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St. Oliver's National School, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
NOW ACCEPTING ENROLMENTS FOR SEPTEMBER 2026
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Updated Covid Response Plans

26th Feb 2021

Click on this link to read Summary of additions to COVID-19 Response Plans required by ‘Work Safely
Protocol’

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ADDITIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT FOR RETURN TO SCHOOL 1ST MARCH 2021 – 14TH MARCH 2021

 

HAZARD

RISK RATING

RISK

CONTROL MEASURES

PERSONNEL RESPONSIBLE

SET Rooms

High

  • Size of rooms
  • Physical distancing
  • Shared use of materials/resources
  • Different groups of children
  • Use classrooms in senior corridor
  • Room to be cleaned daily.

S.E.T.

Cleaning staff

Moving to other classrooms

High

  • Increased movement around the school 
  • Children and staff from different bubbles/groups mixing
  • S.E.T. teacher to walk with group, ensuring social distancing between children from different bubbles/pods.
  • Specific routes marked out for each group
  • Arrows outlining direction of movement
  • One-way system where possible
  • Children to sanitise on entry to room.

S.E.T.

Moving to and from yards at break times

High

Spread of Covid 19 Virus

  • Designated play areas for each class bubble
  • Assigned entry and exit points and routes
  • Each class to ensure that a minimum of 2 metres is maintained between classes while moving to and from the yard.

Teacher on duty

SNAs

Secretary

 

High

Spread of Covid 19 Virus

  • Parental contact with school to be through phone/email.
  • No parent to be in the school without prior permission from principal (except in the case of emergency)

Parents

All staff

Cleaning

High

Spread of Covid 19 Virus

  • Cleaning of common areas 9:00-12:00 and 2:00-6:00

Cleaning staff

School Arrival

Medium

  • Pupils interacting with each other
  • Parents interacting with each other
  • Social Distancing not being observed
  • Siblings in different bubbles
  • Late arrivals
  • School Buses
  • Hand hygiene 

Breakfast Club

  • School will open from 8.50am-9.10am
  • No Parents permitted on site
  • Designated colour coded entry points to the building for each group
  • Staff available to direct pupils and supervise classrooms from 8.50am(volunteer basis)
  • All teaches on duty from 8.55am
  • Principal/HSCL to meet late arrivals
  • Encourage handwashing prior to school
  • Sanitise in classroom
  • Breakfast Club will be suspended for the foreseeable future.

Parents

Pupils

Principal

Class Teachers

SETs

SNAs

HSCL

Dismissal

High

  • Pupils interacting with each other
  • Parents interacting with each other
  • Social Distancing not being observed
  • Siblings in different bubbles
  • Late arrivals – parents
  • Hand hygiene 
  • Teachers to ensure hallway is free before leaving classroom.
  • Designated colour coded exit points for each group
  • Staff available to direct pupils
  • Parents not permitted in school building
  • Parents of infant children to wear masks in the school yard.
  • Children on bus in bubbles supervised by available teachers
  • Sanitise on exit
  • Parents are asked not to congregate in groups at the school gate and to collect children promptly.

Parents

Pupils

Principal

Class Teachers

SETs

SNAs

HSCL 

Staff room

Medium

  • Size of room
  • Distancing not being maintained
  • Different groups using same space
  • Use of cutlery, Delph, etc.

Queuing for microwave/dishwasher/sink/hot water/fridge

  • Staff to use 2 staffrooms
  • Staffroom rota to be drawn up. 
  • Clean down own table area after use
  • Bring and use own cutlery, Delph, cups, etc
  • Practice hand hygiene on entering and exiting the staffroom.
  • Social Distancing within the Staffroom as per Guidelines.

All Staff