Classes Nursery & KG - Reopening of schools for April & May 2021

‘And suddenly you just know it's time to start and trust the magic of beginning' - Miester Eckhart

Dear parent

Greetings from Pragyan!

The past year has been a journey full of ups and downs for our students. An entire academic session away from physical school has fatigued the young minds. With the new normal now becoming old and the world preparing to press the restart button, we at Pragyan are all set to welcome our precious gems with open arms.

Keeping in mind the safety measures and SOP for reopening the schools in a safer manner, parents' feedback has been noted.

As per the inputs given, it has been decided that the school will function, for classes Nursery & KG, for April & May 2021, 5 days a week (subject to government approval), in the hybrid mode (physical and online). Physical and online classes will happen independent of each other. A few teachers will be exclusively deputed to take online classes. Students opting for the physical mode of schooling will be clubbed together in the sections demarcated for physical schooling.

Keeping in mind the safety measures, the school has made desired changes so that social-distancing and hygiene can be maintained at all times in the campus.

Arrival at and departure from school will be staggered to reduce foot fall. Separate timings have been devised for the school transport users and the walkers. The school buses will arrive by 8:10 am in the campus, while the walkers are expected to report from 8:40 am to 8:50 am.
From the session 2021 onwards, the school is offering two sets of departure timings for the students of Nursery and Kindergarten.Parents may opt for dispersal time of 12:30 pm or 4:00 pm.
Parents may choose from the timings mentioned below:-
- For bus users: 8:15 am - 12:30 pm OR 8:15 am - 4:00 pm
- For walkers : 8:40 am - 12:45 pm OR 8:40 am - 3:50 pm

Please note that the transport services will be available for both the time slots on payment of monthly transport fee. All buses will seat only 70% of their capacity to maintain social distancing.

The first period will commence from 8:50 am. The time between 8:15 am to 8:50 am, will be the ‘US' time, where the students will be exposed to Rhyme Time / Story Telling / Circle Time etc.

Tentative time slots / periods allocation for April & May 2021 are as follows:-

Class KG Physical School (Till 12:30 pm / 4:00pm)		Class KG Online Classes
8:15 am - 8:50 am	1st – ‘US' Period	9:30 am – 10:15 am (Academic Period – I)	Group – 1
8:50 am - 9:30 am	2nd Period	9:30 am – 10:15 am (Academic Period – I)
9:30 am - 9:50 am	Breakfast	10:15 am – 10:30 am (Activity Period – I)
9:50 am - 10:30 am	3rd Period	10:15 am – 10:30 am (Activity Period – I)
10:30 am - 11:10 am	4th Period	10:30 am – 11:00 am (Break)
11:10 am - 11:50 am	5th Period	10:30 am – 11:00 am (Break)
11:50 am - 12:30 pm	6th Period	11:00 am – 11:45 am (Academic Period – II)
12:30 pm	Dispersal	11:00 am – 11:45 am (Academic Period – II)
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm	7th Period	11:45 am – 12:00 noon (Activity Period – II)
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm	8th Period	11:45 am – 12:00 noon (Activity Period – II)
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm	Lunch	12:00 noon – 12:45 pm (Academic Period – I)	Group - 2
1:50 pm - 2:50 pm	Rest	12:00 noon – 12:45 pm (Academic Period – I)
2:50 pm - 3:45 pm	Recapitulation period	12:45 pm – 1:00 pm (Activity Period – I)
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm	Class teacher's period	12:45 pm – 1:00 pm (Activity Period – I)
4:00 pm	Dispersal	1:00 pm – 1:30 pm (Break)
		1:00 pm – 1:30 pm (Break)
		1:30 pm – 2:15 pm (Academic Period – II)
		1:30 pm – 2:15 pm (Academic Period – II)
		2:15 pm – 2:30 pm (Activity Period – II)
		2:15 pm – 2:30 pm (Activity Period – II)

Meals will be cooked in school. Parents who have given their consent will pay the refreshment charges and students can have their breakfast and lunch prepared in school. Lesser number of students will be seated on each table in the dining hall to ensure adequate space. Other students, who have opted to bring food from home, need not pay the refreshment charges. These students will have their food in classes / ground.

The breakfast timings and lunch timings will be as follows:-

Class Nursery

o 9:00 am – 9:20 am (Breakfast)

o 1:00 pm – 1:20 pm (Lunch)

Class KG

o 9:30 am – 9:50 am (Breakfast)

o 1:30 pm – 1:50 pm (Lunch)

Specific individual desks with proper social distancing will be allotted to every student in the classrooms. In school, utmost care is being taken to ensure that students are safe. Classes for senior students have already been running smoothly. The classrooms and the washrooms will be sanitized at regular intervals.

The students will be guided to wash and sanitize their hands regularly. School cleaning staff will be on site throughout the day and will ensure repeated cleaning of frequently touched surfaces like door handles, taps etc.

For the smooth functioning of the school, we request you to kindly opt from the following options and fill the same in the consent form attached herewith.

Schooling of Students: Physical / Online
Dispersal of Students: 12:30 pm / 4:00 pm
Mode of Transport: School Bus / Walker
Meals: School Food / Food from Home

Since a lot of arrangements of infrastructure and other resources are in the offing, we will be grateful if parents do not change their opinion exercised in the consent form so as to assist us in making suitable arrangements.

The same need to be mailed to the class teachers by Thursday, 18^th March 2021 so that the school can make necessary arrangements.

We are committed to support your students as they transit back into a familiar school routine with the necessary safety precautions.

Looking forward to a fruitful new session 2021-22.

Warm regards

Ms. Ruchika Sharma
Principal