[UPDATED 3rd September 2020]
Before discussing our COVID-19 plans, it is important to recognise why such plans are in place.
[UPDATED 3rd September 2020]
Before discussing our COVID-19 plans, it is important to recognise why such plans are in place.
We are very conscious of the health and well-being of your child. Pear Tree has been in operation since 2012, and we pride ourselves on the high levels of safety that we have always offered.
Without dismissing this, it is important to note, however, that children are not at serious health risk from COVID-19. In fact, the statistics for children are the lowest of any age bracket.
Those who are at serious risk of COVID-19 include:
Social distancing and COVID-19 measures are to slow down the spread of COVID-19 to these people who are at risk.
It does not eliminate COVID-19. It delays the spread of the disease so that:
The government decided that closing businesses and schools would help with this endeavour.
“The sacrifices [children] have made by not seeing your friends and by stopping going to school and other activities are your contributions to fighting the pandemic. By putting societies and economies on hold, we have reduced the ability of the virus to spread through our communities. These defensive measures have helped to limit some of the short-term impacts of the virus, and bought us time to translate what we have learned about the virus into solutions so that we can get back to a more familiar way of living.” WHO