Schools in Westland have to stop physical lessons for groups 3 and 8
Two primary schools in the Westland have to stop giving physical lessons to groups 3 and 8. According to the mayor, this emergency measure is prohibited. In other places, schools are taking other emergency measures to support students and teachers, according to the regional press.
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Two schools in the Westland that had designated all pupils in group 3 and group 8 as 'pupils at risk' must stop physical education for these classes. Which declared mayor Bouke Arends of the municipality of Westland in the municipal council last night, the Algemeen Dagblad reports.
To prevent educational disadvantages, the schools have so far given physical lessons in math and language to the two groups. That happens corona predicament. For example, the classes are split up: one half of the pupils come to school in the morning and the other half in the afternoon.
Who is at risk must be determined individually. Collective exceptions are not possible by law
The Ministry of Education said in the newspaper yesterday that it had problems with this. It would not be the intention to label entire classes as 'vulnerable'. "This has to be determined on an individual basis."
According to the mayor, that reasoning is correct. Collective exceptions are not possible by law. And the mayor cannot allow any deviations. The schools have interpreted the legislation in a way that is not intended. '
Retired
In other places schools are taking all kinds of other emergency measures to continue to support students and teachers as much as possible. At primary school De Kubus in Amersfoort, the pupils who still come to school are given support for retired teachers. 'I may belong to the risk group, but I like to talk about it,' says a seventy-year-old former teacher in the newspaper. Sports coaches, artists and students from youth work are deployed at other primary schools in the district.
The Develstein College in Zwijndrecht receives help from employees of the local Van der Valk hotel
Secondary schools are busy looking for extra people to supervise and supervise. Because the students have to be five feet apart, they are often divided into two classes. Which requires supervision in the second grade. More supervision is also needed during school exams. For example, the Picasso Lyceum in Zoetermeer can be used during the exams about fifteen to twenty volunteers every day use.
Win win
The Develstein College in Zwijndrecht has now enlisted the help of employees of the local Van der Valk hotel. The employees have to support the teachers, because they are busier than ever due to all the corona measures, explains Rector Matthijs den Haan the Algemeen Dagblad. 'Exam students are in two classrooms, the teachers are running back and forth all the time. And then they immediately have to turn on the laptop to provide home education for the lower classes.'
Den Haan hopes for a win-win situation. 'There is less work at Van der Valk and we are eager for extra hands. You have to have a bit of a click with children, but we are confident. Of course you also have to be customer-oriented in the hotel industry.'
