Thank you very much for your cooperation in taking measures against infectious diseases at our school. From May 2022, we will review our current infection control measures and operate as follows. We would like to ask for the continued understanding and cooperation of all parents and guardians in preventing the spread of infection.
- What to do if our students test positive for covid 19.
- Please refrain from attending the school if any of the following condition to you
- Precautions for All Schools
- Infectious Disease Control Guidelines for Knock Knock Preschool
- Infectious Disease Control Guidelines for Knock Knock English
What to do if our students test positive for covid 19.
In accordance with the new policy of the Setagaya Public Health Center, we will take the following actions from now on.
What to do if students at Knock Knock Preschool test positive.
Until now, when there was an infected person in a class, the ward’s Child Care Department identified the person with whom the child had a close contact based on the standards of the Setagaya Public Health Center, but from now on, no such identification will be done.
What to do if students at Knock Knock English test positive.
As in the past, the Setagaya Ward Public Health Center will be responsible for identification of persons with concentrated contacts. We will follow the instructions of the public health center.
Please refrain from attending the school if any of the following conditions to you
Due to the nationwide spread of the new coronavirus, we ask that students who are in the following categories refrain from attending school. If you are unable to make a decision on your own, please contact the head office.
Precautions for All Schools
– All Staff: Required to wear non-woven masks
Wearing of non-woven masks indoors will continue to be mandatory.
In outdoor activities, if there is a risk of heat stroke, we will remove the masks while monitoring the situation.
– Guardians: encouraged to wear masks
We will change the wearing of masks on the premises from “obligatory” to “encouraged”.
However, if you are conversing, the wearing of masks will be “encouraged”.
– Children in the school buses: encouraged to wear masks
We will be “encouraging” rather than “requiring” the wearing of masks in the school buses.
– All Staff and Students: Required to check temperature and wash hands
The temperature of all staff and students are measured and they are required to wash their hands upon entering all schools.
– Disinfection
Classrooms are regularly disinfected several times a day in places that are frequently touched by students and teachers, including but not limited to toys, books, and handrails. The inside of the shuttle buses is also disinfected in between every student that uses it.
– Ventilation
In order to keep the teaching spaces ventilated with fresh air, doors or windows are kept open during hours of use.
– Carpets in class
The carpet in the classrooms will be temporarily removed to allow for more efficient disinfection work in the school.
– Vaccination of Staff
For our students’ interests, we actively encourage to pursue the process of third vaccination to all staff members.
Infectious Disease Control Guidelines for Knock Knock Preschool
– Wearing masks will be changed from “encouraged” to “optional”（ Regular Class ・ After Kinder Class）
In order to prioritize heat stroke countermeasures, the wearing of masks will be changed from “encouraged” to “optional” regardless of whether it is indoors or outdoors.
We will also be “encouraging” rather than “requiring” the wearing of masks in the school bus.
– Measures at Lunch and Snack Time
We use tables with plenty of space between students. In addition, partitions are used to further prevent the spread of germs between students.
– Usage of Paper Towels
After washing their hands, single-use paper towels are used in order to prevent the spread of germs.
– Snacks at After Kinder Class
After Kinder has stopped serving snacks during snack time, but will resume serving snacks on April, 2022.
– Activities at park
Knock Knock Preschool Chitose Funabashi: Activities will continue at the terrace.
Knock Knock Preschool Seijo: Activities at the park will gradually resume from June.
–Requests from School
The following is not a policy, but we would appreciate your cooperation.
- When picking up or dropping off your child, please avoid close contact with other parents and maintain a social distance.
- When dropping off or picking up your child, please do not gather in the yard or on the street, and please return home as soon as possible.
Infectious Disease Control Guidelines for Knock Knock English
–About wearing masks in the classrooms
【Group Lessons】
Due to the close proximity between students and between students and teachers in the classroom, we will continue to require students to wear masks.
【Private Lessons】
We will change the wearing of masks on the premises from “obligatory” to “encouraged”.
– Resumption of In-person Group Lessons
As part of measured enacted to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, we moved group lessons to online. Now, as we mitigate precautions, we have resumed in-person group lessons.
– Arrangement of Tables and Installation of Partitions
We use tables with plenty of space between students. In addition, depending on the space between students, partitions are used to prevent the proximity between students and the risk of spread of germs.
– Snack Time
Snacks will be provided again during breaks in group lessons.
