09-13-2020 , 05:53 PM
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/denmark-sc...-1.5720508 No masks, no distancing: Schools in Denmark defy COVID-19 — with success so far
Countries around the world are looking to the Danes for guidance
Renée Filippone · CBC News · Posted: Sep 13, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: 9 hours ago Every seat in Jens Rodgaard's Grade 5 class is full — there is no physical distance at all.
When a student raises their hand with a question, Rodgaard is by their side in an instant and leans in to help.
"You have to be around them and help them, help them with spelling, help them make choices, and for proper teaching we can't do that with the distance," said Rodgaard.
Students must sanitize their hands every time they enter the school and the grades aren't supposed to mingle with each other. But there isn't a mask in sight.
This is what Phase 2 of school reopening looked like at Alholm public school in Copenhagen, Denmark, this week, a month into the second semester.
"Right now we are trying to make things as normal as possible, [to] not scare any kids," said Rodgaard, who has taught at Alholm for 28 years.
Countries around the world are looking to the Danes for guidance
Renée Filippone · CBC News · Posted: Sep 13, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: 9 hours ago Every seat in Jens Rodgaard's Grade 5 class is full — there is no physical distance at all.
When a student raises their hand with a question, Rodgaard is by their side in an instant and leans in to help.
"You have to be around them and help them, help them with spelling, help them make choices, and for proper teaching we can't do that with the distance," said Rodgaard.
Students must sanitize their hands every time they enter the school and the grades aren't supposed to mingle with each other. But there isn't a mask in sight.
This is what Phase 2 of school reopening looked like at Alholm public school in Copenhagen, Denmark, this week, a month into the second semester.
"Right now we are trying to make things as normal as possible, [to] not scare any kids," said Rodgaard, who has taught at Alholm for 28 years.