FAQ

Frequently-Asked Questions (FAQs)

on How the School is Coping with Influenza A (H1N1)

General

1.               How will LOA be implemented? How will teachers inform students who have travelled to affected countries beforehand they should not report to school?

Before school re-opens, we will communicate with our parents via multiple channels to obtain the updated travel history of their children, inform them of the implementation of LOA, and update them on any new advisories given out by MOH. The multiple channels include phone calls, postal letters and notices on school websites. Those who have travelled to affected countries will be issued an LOA before school reopens.

2.               For students whose parents have been to affected countries, will an LOA be issued to the students?

Presently, these students will not be issued a LOA as the students did not travel to the affected countries. However, MOE will review our measures based on the latest situation, in consultation with MOH.

3.               Besides LOA, what other measures are in place to protect the well-being of the student population?

When school re-opens on 29 June, we will implement a number of precautionary measures. These include setting up stations at the school gates to screen staff and students who are entering the school premises. Those who are unwell will be advised to go home. In the first hour, students will be asked to submit their declaration forms to their teachers. Students who register a fever, or who have travelled to affected countries, will be immediately moved to another room. The school will inform the parents of unwell students to bring them to see a doctor and seek their cooperation to exercise social responsibility and ensure that their children are well before returning to school. 

The school will institute twice daily temperature taking, and closely monitor staff and students. In addition, school assemblies will be suspended, P1-P5 supplementary and remedial classes, and all CCAs will be cancelled during the first week after school reopens in order to minimise congregation of school staff and students. However, enrichment courses conducted by external vendors, and the Learning Support Programme (LSP) will continue.

The school will continue to keep its premises clean and remind our staff and students to maintain high standards of personal hygiene. There will also be tighter school security. All visitors will also be screened for travel history and temperature taking before they enter school premises.

MOE has also developed a public education package to educate and remind all staff and students on the need to exercise good hygiene and social responsibility.

4.               Why were parents not informed earlier that affected students would only be allowed to return to school after 7 days of returning to Singapore?

The global situation for Influenza A (H1N1) is dynamic. We will be monitoring the situation very closely. In recent weeks, Singapore has seen a sharp increase in the number of confirmed cases. As travel is the major source of new H1N1 cases, MOE has decided to implement a 7-day leave of absence for all school staff and students to slow the spread within the school community and in Singapore.

Teaching and Learning Matters

5.               What are the learning provisions put in place for students who are on LOA? Will there be remedial lessons planned for them?

For students who are on LOA, we will dispatch online learning materials via the school website as part of the home based learning package for as long as they are on LOA.  We will send the learning materials to those without internet access.   In this way, they will be able to keep pace with their classmates and minimise the disruption to their learning when they return to the school.

Teachers will keep in touch with these students and provide help if necessary. As home-based learning will not be able to replicate face to face teaching and learning, schools will also provide make-up lessons where necessary.