or know someone who does, keep your distance and see your doctor as soon as possible. If there is any suspicion of a case of coronavirus in a class, it may be necessary for all students to enter quarantine to avoid the risk of contamination. Institutions should pay attention to this when returning to school and it is up to students and teachers to always alert everyone when they are suspected of having Covid.
Back to face-to-face classes is already a reality in several states of the country. The return, done with care, can be productive and gradually resume the pre-pandemic life and studies of students and teachers. Access the website of Uliving to learn more about it.
