Risk Assessment Tozer Studios 2020 – (Covid -19 precautions and preventives measure from guidelines advised)

All guidelines still apply from risk assessment dated 14/07/2020 with the following updated additions:

What are the hazards?

• Spread of Covid-19

NO-ONE MUST COME TO THE PREMISES IF THEY HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS OF THE VIRUS.

Who is at risk?

• Staff, students, families bringing students

Areas of concern?

• Car park
• Waiting area outside studios
• Changing rooms & waiting room/porta cabin & Studios

Controls required:

Class time procedure:

• Parents & carers are reminded to park with an adequate space gap between each cars in the car park.
• Students are reminded that car sharing outside their own immediate family is not permitted.
• Parents are advised not to leave the car, but watch their child or children as they enter the studio area and see a member of staff or an allocated teaching assistant.
• Parents of children under 6 yrs and new starters are permitted to bring their child to the relevant studio and wait outside with their child until advised to enter the class. Face masks must be worn by children 7 yrs and over and all adults.
• Face masks are to be worn by very student age 7 and up in ALL areas except inside the studio their class is in. These areas include:

• • Walking from the car park where a 2 metre distance must be adhered to.
  • All changing rooms
  • Toilets
  • Corridors and stairways
• On arrival all students must wait outside the relevant studio area allocated abiding by 2m set intervals with face coverings on.
• Students and parents are not to wait or congregate under the car port area.
• Toilets will be in use whereby everyone must wash their hands after use. Toilets will be cleaned at regular intervals during the day.
• All changing rooms will be in use for dropping personal items off only which should be brought to the studio in the recommended plastic bucket used in our Dance shows at the theatre. This should be minimum items for class. See image below

• Students must come prepared in their uniform and not change clothing at any time. Chairs and furnishings have been removed from changing areas to allow for more space.
• Social distancing will be in place in all changing areas and face masks worn.
• We will operate a one way system in and out of the studio. Classes will finish 5 minutes early to accommodate cleaning, arrival & departure of students.
• Staff will use the private gated side entrance as far as possible if the doors need to be closed.
• Weather dependent, the doors to all studios will remain open as far as possible, ventilation in the studios will remain for every session as well as the changing rooms.
• Students will enter the studios one way and be allocated a dance space including barre area which they are to remain in and wait for instruction.
• The studios and barres will be divided into appropriate areas allowing for social distancing.
• Students are not permitted to cross the marked area which is for staff at the front of the studios.
• Students are to arrive dressed and ready for class, no bare feet in the studios so dance shoes are required at all times.
• As far as possible water bottles will remain in the changing rooms.
• Bags are not to be brought into the studios.

Hand Washing

• Alcohol based sanitising gel will be available in all studios and students will be asked to apply it as they enter and leave.
• Hand washing facilities with soap, water and paper towels will be available in the toilets as normal and to be used regularly.
• Students and families will be reminded to wash hands thoroughly when returning home from the studio.

Cleaning

• Door handles and barres will be wiped down with disinfectant wipes after each lesson.
• Any other frequently touched areas / objects will be disinfected at the end of each day and studio floors will be steam cleaned at the end of each working day.

Additional controls

• Facial masks MUST be worn in communal areas these must be provided by the students and not taken off or handed to anyone else until they are back in their car. At the start of the lesson face masks must be placed away until the end of the class when they must be put on again to move to another studio or go to the car park.
• Any equipment requirement during lessons, such as prop’s will be cleaned prior to use by the teaching staff and cleaned again before reuse.
• Staff and children to be reminded on a daily basis of the importance of regular hand washing and social distancing both in the studios and outside of it. Posters will be displayed where appropriate to remind students of current guidance.
• Management checks will take place regularly to ensure this is adhered to.
• We will maintain regular communication through the usual channels to reassure and support families in these fast changing situations.
• Regular communication of mental health information will be provided and an open door policy will be maintained for those who need additional support.
• Parents / carers are reminded to collect children promptly at the end of class. Changing rooms will not be available for either children or waiting adults.
• Supervision will not always be available by staff if children are awaiting collection due to lateness of parents.
• If a child sustains an injury during class the teaching staff reserve the right to assist the child in the most appropriate manner necessary and this may involve some form of physical contact and the use of First Aid. Gloves and masks will be worn during these occasions.
• Anyone developing symptoms whilst on site will be isolated and parents contacted to come and collect their child.
• If a positive test is reported, we will then use the track and trace system to advise families of those who have been in contact.
• All provisions are in place to meet government guidelines, we ask staff, parents & students to be extra vigilant during this ongoing situation.

Anyone not adhering strictly to the guidelines will not be allowed to attend any classes.

Updated September 15th 2020