Despite the lockdown, Revival City College has ensured that learning continues at the school to cover the academic year.
Initially, the school introduced its Google E-learning platform in order to ensure their learners were not disadvantaged and would not fall behind. With the move of different lockdown levels, they have now tried to assist parents who have not had access to printing facilities by preparing work packs for their children.
According to Karen van den Oever, operational director at the school, the work packs are being collected and returned at their drive-through on Friday mornings.
“Parents come through wearing masks and with their own pen. They then follow different processes of submitting old work and getting new exercises.”
“The drive-through was also visited by our local councillor, Malcolm Maifala, and an official from the Ekurhuleni health department on different occasions,” said van den Oever.
WATCH: A video showing a process undergone by parents in collecting work packs
She said this initiative, which has continued for weeks, has proven to be effective and has been positively received by parents. In an interview with the RECORD, she also assured that the school was ready to welcome back its learners in a clean and healthy environment.
Readiness to date, the school has had an active Covid-19 committee in action since the first week of lockdown.Van den Oever said numerous safety measures have been put in place to prepare the facility and the staff for the reopening of the school.
“The school facilities have been marked out with decals to indicate the appropriate social distance on corridors, in classes and at toilet blocks. A process of sanitising every 30 minutes will be implemented when the children return and hand washing with soap and water will be done at least three or four times a day,” she said.
The school has also had its own desk screens made for health reasons to ensure separation between learners who may need to share a desk. “They have manufactured two of their own sanitisation tunnels, thanks to Senny van den Oever, an engineer who serves as the college’s Covid-19 coordinator. On arrival and departure, all staff and learners will undergo a screening process and will walk through a sanitisation tunnel,” she said.
She also stated that there are programmes already designed to ensure children cope with changes and that their fears and concerns will be addressed. Tareen Wagner, a parent at the school, expressed her assurance with measures taken by the school.”I’m confident with the safety measures taken by the school.
We were also updated on social media platforms and I can confidently say that I’m excited, and my children as well,” she said.
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