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Dear Families,
Safety has always been our number one priority. We have expanded our usual safety procedures to incorporate national recommendations regarding COVID-19 prevention.
The Australian Government, in partnership with Aspen Medical, have designed a COVID-19 Infection Control training module. All Extend Educators, Operational management and Executive management have completed this training. This ensures, across the company, all staff have a firm and clear understanding of how to keep our communities safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We have already outlined some of our other initiatives in a previous email to all families and schools, but to remind you, some of our major priorities are:
- Limit the number of adults who enter our services
- Appropriate social distancing measures for children and adults
- Diligent hand hygiene
- Regular use of surface disinfectant on hard surfaces including door handles and light switches
- Avoid use of playgrounds, shared books and dress ups etc.
- Promote only games and activities that can be enjoyed by social distancing
- Ensure exemplary food handling procedures
- Allow children to bring food prepared at home if they choose
- Ensure all children with even mild flu like symptoms do not attend the service
All these initiatives and the Education of our staff promote the safety of children, parents, teachers, and our Extend Educators. We are educating ourselves daily on up to date health advice to ensure we are following best practice health and hygiene during this quickly evolving pandemic.
Please click here to visit our website for more detailed information on health and safety at Extend services.
With sincere thanks,
Extend Team
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