Mo's Montessori

COVID-19 Policy Response Plan www.mosmontessori.ie | 17 We have placed a notice (available in a language that is easily understood by parents/ guardians of the children attending) at the entrance to the service stating that children and staff may not attend if a child/parent/household member or staff member has signs or symptoms of respiratory infection, such as a cough, shortness of breath and/or fever temperature of 38C or over Children's personal items (e.g. clothing and bags) will be separately stored for each child in their own deep drawer. Physical environment – staff areas Where it is difficult to organise staff spaces to facilitate social distancing, physical partitions to reduce the transmission of the coronavirus between staff may need to be considered Staff should not share equipment such as pens, cups and plates but should have these items for their own personal use. Staff are responsible for cleaning and disinfecting their tables and chairs after use for the next person. Cutlery and crockery should be washed in a dishwasher at 60°. Toys and equipment The service will organise toys and play materials into a number of boxes for the different groups or 'play pods' of children and wash the toys after use each day. In this way each group or play pod of children has its own box of toys and there is no sharing across play pods. The service will offer toys that can be easily cleaned, disinfected (where necessary) and dried on a daily basis The service will consider carefully the use of certain toys that are difficult to clean e.g. dress up clothes, soft toys. If considered important for some children then the sharing of these items between children should be avoided and the toys should be washed and dried each day. The service will limit the use of playdough, gloop and similar materials, and where being used should not be shared between the children and should be replaced daily The service will limit food preparation activities (on a temporary basis during this Covid-19 emergency) where children take turns in preparing and later eating the food

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