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Resources
Videos
The Road to Resiliency: Skills and Strategies
This series is a partnership between IWK Health’s Mental Health and Addictions Program and the Nova Scotia’s Department of Early Education and Childhood Development (EECD).
Intended for parents, caregivers and families of school-aged children, the series tackles common issues that families should prepare for in advance of the school year.
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Posters
- Façon appropriée de se laver les main (French)
- ﺍﻟﻄﺮﻳﻘ ﺔ ﺍ ﻟﺴﻠﻴﻤ ﺔ (Arabic)
- 正确的洗手方法 (Chinese)
- 올바른손 씻기 (Korean)
- Menaqa Kasiptina’siten (Mi'kmaq)
- avado correcto de manos (Spanish)
- Ang tamang paghugas ng kamay (Tagalog)
Cough and sneeze etiquette poster
- Tousser et éternuer de la bonne façon (French)
- لسعال والعطاساآداب (Arabic)
- 咳嗽或打喷嚏的注意事项 (Chinese)
- 기침과 재채기 예절 (Korean)
- Ta’n Tel No’qmn aq Eskwin (Mi'kmaq)
- Protocolo para tos y estornudos (Spanish)
- Etiquette sa Pag-ubo at Pagbahing (Tagalog)
- Consignes pour l'utilisation d'un Masque (French)
- كيفية ارتداء الكمامة (Arabic)
- 如何佩戴口罩 (Chinese)
- Cómo usar una MASCARILLA (Spanish)
- Paano Magsuot ng MASK (Tagalog)
Documents
Preventing COVID-19 Spread in Schools
- Prévenir la propagation de la COVID-19 dans les écoles (French)
- منع تفشي فيروس كورونا المستجد ) COVID-19 ( في المدارس (Arabic)
- 防止COVID-19在学校传播 (Chinese)
- 학교 내의 코로나19 확산 방지 (Korean)
- Como prevenir la propagación del COVID-19 en las escuelas (Spanish)
- Paano Maiiwasan ang Pagkalat ng COVID-19 sa mga Paaralan (Tagalog)
Preparing for the 2020-2021 School Year
Helping students understand Public Health measures: Masks and physical distancing
Below are a few social narratives and suggestions that families can use to talk to their children about the changes they will see when they return to school. Reading these with children on a regular basis leading up to the start of school can help them understand and feel comfortable with some of the health measures that will be in place, such as mask wearing and physical distancing.
- Wearing a mask at school
- Physical Distancing
- Helping children wear a mask
- I Can Wear a Mask social story (courtesy of the Autism Research Institute)
International and Domestic Students from Outside of Nova Scotia
The Government of Canada requires provinces and territories to ensure schools that wish to welcome international students have an approved COVID-19 readiness plan.
Private P-12 schools in Nova Scotia may accept international and domestic students from outside the province, so long as specific requirements are followed. It is the individual school’s decision to accept international students.
For public schools, the Nova Scotia International Student Program will delay further admissions for the 2020-21 school year. This decision will be revisited prior to the next year.
P-12 Education Sector Readiness Plan: Requirements to Host International and Domestic Students from Outside of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Back to School Plan