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COVID-19 Resource Centre for Tennyson Parents

On this page you'll  find:
  • Links for reliable sources of information
  • Information to help stay safe at school
  • Up to date information for parents from our school administration
  • Resources that will help with Learning at home
Please notify us if you see erroneous information on this page and send us  links to resources you would like to share.

COVID-19 Symptoms, Testing & Return to School
(if the image below is hard to read, you can download the PDF here.)

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reliable Sources of Information

Reliable sources of information regarding COVID19:
  • VSB COVID-19 resource page: includes updates, plans, information about masks, ventillation and vaccinations.
  • VSB Learning during a Pandemic
  • BC CDC has  up-to-date information about COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Safe Schools - BC Government
  • Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)  - check here for information about vaccinations
Staying Safe at School
The Vancouver School District continues to take the lead of the public health authority, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH). Please visit its website for information and updates, including an FAQ.

The best protection for yourself and others is to follow proper hygiene etiquette as you would during the cold and flu season. This includes:
  • proper hand washing with soap and water
  • covering your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing
  • not sharing food to reduce virus transmission
  • staying home when you are sick.


Latest Communication from the Tennyson pac and Tennyson administration
September 4, 2022

​COVID-19 DAILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT UPDATE

The Vancouver School District and Lord Tennyson Elementary continue to follow the guidance of the Ministry of Education and Child Care, the BC Centre for Disease Control and Vancouver Coastal Health in putting in place measures to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The BC Centre for Disease Control updated guidance for the K-12 sector indicates that, “Transmission within K-12 schools settings accounts for a minority of COVID-19 cases even amongst students and staff.”

Measures that will continue to be in place for the coming school year include reminders to all staff, students and their families to monitor their health daily and to stay home if they are ill. Information about COVID-19 symptoms can be found on the BCCDC website. Students who become ill during the school day will be asked to wear a mask and wait in a supervised area, away from other students, until they can be picked up by a parent or guardian.

Staff will continue to remind students of the importance of regular hand washing/hand sanitizing and of coughing/sneezing into their elbow or a tissue. We will continue to ensure school sinks are well stocked with soap and that hand sanitizer is available. Staff will also continue to remind students to be respectful of others’ personal space while going through daily school activities.
Wearing a mask, other than what is recommended by public health, is an important personal health choice for students and families. Some staff and students will choose to wear a mask throughout the day or for certain activities. Others will choose not to wear a mask. Individual decisions around mask wearing will be supported and respected at Lord Tennyson.

Clean air and proper ventilation is an important part of the prevention measures in all Vancouver schools. During the past months, District staff have undertaken the refurbishment and rehabilitation of ventilation equipment in all schools and will continue to install new ventilation and heating equipment in portables. Air filters in schools have been upgraded and are replaced three times per year.

More information on COVID-19 prevention measures in Vancouver schools can be found here:

https://www.vsb.bc.ca/COVID-19/updates/Pages/Important.aspx 
Learning at home resources
Suggestions or problems? Please email website@lordtennyson.ca