Ballybrack Operating Procedures

Please ensure you have read and are familiar with our operating procedures before our return to classes in Scoil Cholmcille Ballybrack

Registration

All classes are registered for online.
Before anyone can attend a class you must first complete a screening form.
Parents/Guardians also have to update us before each class indicating that there has been no change in their child’s symptoms.

Arrival

We will ask all parents/guardians driving to park at Tesco to avoid clusters of people at the entrance of the school and the houses in the neighbourhood.
Arrival would be at the top of the yard - Ashlawn entrance.
We will have a coach outside in the yard and a hand sanitising station.
Temperature will also be taken upon arrival.
We will ask parents upon arrival to create social distancing and remain 2m apart.
Before entering indoors we will allow one person in at a time.
One of our coaches will be at the entrance and will direct them to their designated area.
Parents will not be allowed to stay for the session.

Indoor Policy / During the Session

When entering indoors each individual will be directed to their designated area.
This will be mapped out beforehand. Each space will be 2m apart.
We will take a maximum number of twelve participants.
We will have two coaches. Six participants to each coach.
This will be their group and coach for the foreseeable future.

Area

The area will be split in to two halves.
One coach will be in either half with their group.
We will ask that three kids are at each wall.
Cones will be placed down to indicate where they stand and to maintain social distancing of 2m.
With the room split in half this will mean we use four walls, two in each half.

Equipment

We will use our Pull-Up Bar as the only piece of equipment.
All equipment, safety mats etc., will be sprayed with anti-bacterial spray before, during and after each session.
Before anyone enters the equipment and safety mats will be sprayed down.
During the session, after each participant has a go the bars will be sprayed.
After the class, the equipment will be sprayed down again.

Coaches

All coaches are trained in Covid-19 Sport Ireland Training Course.
All coaches will wear gloves and either masks or face shields.
We use the face shields for certain groups, particularly the younger groups as they are less intimidating.
Coaches will only come into contact with the participants when spotting them for movements, to ensure safety. During this time they will be wearing all PPE Equipment.

Session Completion

Each session will last forty minutes.
This gives a twenty minute window before the next group arrive.
When the session is complete, we will ask all kids to go back to a designated cone.
All parents will be asked to come into the yard to collect and to create a distance of minimum 2m around the yard.
One coach will walk out to the yard and in a staggered system participants will be brought out one at a time for collection when their parents have entered the yard.
They will wash their hands at the hand sanitising station.
We will then spray the bars and mats down again before arrival of the next group.

End of the Evening

At the end of the evening we will perform a thorough cleaning of areas and surfaces used in accordance with cleaning checklist provided by the school.