{"id":31626,"date":"2026-08-28T19:49:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=31626"},"modified":"2026-08-28T19:49:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:49:33","slug":"schools-step-up-heat-precautions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/schools-step-up-heat-precautions\/","title":{"rendered":"Schools step up heat precautions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-ahead of new academic year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-by Shamiah Grant <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the new school term approaches, schools are bracing for the scorching heat that the El Nino weather conditions will bring.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Administrators at Westfield and Enterprise Primary Schools say parents are being sensitised about the heat, while&nbsp;steps&nbsp;are being taken&nbsp;to ensure students remain hydrated and comfortable in the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Westfield Primary School, administrators are using orientation sessions to advise parents on simple measures to protect children, including limiting their exposure to UV rays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe started discussions with the new intake of parents to tell them about the weather conditions, keep the children cool, give them lots of water to drink so that they can be hydrated,\u201d the school\u2019s head teacher, Gwendoline Lewis said. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For now, Westfield says there are no plans to shorten the school day or&nbsp;introduce a shift system, with administrators instead prepared to make adjustments as conditions develop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Enterprise Primary, preparations are also moving ahead, with the school reporting that it is about 75 percent ready for reopening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Administrators say special attention is being&nbsp;placed on&nbsp;younger students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen the others come out here tomorrow for the orientation, HM also will do some more encouragement as to how to keep them hydrated due to the weather, knowing that they are the small ones also,\u201d Halowena Row, the deputy head teacher explained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both schools are unanimous\u00a0in\u00a0their intent to continue\u00a0monitoring\u00a0conditions and\u00a0adjust\u00a0where necessary,\u00a0as students return to the classroom.<br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>-ahead of new academic year -by Shamiah Grant As the new school term approaches, schools are bracing for the scorching heat that the El Nino weather conditions will bring.&nbsp; Administrators&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31637,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[470,350],"tags":[488,370,462,412,405],"class_list":["post-31626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-news","tag-488","tag-guyana","tag-ministry-of-education","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31627,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31626\/revisions\/31627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}