Greetings to ALL learners, parents and guardians of Wavecrest Primary School.
Kindly take time to read the following information :
By now we are all aware of the dangers of the Worldwide Pandemic - Corona virus. We believe that our learners, parents and the community are well-informed about the dangers of this virus. Parents, please make all effort to keep your children inside and ensure that they adhere to regulations of Operation Lock down.
Plan for continuity of learning As a school, we support continued access to quality education.
This can include:
• Use of online/e-learning strategies
• Assigning reading and exercises for home study
• Radio, podcast or television broadcasts of academic content
WHAT CAN PARENTS DO?- Make sure to listen to children’s concerns and answer their questions in an age-appropriate manner; don’t overwhelm them with too much information.
- Encourage them to express and communicate their feelings.
- Discuss the different reactions they may experience and explain that these are normal reactions to an abnormal situation. • Emphasize that children can do a lot to keep themselves and others safe.
- Introduce the concept of social distancing (standing further away from friends, avoiding large crowds, not touching people if you don’t need to, etc.)
- Focus on good health behaviours, such as covering coughs and sneezes with the elbow and washing hands.
- Help children understand the basic concepts of disease prevention and control.
Use exercises that demonstrate how germs can spread. For example, by putting coloured water in a spray bottle and spraying over a piece of white paper. Observe how far the droplets travel. • Demonstrate why it is important to wash hands for 20 seconds with soap and water - Put a small amount of glitter in students’ hands and have them wash them with just water, notice how much glitter remains, then have them wash for 20 seconds with soap and water.• Have students analyze texts to identify high risk behaviours and suggest modifying behaviours
FACTS ABOUT COVID-19 What is COVID-19? COVID-19 is a disease caused by a new strain of coronavirus. ‘CO’ stands for corona, ‘VI’ for virus, and ‘D’ for disease. Formerly, this disease was referred to as ‘2019 novel coronavirus’ or ‘2019-nCoV.’ The COVID-19 virus is a new virus linked to the same family of viruses as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and some types of common cold.
What are the symptoms of COVID-19? Symptoms can include fever, cough and shortness of breath. In more severe cases, infection can cause pneumonia or breathing difficulties. More rarely, the disease can be fatal. These symptoms are similar to the flu (influenza) or the common cold, which are a lot more common than COVID-19. This is why testing is required to confirm if someone has COVID-19. For more info search (
sacoronavirus.co.za).
The principal (Mr.Bougardt) and staff are making all effort to assist and avail learning material through this platform by providing links, websites and learning material for our learners. Please ensure that your child is reading daily.
Thank you
Mr. D.Bougardt
(Principal)
