DER TAGSSPIEGEL: No distance, with normal class sizes: that is behind Saxony's special path at primary schools
date：2020-05-20 22:07author：小编source：DER TAGSSPIEGELviews：
Saxony goes a special way in kindergartens and primary schools. Although school attendance is now voluntary, about 90 percent of the students came. (TILMANN WARNECKE)
With mask: voluntarily in Saxony's primary schools (here a picture from Dresden). PHOTO: DPA
It is difficult to get young children to do social distancing: this has been repeatedly pointed out since schools opened. Saxony has drawn its own conclusions from this. It is the only federal state to dispense with the minimum distance of 1.5 meters in daycare centers and primary schools. Since this Monday, kindergarten children and elementary school students have returned to a "restricted regular operation" in their normal classes and groups.
The state is sticking to this even after the parents of a seven-year-old successfully sued the opening without distance rules. Due to the lawsuit, attending primary school is now voluntary until June 5 - for all primary school students in Saxony.
The state is sticking to this even after the parents of a seven-year-old successfully sued the opening without distance rules. Due to the lawsuit, attending primary school is now voluntary until June 5 - for all primary school students in Saxony.
Do without lessons or distance rules
According to information from the school ministry, the attendance on Monday was 90 percent, although no question was asked as to why children are missing. Minister of Culture Christian Piwarz (CDU) had justified the concept on the blog of the Tagesspiegel columnist Jan-Martin Wiarda with the fact that distance rules could not be implemented "de facto" in younger children. So you are faced with two options: largely to do without lessons - or the distance rules. The decisive factor for him was the children's right to participate and education.
A teacher for one class only
The classes or daycare groups no longer have to be divided, there is no minimum distance or mask requirement. The classes should always remain in the same composition and be strictly separated from one another during breaks (which is also provided for in other federal states). A teacher is only responsible for one class. This constant composition is intended to prevent the number of contacts from becoming too large in the event of new infections. Parents must ensure in writing every day that their child does not show any symptoms of illness.
The Ministry of Culture appeals to Reinhard Bremer, director of the clinic and polyclinic for pediatric and adolescent medicine at the Dresden University Hospital. On the ministry's website, he explains that the risk of a coronavirus infection "will not come from children" - but from adults in a family environment.
The Ministry of Culture appeals to Reinhard Bremer, director of the clinic and polyclinic for pediatric and adolescent medicine at the Dresden University Hospital. On the ministry's website, he explains that the risk of a coronavirus infection "will not come from children" - but from adults in a family environment.
Specialist societies demand that primary schools be opened immediately
Four medical societies made a similar statement on Tuesday , calling for the timely and unrestricted opening of daycare centers and primary schools. There it says: "Especially for children under the age of 10, the current data speak for both a lower infection rate and a significantly lower infection rate." In contrast, the social and health consequences of the closure are serious.
The specialist societies are the German Society for Hospital Hygiene, the German Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, the Academy for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine and the Professional Association of Pediatricians.
Not all medical experts are likely to follow the assessment of the risk of infection in children: the data situation is still thin . Only now, for example, is the University Hospital Hamburg starting a study in 6000 children about the role they play as carriers. Charité virologist Christian Drosten recently warned against rash interpretations of existing data (read more about different studies on the subject here：https://www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/debatte-zu-coronavirus-und-schulschliessungen-kinder-koennten-infektioes-sein-selbst-aber-geringeres-ansteckungsrisiko-haben/25790646.html ).
There are protests against the concept of Saxony among parents and teachers. Uschi Kruse, chairman of GEW Sachsen, speaks of a “great distrust”. "The medical hypothesis that children are not contagious is not very convincing."
The specialist societies are the German Society for Hospital Hygiene, the German Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases, the Academy for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine and the Professional Association of Pediatricians.
Not all medical experts are likely to follow the assessment of the risk of infection in children: the data situation is still thin . Only now, for example, is the University Hospital Hamburg starting a study in 6000 children about the role they play as carriers. Charité virologist Christian Drosten recently warned against rash interpretations of existing data (read more about different studies on the subject here：https://www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/debatte-zu-coronavirus-und-schulschliessungen-kinder-koennten-infektioes-sein-selbst-aber-geringeres-ansteckungsrisiko-haben/25790646.html ).
There are protests against the concept of Saxony among parents and teachers. Uschi Kruse, chairman of GEW Sachsen, speaks of a “great distrust”. "The medical hypothesis that children are not contagious is not very convincing."
"Great insecurity and personal concern"
The fact that the Ministry of Education also initially wanted to bring risk groups among the teachers back to the schools because the staff was not sufficient for the concept had also triggered "great uncertainty and great personal concern" for many teachers. After protests from the teaching staff, colleagues with a personalized certificate would not be included. But the problem remained that the spatial and personnel capacities were missing: "You are reaching your organizational limits."
So you need more staff, because the school lunch should be distributed in the classrooms. It is unclear what is happening in the after-school care center, where the groups have to be completely reorganized. Kruse would have preferred the ministry to slowly reopen primary schools - “and therefore reliably”. If something goes wrong with this concept, you have to go unprepared for distance learning. If even larger groups of pupils now have to be taught at home by the decision of the administrative court, "more problems arise".
Source:https://www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/ohne-abstand-mit-normalen-klassengroessen-das-steckt-hinter-sachsens-sonderweg-bei-grundschulen/25844218.html
So you need more staff, because the school lunch should be distributed in the classrooms. It is unclear what is happening in the after-school care center, where the groups have to be completely reorganized. Kruse would have preferred the ministry to slowly reopen primary schools - “and therefore reliably”. If something goes wrong with this concept, you have to go unprepared for distance learning. If even larger groups of pupils now have to be taught at home by the decision of the administrative court, "more problems arise".
Source:https://www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/ohne-abstand-mit-normalen-klassengroessen-das-steckt-hinter-sachsens-sonderweg-bei-grundschulen/25844218.html
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