COVID - 19 Letter for Parents

Dear Parents.

Thank you for attending Teacher-Parent-Pupil meetings. We have the first days of full-time teaching behind us. Thanks to the careful preparation, shared patience and gerat learning behaviour by our students, everything is going great so far. Many thanks to all parents for their cooperation and for their patience in picking up the first graders in the afternoon. Of course, many thanks to both the teachers and all the other staff of the school.

The government has decided that although the entire republic will move to level No. 3 on Thursday, December 3, in education this third level will be valid only from Monday, December 7, 2020. See Regulations for PES 3 from Monday 7.12. Which means we get to welcome more students back to school and a few more changes to the schedule.

The attached infographic (Velikost: neznámá) indicates all of the students who will be in school next week and the week after, as well as their schedule changes. Please note that this means the following:

We have also introduced a number of new hygiene measures to ensure the safety of your children while they are in school:

• Masks in all classrooms and shared area of 1st and 2nd Stage for all students and staff
• Complete separation of classrooms between 1st and 2nd Stage
• Separation of A and B classes within classrooms, in corridors and when queueing for snack and lunch
• Separated recess areas for all 1st and 2nd Stage students
• New teaching spaces to keep students separate
• Desks in all 2nd stage classrooms disinfected at end of each lesson
• Extra ventilation of all rooms before and after lessons
• Extra air disinfecting germicidal lamps around school
• Tables and chairs in Canteen and Dining Hall disinfected after every meal
• Tables for all grades in Dining Hall separated by classes
• Outdoor PE with staggered use of changing areas
• Timed arrival of classes to reduce the number of students in dressing rooms at one time
• Timed release of classes to reduce the number of students in dressing rooms at one time

As you can see, we are doing our very best for the safety of your children and Sunny Canadian employees while maintaining high quality teaching. Thank you for any feedback.

With Christmas approaching, we also wanted to let you know about some up coming events:

3.12. - Open day at school. In person and virtual tours available to prospective families.

4.12 - Mikuláš is coming! He and his helpers will visit children in kindergarten and in the first grade. This year the roles will be played by STAFF. Children really have something to look forward to.

Next week - High school students will receive their Duke of Edinburgh's Awards in the school garden next week for their work under the. Our first ever GOLD awards!. Congratulations to them.

Unfortunately, the Christmas markets and the popular Christmas concert cannot take place this year. A smaller version will take place in kindergarten. Parents can look forward to beautiful hand made products and to various surprises that classes have prepared. The money raised this year will go to support a place that all children love; Prague Zoo, which has had a challenging year. The plan is for Sunny to adopt moose so that the school mascot has have a living friend.

Despite all the regulations, the pre-Christmas time will be a beautiful time for everyone. The measures set are challenging for all of us,, it is all worth it when we see how much the children enjoy being back at school. 

We wish you all a pleasant Advent

Mgr. Ondřej Machů

Director