Question: What advice is there for keeping school settings safe during the pandemic?

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Safe working in education, childcare and children’s social care settings, including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
section_headers: What care should be taken in early years settings?
section_content: Because it is challenging to reduce contact between young children in early
years settings, regular cleaning and disinfection of surfaces, objects and
toys, as well as handwashing, are particularly important. The use of soft toys
and toys with intricate parts or that are otherwise hard to clean should be
avoided. Read guidance on cleaning for non-healthcare
settings.
Settings should manage risks by keeping children in small groups and trying,
as far as possible, to keep the same children and staff members together from
day to day. Settings should consider staggering mealtimes and should
discourage parents and carers from gathering at setting entrances. As far as
possible, parents and carers should not enter early years premises.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Advice given such as disinfect surfaces and objects. Also suggests teach children proper hand washing.
This does not answer the question. This answer provides information on cleaning guide and how to manage risks specifically in early years setting, and not for school settings as asked in the question.

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Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Actions for schools during the coronavirus outbreak
section_headers: Preparing for the wider opening of education settings from 1 June
What public health advice should schools follow?
section_content: Keeping children and staff safe is our utmost priority. DfE’s guidance on
implementing protective measures in education and
childcare settings contains detailed advice for settings on:

cleaning, including supplies of cleaning and handwashing products
testing and tracing
PPE (personal protective equipment)
what settings should do in response to a case of coronavirus being confirmed

Schools should refer to this guidance and continue to follow the advice from
Public Health England. These measures, along with handwashing,
cleaning, and self-isolation, will lower the risk of transmission.
Alongside good hygiene and cleaning, one of the main protective measures we
can take to reduce transmission is to have small group and class sizes. By
returning pupils gradually settings can initially reduce the number of
children and young people in classrooms compared to usual and put protective
measures in place to reduce risks.
Children will need to stay within their new class/group wherever possible and
we will ask settings to implement a range of protective measures including
increased cleaning, reducing ‘pinch points’ (such as at the start and end of
day), and utilising outdoor space.
Settings should also consider ways to minimise use of public transport to get
to and from school at peak times, in consultation with local authorities.
Further guidance on safer travel for passengers, including children, can be
found at Safer travel guidance for
passengers.
Staff and pupils in all settings will be eligible for testing if they become
ill with coronavirus symptoms, as will members of their households. A negative
test will enable children to get back to childcare or education, and their
parents to get back to work. A positive test will ensure rapid action to
protect their classmates and staff in their setting.
Those who are clinically vulnerable, or are living with someone who is, should
follow our protective measures
guidance.
*[DfE]: Department for Education

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Provides guidance from Public Heath England such as keeping children in small groups to make trace contact manageable.
This is a direct answer to the question. This answer provides comprehensive information on keeping children, staff and school settings safe during Covid-19.

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Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus outbreak
section_headers: Considerations for settings that are open during this period
What are the expectations on settings regarding staying in touch with parents whose child is at home?
section_content: We recognise that many settings have already shared resources for children who
are at home and are grateful for this. We encourage them to continue working
with parents to ensure children can continue to learn at home.
The Department for Education’s Hungry Little
Minds campaign features tips and
practical activities that parents can do at home with children to support
their early learning. There are many simple ways to help children learn and it
does not have to feel like ‘learning’. Having everyday conversations, make-
believe play and reading together all make a big difference to children’s
development. Settings can also direct parents to the BBC’s Tiny Happy
People.
Settings should work with local authorities to monitor the welfare of
vulnerable children who are not attending provision, and other children they
might wish to keep in touch with, for safeguarding purposes.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Context is child schooling in a home and not at a school.
This answer is irrelevant to the question. This answer provides information on resources for parents to support the learning of their young children when at home during pandemic. It does not provide any information on how to keep school settings safe during the pandemic.

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