“Ah, finally! exclaimed Nathanël, 7, when he was told he could take off the mask during recess. Since Monday, and the return from the winter holidays in zone B, of which the Nice academy is part, the health protocol has gone from level 3 to level 2 for nursery and elementary schools. “I don’t even really know the face of my teacher and my classmates, complains the CP student. It bothers all the kids. It makes us sweat, it hurts the nose. At each recess, we sometimes lowered it to breathe a little. I can’t wait to be able to completely remove it! »
Giovanni, he “always did as he wanted about the mask”. “It was not a problem to wear it, it was very sensitized because we were in Italy when the coronavirus appeared, explains his mother Valérie, Franco-Italian. He even wore it more than the others. But it comes from him. It reassures him. On the other hand, it is the self-tests that it no longer supports! »
Use strategies to do self-tests
By next week, the rules will also be relaxed regarding these screenings. For contact case students, only a test after two days will be necessary instead of three currently. Valérie continues: “It’s a real relief! We had to use stratagems to get him to agree to be tested. »
Same with Sylvia. Her children “weep” as the rod approaches, shouting that “it hurts too much”. She is then very satisfied that the sworn statement is over with the passage of the level 2 protocol even if “honestly, after a month, we lied”. She understands the rules but breathes: “It’s painful. I can already see the difference between my son in CP and my daughter in CE2 in terms of learning. The teacher warned the parents: she has never had a class so late. »
The end of masks by the end of the year?
The Niçoise hopes for only one thing: the end of the masks inside. “It has an impact on schooling, on learning, especially for the joints, especially when you are in CP and you learn to read and write. “. Valérie points out: “In all, our children who are in CP have already lived a third of their lives wearing a mask. We wonder what it will look like in the future. »
The Minister of National Education Jean-Michel Blanquer announced on February 13 that “students will not be able to remove the mask in class before spring” but “very likely by the end of the school year”. Always subject to the evolution of the health crisis.