Parents draw positive conclusions after a week of alternating lessons
02/26/21 | 06:49 am
After more than two months, school for the youngest started again at the beginning of the week. First to third graders now have alternating lessons – parents and children in particular are happy about that. However, many are still waiting for vaccinations. By Kirsten Buchmann
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The students are happy to be back. Stephan Witzke, Rector of the Lisa Tetzner Elementary School and board member of the GEW School Directors’ Association, perceives her as joyful, inquisitive and enthusiastic: “You are greeted with a smile and you are simply happy yourself that this is possible again, to a certain extent. ”
He also heard from the teachers, educators and social workers at his school that the start was very important for the children. Because they could learn better in class than at home with several siblings at the same table. Teachers and educators help them in class. Some only have to get used to getting up early for school.
No wonder, says the chairman of the State Parents’ Committee, Norman Heise. After all, many families are happy that their children go back to school in small groups, at least temporarily: “The parents who send their children back to school report positively that they may have an hour or two more at home to devote yourself to the tasks in the home office. ” However, some have a bad feeling because there are hardly any additional infection protection measures in schools. There is still no way to vaccinate children.
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Vaccinations for teachers at the former Tegel Airport
At the moment it looks like the vaccinations will take place in one place, the former Tegel Airport. Support center employees – as well as daycare workers, child minders and child minders – should be the first to be vaccinated there from the education sector. The Senator of Education argues that they cannot keep a distance from the children and sometimes they cannot wear masks. The next group were those in primary schools.
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Waiting for rapid tests
According to the school principal Stephan Witzke, the fact that the vaccinations should come is received consistently positively in his staff because there is security. The teachers and educators want to be tested.
Because the windows can now be opened in most classes, which was not yet possible at the beginning of the corona pandemic. However, he does need the air purification devices in some of his rooms, which are difficult to ventilate. They are expected to arrive in the next four weeks, says Witzke, “the school office is there”. A technical aid to protect teachers and children from infections. So far, nobody at his school has had to be quarantined this week.
