COVID - 19 Hygiene Plan - International School of Bremen
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COVID - 19 Hygiene Plan
Revised: 25th January 2022
Hygiene Principles
Instruction will take place in accordance with the current hygiene framework
concept for school hygiene regulations. Based on the framework concept from the
Bremen Education Authority.
Most important measures:
● Students and teachers must stay at home if they have Coronavirus
(COVID-19) symptoms such as an elevated temperature of 37.5+, sore
throat, dry cough, shortness of breath, changes to the sense of smell or
taste or gastric problems. They should make contact with their family
doctor. They should quarantine if returning from an at risk area, unless
evidence of a negative test can be produced.
● For adults amongst themselves and with adults and students above Grade 6
o Observe current distance rules of 2 m
o No touching, hugging or shaking hands
● Wearing of face masks in school – as of 25.01.2022:
o ELC students are not required to wear masks
o Students from Grades 1-12 are required to wear surgical or FFP2
masks in classrooms as well as communal areas. Material masks are
not allowed for children over 6 years of age.
o Masks are not required outside and when eating and drinking in the
cafeteria or in P.E.
o Air-breaks outside will be provided for 5 minutes at the end of each
period for all Grade 1-12 Cohorts.
o Staff and visitors are required to wear surgical or FFP2 masks in
corridors and communal areas, except when staff are sitting alone in
an office, or when eating in the staff room, when they may be
removed. Ensure a distance of 2m is kept for the latter case. Whilst
teaching in classrooms it is also mandatory for teachers to wear a
mask.
ISB COVID- 19 Hygiene Plan
25/01/2022 Page 1● Students Grade 1 and above will only be allowed in the bathroom areas one
at a time, and if moving around the school they should be wearing a mask at
all times.
● Regular sufficient shock ventilation of classrooms and teaching areas,
with windows wide open for 5 minutes every 20 minutes is very
important. Ensure child safety is adhered to, with an adult standing next to
the window when it is open.
● The use of mobile air purifiers in classrooms is to be used as a supplementary
measure for aerosol reduction, but not as an alternative to ventilation.
● Music
○ Wind instruments and choirs are allowed to take place outside without
restrictions. In indoor music lessons, singing and playing music with
wind instruments must currently be avoided due to the infectiousness
of the omicron variant
● P.E.
○ for ELC and Grades 1-12 students contact sports can take place in strict
cohorts, outside or in the Sports Hall.
○ Changing rooms can be used by single cohorts as long as the area is
sanitised between groups.
● Hand hygiene:
○ The most effective infection control measure is to wash your hands
regularly and thoroughly with soap, especially after blowing your nose,
coughing or sneezing, after using public transport, after contact with
banisters, door handles, handholds etc., before and after eating, before
putting on and taking off a protective mask, after going to the toilet.
○ Hand disinfection: The proper disinfection of hands is especially useful
when thorough hand washing is not possible. For this purpose, hand
sanitiser will be distributed throughout the school and should be
massaged into the hands for approx. 30 seconds until completely dry.
● Do not touch the face, especially the mucous membranes with your hands, i.e.
do not touch the mouth, eyes or nose.
● If possible, do not touch publicly accessible objects such as door handles or
elevator buttons with your full hand or fingers, use elbows if necessary.
● Coughing and sneezing in the crook of your arm are among the most important
preventive measures! Keep the greatest possible distance when coughing or
sneezing, it is best to turn away
● Field trips: day trips can only take place in the local area following local
regulations especially on public transport, residential trips can only take place
in Germany and only if it can be guaranteed that the accommodation is
occupied by our school only.
ISB COVID- 19 Hygiene Plan
25/01/2022 Page 2We should be teaching the students and encouraging good personal hygiene
whenever possible.
Cohort Principle
Subject to corresponding provisions in the Senate's Corona Legislative Decree, the
cohort principle shall now take the place of the distance requirement to be
observed throughout. In this case, the obligation to observe the distance rule
among the students is not required within a cohort or group, e.g. a grade. The
idea behind the cohort principle is it ensures a regular school operation. By defining
groups in a fixed composition (cohorts) the contacts and infection paths can be
traced effectively in case of infection. The aim is to ensure that quarantine
regulations do not affect the entire school in the event of infection, but only this group
within which a risk of infection may have existed.
There should be no mixing of cohorts within the school.
During breaks, lunch, etc., the cohorts are separated from each other as far as
possible by staggering the time of day or having designated break out areas.
Teachers generally move across cohorts, since they are deployed in different
classes either in the Elementary or Secondary Schools or as Specialists. Teachers
are therefore required to observe the principle of physical distance between
themselves and their students wherever possible and wear a facemask (surgical or
FFP2). They should wash or disinfect their hands after teaching one cohort and
moving to the next one. Teachers and other persons who are in special situations
who have to be deployed not only across cohorts but also across the grades in
the different parts of the school, have to ensure they observe all protective
measures. In addition, they must record their deployment so that contacts can be
traced in case of infection.
Hygiene Rules in the Cafeteria
Masks must be worn at all times, except when sat with Cohort eating
Elementary and Secondary School students must clean and sanitize the area they
sit in before leaving the Cafeteria.
ELC and Elementary times:
There are separate areas in the cafeteria allocated for students to sit in their Cohorts
Cohort Time
ELC 1 + 2 11:30
ELC 3 11:40
ISB COVID- 19 Hygiene Plan
25/01/2022 Page 3Grades 1, 2 and 3 11:55
Grades 4 and 5 12:10
Secondary School
Cohort Time
Grade 8 or Grade 6 12:30
Grade 9 or Grade 7 12:40
Grades 10 12:50
Grades 11 13:00
Grade 12 will be able to go to the Kiosk during their break time until 23/04/21
Compulsory Antigen Testing for Staff and Students in School
The mandatory requirement from the Senatorin für Kinder und Bildung for all students
(Grades 1 - 12) and staff to have an antigen rapid test is usually 3x a week however
From 10th January to 4th February 2022 all students in Grades
1 – 12 who are not *exempt are required to test DAILY.
As of 24th January 2022 ELC children are required to test 3 x weekly unless *exempt.
Staff must follow the regulations of the German authorities for employees testing.
The antigen rapid tests are provided free by the Senate.
*Exemption from testing
The Bremen Senate ordinance decrees that these persons are exempt from testing:
● fully vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine in the last 3 months (+ 14 days)
● fully vaccinated plus the BOOSTER (immediately)
● recovered from COVID in the last 6 months (28 days following the positive
PCR laboratory test)
Proof of vaccination or recovery from COVID-19 must be shown to staff in the Health
Office.
Parents are required to sign the confirmation slip provided with the test kit proving
that their child has done the test and that the result was negative. Without the parental
confirmation slip the student will not be admitted into the School building.
ISB COVID- 19 Hygiene Plan
25/01/2022 Page 4More Parental Negative Test Confirmation slips are available to download from the
ISB website.
Rules for Visitor Entry into School
Visitors to ISB should follow the 2G rule of entry into school and will be asked to
present proof:
Geimpft: two vaccinations in the last 3 months +14 days OR with the booster
Genesen: recovered from the COVID-19 virus in the last 6 months and 28 days
post PCR positive test).
ISB COVID- 19 Hygiene Plan
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