Schools are just buildings
Across Scotland community centres and facilities are currently sitting empty. There is a desire and drive to get children back into schools but they can return to education without going back to school.
Primary schools have catchments areas that sees children travel across communities, increasing the number of people they come into contact with - as well as increasing parent and cater contact at the school gates.
Opening community centres, hubs and facilities within communities will provide a space for the children within a community to come together for education within their own community. This would spread the teaching staff out across multiple locations within their primary schools catchment area - this will strengthen bonds between the teachers and the communities they serve as well as limiting numbers, making social distancing easier. It will also reduce the level of travel by parent and guardians to their immediate community.
Primary schools have catchments areas that sees children travel across communities, increasing the number of people they come into contact with - as well as increasing parent and cater contact at the school gates.
Opening community centres, hubs and facilities within communities will provide a space for the children within a community to come together for education within their own community. This would spread the teaching staff out across multiple locations within their primary schools catchment area - this will strengthen bonds between the teachers and the communities they serve as well as limiting numbers, making social distancing easier. It will also reduce the level of travel by parent and guardians to their immediate community.
Why the contribution is important
Community based educational provision provides a way back toward education and routine for children, builds the sense of community across the country and provide an easy way to react quickly when localised resurgences of the virus spreading occur.
This localised approach will make it easier for key services to link in with families in need of extra support as well as bringing back community facilities into the use of their immediate local communities.
This localised approach will make it easier for key services to link in with families in need of extra support as well as bringing back community facilities into the use of their immediate local communities.
by Cath on May 06, 2020 at 09:39AM
Posted by TonyFinn May 06, 2020 at 09:57
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Posted by KirsteenV May 06, 2020 at 10:22
If you have more than one child at a school and they are spread across two, three or sometimes four different buildings, how can you drop off and collect at the appropriate time?
Staff and children are, for the most part, familiar with their school building and what to do in the event of an evacuation etc. This would not be the case for other buildings and appropriate risk assessments would need to be carried out. Pupils are currently supervised at break and lunchtime by pupil support staff. How would this work if spread over a few buildings? How could hot meals be provided? Given that cleaning has been difficult in schools due to cutbacks and lack of staff, how would this work given the extend of cleaning required to supress any virus (not just Covid19) if there were more buildings being used?
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