It's another season of home-based learning or hbl for school going kids in Singapore.
We wanted to find out how kids are coping with the heightened restrictions and hear their thoughts
on the impact of the pandemic to themselves, their family and friends. Today we're talking
to primary school kids Tyler, Mathilda, Yasmin, Irfan, Aiden, Eva, Cara, Ethan, Caleb and Celeste
for their thoughts on the virus throughout emoji quiz. Let's hear what they have to say.
Okay so the very first one. Can you guys guess what this emoji stands for.
Coronavirus. Coronavirus.
Covid.
Yes Covid! Good job! What do you guys know about coronavirus? It is a very contagious virus. Very
deadly virus. It has surprised us amazingly. It infects our lungs and we can't breathe.
Now the coronavirus is spreading. Do you know anyone who maybe have had Covid? Donald Trump.
Yes Donald Trump had Covid-19. Great job guys! All right number two. What do these symbols mean?
Water droplets, soap and hands.
Wash your hands with soap. Maybe it's about washing hands? Yes wonderful job! Washing hands!
You should wash your hands after every activity you do. You can wash your hands properly so
it won't contain a lot of germs. Can you demonstrate for me how we can wash our hands?
Then after that I wash my nails like that.
Wow! You guys are doing a wonderful job. Now the third one. What do these symbols mean?
Social distancing. Where do we do safe distancing? When you are in a place which has a lot of people.
And sometimes even at school. You do social distancing in the public. When you're lining up
to the toilet to pass urine. On to the next one. I'm sure you guys know what this is number four
HBL! Home-based learning. Home-based learning.
The good part is that we are staying at home. We are staying safe. We are not exposed to
Covid. But the bad part is that I have an eye problem. That's why I'm wearing spectacles
and if I look at devices too long it's quite bad for my eyes.
But I'm a little worried because I might not meet my friends. We couldn't play football.
We couldn't like go and hug our friends. Because you cannot go to school when you're sick, right.
And spread all the germs
to your friends and then your friends got coronavirus! The next one's gonna be a little
bit hard but I'm sure you guys can do it. Let me know if you need some help. Number five.
When you sneeze don't cover with your hands but with a tissue. You will need to sneeze
into your tissue and not your hand. Yeah excellent! You did it! Why should we use the tissue and
like not sneeze into your hands? Because when you sneeze in your hands it will sneeze a lot of
bacteria. There will be bacteria on your hands. Then when you touch the people they will also
have bacteria. If you don't wash your hands and hold your friend's hand then the friends will get
every virus and also the teacher and spread all over the world. Alright great job guys! Number
six. This is the second last one. Let's see if you can do it right. What do these symbols mean?
When you're saying don't go out. Stay at home if you're sick and do not go out.
How do you make sure that your family is safe? Stay safe by wearing masks.
Washing your hands consistently and not touching our faces. Only going out with one
other person. When I touch something dirty I always sanitise my hands and before I eat. We also
have vaccines. Alright guys last one. Can you tell me who this is? A doctor or nurse. Doctor. Doctor!
Do you have any message for the doctors in Singapore? Doctors and nurses in
Singapore? Thank you doctors and nurses for keeping us healthy and safe. I'd like to thank
them a lot for risking their lives to help us even when they know that it's a very dangerous job.
And I hope we go through this together and I hope you don't get the virus.
Thank you for protecting us!
You are our heroes please keep it up with your work. We are going to win this battle together.