Wearing masks around school I feel a lot safer. It's a normal everyday thing now.Blaenau Gwent has the highest case rate in Wales currently and it has continued to rise, even though Covid cases have started declining elsewhere in the south Wales valleys.
Secondary pupils at Ebbw Fawr Learning Community weren't required to wear face masks at the start of term but that changed when cases in the area started increasing.Leon, 13, said: "Wearing masks around school I feel a lot safer. It's a normal everyday thing now. People don't realise how much it can affect people - until someone like your grandparents get it, then it impacts you really hard.
"If the teachers feel we need to wear masks to keep them safe and others safe, then it's a good idea."Nanci, 12, added: "It works really well - everyone's used to it and most people are complying. "Every colleague I know who is leading a secondary school, they're all wearing them in any case so that extra message would make it easier for us to manage the cases of non-compliance."In Cardiff, Eastern High School's new buildings are less than three years old and Armando Di-Finizio, its head teacher, is confident its design helps.
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Good be and keep safe 💖 thank you Wales
They are already locally in English schools in corridor movement but not classrooms since September. I believe most middle, high and colleges are the same.
.......then they go out the school grounds for lunch and gather in mass groups. Waste of time
They shouldn't be in school at this time when we have a globally deadly virus. Shuts down businesses but not schools 🙄 isn't the point in lockdown to stop people passing the virus on
Doctor destroys the hoax of mask wearing, risk associated with prolonged use. ...
This is just one of the best non-pharmaceutical approaches to keeping all our secondary school pupils safe, esp areas where cases have rarely been plummeting. By and large, Kristy Williams, Welsh Education Minister has done well by categorically outlining where it's deemed risky.
Ridiculous
Disgrace
Masks are a symbol of submission and censorship, reduces oxygen intake and provides no protection against anything
Ventilation needs to be addressed. Masks are helpful too but ventilation is a key to the health of our children and their relatives, along with teaching staff, when looking at a school environment.
About time !
Been doing this in Scotland since September.
I really feel this generation of kids they are going grow with serious mental health issues
Why are they not in all schools in all indoor locations?!? Madness
I not anti mask, but the contradiction is starring us all in the face. Exposure time short compared to classrooms. Children from same family in multiple year groups.
Mask wearing is a personal choice and NOT set in Law. Forcing people to wear a mask is illegal and the schools could face lawsuits. Not to mention everywhere else.👍
is that south africa? as that being a stock photo is a poor choice for welsh schools.
IT'S NOT SCIENCE ITS COMPLIANCE AND THEY ARE TAKING THE C.NT OUT OF YOU.
Good idea. Wish I were in Wales, except for the vote to leave the EU thing
thank you very much for your work
I am sick to the back teeth of Covid bed-wetters and mask-nazis!
The poison dart will turn you into an AI/human hybrid if it doesnt kill you altogether. This is literally a life or death decision for people. RESIST!
Without any scientific evidence, forcing children to wear masks is child abuse. Sue the government.
Covid Top Trumps again.
Didn't some scientists say that masks are like batting away sand with a tennis racket.
Common sense is compulsory, not rules and laws. If everybody used their common sense we wouldn’t be in this mess today 🤷🏼♂️
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