Covid-19

Official Bavarian health and education mandates are dynamic and have changed frequently during the COVID-19 pandemic. To ensure preparedness for the 2020-21 school year, BIS has plans for the following scenarios, depending on Ministry of Health and Safety recommendations: 

• Onsite Learning for All Students
• Hybrid Learning Model (onsite combined with distance learning)
• Distance Learning Model

We notify families which actual model is in place and of any changes required under any future government mandates. 

In order to maintain high standards of safety and hygiene, all members of the BIS community share responsibility for the safety and health of the community. “We act as one for the good of all.”  

The current social (physical) distancing expectations include:

• Masks: 
  • Masks are mandatory for all and everywhere - over 6 years old 
  • Masks can be taken off during regular ventilation times, every 20 minutes
  • Masks are mandatory for all on buses
• One-way walkways: 
  • follow signs and arrows on the floor to minimise contact
• Assigned seating in classrooms: 
  • Safety guidelines indicate limited classroom movement and assigned seating where possible. 
• Grade level cohorts:
  • Students have classes, lunch, recess and breaks within their year group / cohort. 
• Physical distance: 
  • Students and staff should maintain 1.5 metre distance where possible & required 

Parents may visit campus: 

• Only by appointment or invitation
• Parents must wear masks and physically distance
• Parents must provide a negative PCR Rapid Covid-19 test from a certified place (eg. Pharmacy, Doctors Office, Test Centre)

• Increased hand washing 
• Distancing when in mixed cohort groups
• Coughing or sneezing in the crook of the arm 
• Avoiding physical contact, provided that physical contact is not needed for care or learning
• Avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth 
• Clear communication of the rules to legal guardians, students, teachers and other staff in advance in a suitable manner
• All contact surfaces are regularly cleaned and disinfected according to health authority guidelines (door handles, stairwell railings, toilet flush handles, sink knobs, etc.)
• The school building is cleaned and disinfected each day according to health authority guidelines
• Each classroom is supplied with disinfectant 

Germany has a law for mandatory schooling. Should your child be unable to attend for health reasons, it is critical that you speak with our health department or school office ASAP. In this case each school has plans to support continuous learning for those unable to attend on-site. If you or someone in your home are at increased health risk, you need to provide this medical certificate to your healthcare provider. Please note it needs to be filled out, signed and stamped by your doctor and should be dropped off/sent to the Health Department. 

At this time, there will not be temperature checks upon arrival at school. As part of our BIS community, we are expecting everyone to do their part to maintain health and safety.  We are counting on you to ensure your child is healthy each morning before sending them to school.  Do not send children to school if they have a cold or have had a fever within the past 48 hours. 

Yes, we will have a full-service cafeteria open, with our new caterers, Stromberg. 

Primary students:

• Separated grade levels by tables and in lines
• Wash hands before and after recess and lunch
• Plan in place by food service provider (Stromberg)
• Limited amount of people at one time in the cafeteria, with assigned seats

Secondary students:

• Wash hands before and after recess and lunch
• Two lunch shifts (g11-12 and g6-10)
• Staggered release to lunch for all grades - 2 tills and coffee bar till open to one grade level at one time
• Distinct eating areas for each grade level - additional area in auditorium
• Plan in place by food service provider (Stromberg)
• Students encouraged to use outside spaces as appropriate and weather permitting

During the current pandemic situation BIS will always follow the Government rules and regulations. We will always update you on any changes. 

The most important thing to keep in mind is that you set the tone. If you aim to be as calm and solution-focused as possible (i.e. controlling what you can control and letting go of the rest) then your child will likely follow suit. Sharing about COVID should be age appropriate and then specific to your child. For example, if you know that intellectually your twelve year old could absorb lots of details but they also have nightmares easily, best to stick to basic facts and supportive words (focusing on how many good people there are in the world who are helping, for instance). In general, asking open ended questions is the best way to proceed: do you have any questions or things on your mind about COVID? Is there anything you want to chat about? If you continue to feel concern about you or your child/teen’s level of anxiety about COVID, please reach out to Emily MacSwain and she can support you or connect you to another school counselor that can do so.

Yes, our comprehensive bus service with 66 buses to and from our Haimhausen Campus and 11 buses to and from our City Campus will be in operation from the 20th of August. Face-masks are mandatory for all students (from Grade 1-12) during the entire duration of the bus ride. Due to the last stipulations, students over the age of 15 must use the mandatory FFP 2 masks when they would like to use the school bus to BIS. Younger students need to use the traditional mouth-nose-protection masks. Please note, the buses which are ordered are for emergency care transportation only and may differ from regular school bus transportation (different size and different drivers).

Students who do not comply, will not be able to use/board BIS school buses. In Haimhausen buses will park and release students no earlier than 8:50/8:55. Students will enter through assigned gates for their respective school sections. In City Campus the students are released upon arrival of the bus. (arrival at City Campus around 8:20-8:25)

For further information please contact our Bus Manager Mrs A. Bauer +49 (0) 8133 917 122 

For health and safety, students showing the following symptoms are not allowed to come to school during COVID-19 pandemic:

• Students with a temperature of 37.8 or higher
• Active vomiting or diarrhoea last episode since 48h
• Acute cold, sore throat, persistent cough 
• New cough 
• Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing 
• New loss of taste or smell 
• Been in contact with a positively-tested person within the last 14 days 
• Quarantine for 10 days is obligatory for those tested positive 
• Travelled to risk areas within the last 14 days 

For health and safety purposes, we have implemented the following procedures: 

• Student will be checked by the Nurse 
• Only one student at a time in the Health Department 
• Students with fever will wait until they can be picked up by their parent/guardian with the nurse. 
• In general, parents or the designated guardian must be prepared to pick up their sick child from school immediately after a call from the Nurse. 
• Students with a temperature of 37.8 or higher will be sent home from school 
• Students may not return to school until they are - FEVER FREE for 48 hours without the use of fever-reducing medicine 

For health and safety purposes, we have implemented the following procedures: 

• In the event of suspected Covid-19 infection, we follow the guidelines from the health authorities in regard to testing and quarantine, 10 days quarantine, 48h fever free without fever-reducing medication.  
• Students must be fever-free (below 37.8C) for 48 hours or longer, without fever-reducing medication
• Parents must check the temperature of returning students BEFORE leaving home on the day of return to school
• When the child returns to school, he/she must be fit enough to participate in all activities 

First contact  your GP or pediatrician

https://dienste.kvb.de/arztsuche/app/einfacheSuche.htm 

https://www.corona-teststelle-muenchen.de/

https://www.corona-teststelle.de/  

https://www.corona-testung.de/- for people living in Munich

https://www.landkreis-muenchen.de

For returning travellers there are test centers close to the main train station and the airport

https://www.munich-airport.de/corona-tests-am-flughafen-9494091

Apothekensuche (COVID-19 Schnelltest)

Corona-Test

https://www.landratsamt-dachau.de

https://www.kreis-freising.de

Free Corona Test Munich & surrounding areas

Please find the current information here: 

https://www.rki.de/DE/Content/InfAZ/N/Neuartiges_Coronavirus/Risikogebiete_neu.html
(Please scroll down to the English archive. The last on the top is the latest version in English.)

Einreise Verordnungs-Gesetz Deutsch 

Please consider to book your test early enough online, if you want to be released from quarantine after 5 days. 

We are following the rules and guidelines from the Bavarian State Ministry of Health and Safety, adapted to the current pandemic situation.  Please find more information in the document below. We also ask our community to report their Covid-19 test results - please see the links to the forms below. 

Contact Person Information

Report Covid-19 test results