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Physical education at the time of Covid-19: download the Regulations for lessons and use of the gym with prevention and containment measures


Physical education at the time of Covid-19: download the Regulations for lessons and use of the gym with prevention and containment measures

Primary and First Grade Secondary schools (from January 2021, even those of Second Grade, if they had not prepared it before), which have been operating, since September, in absolute safety and in strict compliance with current legislation, it is necessary that Regulation capable of implementing measures to prevent and mitigate the risk of contagion from SARS-CoV-2 within the activities of the Physical Activity Institute.

The regulations must be drawn up taking into account the rules and documents in force at the time of approval and the regulations in force as well as that of the Institute. The Regulation should be valid for the school year 2020/2021 and it is appropriate that it be amended by the School Council also on the proposal of the individual school components in the light of any critical issues that emerged during the year or of new regulatory provisions.

Responsible subjects and information
The Headmaster of the institute and the teachers of Motor Sciences or Physical Education collaborate for the training and information of the regulations in force on the prevention and containment of the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in environments predisposed to motor activity, to all staff and interested pupils.
The DSGA must organize the work of school collaborators so that:

  • ensure daily cleaning and periodic sanitization of the premises, environments, workstations and common areas;
  • subject to regular and careful sanitation of surfaces and objects of common use, gym equipment at each change of class group;
  • guarantee the adequate and periodic ventilation of all the rooms involved in motor activity.

General rules
It is mandatory for all teachers of Exercise Science, Physical Education and for all students, for the entire duration of their stay at school, to:

  • Wear the surgical mask, except in the cases specifically provided for in the Institute Regulations as amended last spring;
  • Maintain the interpersonal physical distance of at least 1 meter and carefully respect the horizontal and vertical signs;
  • Periodically disinfect the hands with sanitizing gel before and after physical activity, in particular before entering the gym and changing rooms and immediately after contact with objects of common use and after using the toilets.
  • School collaborators and collaborators are required to ventilate the gyms, corridors and changing rooms periodically, at least every hour for at least 15 minutes.

General methods of entry into school premises and the gym
Access to school buildings, in relation to the objective of containing the risk of contagion from SARS-CoV-2, is allowed according to precise rules and in particular, pupils are called upon to exercise their autonomy and their sense of responsibility in at their age and maturity. The pupils of each class, in fact, must peremptorily follow the paths marked out for access and exit from the gyms, for the use of the toilets and changing rooms. Unauthorized or unscheduled travel is not permitted.
It will be the responsibility of each component to respect the signs relating to the directions of travel, to maintain an orderly physical distance from the other people present and to enter and exit without lingering in the transit areas; in authorized movements, pupils must always respect the physical distance and wear a mask.

Prevention measures concerning the performance of educational activities
Undoubtedly, among the institutes that have fully implemented all the sector regulations, the State Comprehensive Institute of Mestrino deserves a particular mention, guided with masterful competence, professionalism, respect for every legislative change, by the school manager Professor Antonella Basile. The regulation that we have analyzed provides, among other things, that “during the course of teaching activities, pupils and teachers are required to maintain the physical interpersonal distance of at least one meter in the classrooms and other school environments, and of at least 2 meters in the gyms.
Students can remove the mask during sports activities in the gym, always respecting the safety distances. However, it is mandatory to use a mask in the changing rooms and when traveling.
In the event that only one student has obtained permission to leave the gym to go to the toilets, he must disinfect his hands with the special gel before and after using the services.
During the journeys to reach gyms, sports fields and other places in which to carry out specific educational activities, students and teachers must maintain a physical distance of one meter, wear a mask and comply with the current legislation on the prevention of SARS infection. CoV-2 in public places indoors and outdoors.

The role of pupils and their families
Pupils’ families are called upon to collaborate fully in monitoring the health of their children and all their family members, in compliance with current regulations, in particular for the supervision of sports equipment and the required hygiene and health regulations. This is essential.

Sports material
The pupils of each class must – as stated in the document prepared by the Istituto Comprensivo Statale di Mestrino – provide themselves in advance with personal sports material before any physical activity, under penalty of peremptory exclusion from the activities.
Each pupil, therefore, must be in possession of personal sportswear (clean gym shoes, clean shirt and shorts, towel, personal water bottle, container to store the personal mask during physical activity, elastic for the hair in case of long hair). Valuables to be given to teachers in custody (necklaces, bracelets, watches, etc.) are not allowed in the gym.

Prevention measures concerning the performance of educational activities
During the course of the didactic activities, pupils and teachers are required to maintain the physical interpersonal distance of at least one meter in the classrooms and at least 2 meters in the gyms. Students can remove the mask during sports activities in the gym, always respecting the safety distances. However, it is mandatory to use a mask in the changing rooms and when traveling.
During the journeys to reach the changing rooms, gyms and sports fields, pupils and teachers must maintain a physical distance of 1 meter, wear a mask and comply with the current legislation on the prevention of infection from SARS-CoV-2 in public places indoors and outdoors.
The didactic activity of Motor Sciences and Physical Education will be proposed by the subject teachers in compliance with the anti-contagion rules, preferring in the first months of teaching individual free-body physical activity; the use of small and large tools will be guaranteed subsequently, according to the hygienic-sanitary regulations, in line with the regulations established by each Italian region and by the Government. Therefore, every tool used in the lesson will be disinfected either by the teacher or by the school collaborators before and after the proposed activity.

Access to the gym toilets and changing rooms
Pupils must respect the rules for moving around the Institute for access to the changing rooms and the gym. Before entering the changing rooms, each pupil must sanitize his hands with the sanitizing gel placed at the entrance to the premises; in the changing room the rules of personal distancing will be respected as in the classrooms and signs for the spacing and use of chairs will be prepared. The student who requests the teacher to use the toilets during the lesson in the gym must follow the hygiene and health rules previously described, therefore he must sanitize his hands before and after entering the bathrooms using the special disinfectant gel placed in the entrance to the school changing rooms. Access to the toilets will be allowed to one student at a time. At the end of the lesson, each student will have to go back to their station, quickly change their clothes, take their material, sanitize their hands again and put on the mask before returning to the classroom.

Personal hygiene precautions
Pupils and all school staff are invited to bring a vial of sanitizing gel and disposable handkerchiefs to school for strictly personal use, if employed in the gym, regardless of those widely provided by schools and the Ministry of Education.

School cleaning and sanitation
The gym equipment used will be disinfected at the end of each lesson or by the teacher or school collaborators; all cleaning operations must be carried out by personnel wearing surgical masks and disposable gloves. After use, these disposable personal protective equipment (PPE) must be disposed of as potentially infectious material using the appropriate containers.

The Regulations
In addition to the one already mentioned, in our opinion, the Regulations of the Comprehensive Institute with Musical Address “Ercole-Patti” of Trecastagni, directed by the school director Dr. Francesca Amore, capable of adapting the school to the many changes of this last period, deserve attention. historian and the “Roberto Valturio” Economic Technical Institute of Rimini directed by the head teacher Prof. Daniela Massimiliani, a real volcano and an uncommon managerial ability. Schools have the legal and ethical obligation to rewrite the regulation for the use of gyms and outdoor spaces for physical education or motor activities (for primary schools). Prepare the document as early as early January 2021.

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