26th February 2022

• As you know in the past week the government guidance on Covid has changed, we are updating our policies and guidelines accordingly and wanted to update everyone on what these are. 
• If your child tests positive for Covid we are strongly advising that they do not come to their class for at least 5 full days and until they test negative on a lateral flow test two days in a row. We are happy to offer make up sessions for missed classes. We are taking this precaution to help keep our staff, gymnasts and wider community as safe as possible. 
• If someone in your household tests positive for Covid children can continue to come to their class provided they have a negative lateral flow test before class.

29th November 2021

Mask Update

• Our standpoint on masks is now changing from strongly advising those within our building to wear one to making it compulsory for everyone aged 11 and over, unless exempt, to wear a mask inside the building. This applies to everyone in our waiting rooms as well as parents entering the gym for pre-school sessions. If you forget a mask they will be available to purchase for 50p from reception but must be purchased from the outside window, the cost will go towards fundraising. We are reviewing new changes in the guidance daily and will let you all know if anything else changes. Please understand that we are all doing our best to keep our gym community safe.
• If your child has any symptoms of Covid please do not send them to their gymnastics class, for our recreational gymnasts we are happy to arrange make up sessions due to Covid absences, for our squad and novice gymnasts please contact your child’s coach about this. 

1st October 2021

Covid 19 Policies and Procedures Updated

• We are keeping some procedures in place to ensure our gymnastics community remains safe.

• Children no longer need to bring their boxes into the gym, they can now leave their things in the waiting room or with their parents and just bring their water bottles into class. 

• Both our waiting rooms are now open, parents are asked to wear a mask at all times in the waiting rooms.

• If your child has symptoms of coronavirus please do not bring them to gymnastics unless they have received a negative PCR test result. 

• If a child in a competitive group has been in the gym within the 48 hours before their positive test or developing symptoms their group will be cancelled for the rest of the week/ a few days to ensure COVID is not spread further. All children and their coach will be advised to get a PCR test a few days after exposure and will be advised to take more regular lateral flow tests. If anyone else has caught COVID they need to notify the gym. 

• If a child in a recreational class has been in the gym within 48 hours of their positive test or developing symptoms their group and coach will be notified and advised to get a PCR test.  

• If a family member of a gymnast has tested positive for coronavirus we ask that you please contact us, in most circumstances we will ask your child not to attend their classes until the person in their households isolation is over. We are happy to arrange make up sessions for any missed recreational classes. If you child is a development gymnast we will take a more relaxed policy to make up classes and these will be offered if available.  

1st September 2020

Covid 19 Policies and Procedures Updated

• IMPORTANT : Parents will not be allowed into the gym or waiting areas, we have allocated drop off and pick up zones to limit the number of people in the building at any one time. Although Preschool children will need to have an adult accompany them when these sessions restart. Reception is closed to parents whilst children are in the waiting room. Please only come to reception if it is absolutely necessary, we are contactable via email, facebook messenger or phone.

• Social distancing will be in place at all times during classes.

• Children should not come to their gymnastics class if they or anyone they have been in contact with have symptoms of coronavirus (https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/symptoms/)

• For general gymnasts and coming to activity days , boxes for shoes, drinks and hand sanitiser will be provided and these will be sanitised before and after use.

• Gymnasts hands should be sanitised on entry to the building and they will be asked to re-sanitise before they go to different areas of the gym to prevent cross contamination.

• Gymnasts can wear gymnastics shoes or grippy socks in their class to avoid skin contact with equipment. If they have bare feet, sanitising trays will be used to sanitise their feet..

• Earring tape and hair bands cannot be provided by the gym. You must ensure your child is ready for gymnastics and unfortunately if hair is loose or earrings are not covered or removed your child/children will not be allowed into their class. A make up session will be provided depending availability.

• If a child becomes injured during a gymnastics class and a coach needs to give first aid then mask , glasses and gloves will be worn. Our coaches have retaken their first aid certificates and have focused on how to provide effective treatment curing COVID-19 whilst also keeping both the gymnasts and themselves safe.

• The gym will be fogged with Dasics Aerokleen ACS at regular intervals during the day and every night, this is used by many airlines to decontaminate their cabins after a flight to an outbreak area. ACS gives a 24hr residual kill of greater than 90%.

• Toilets will be allocated to groups of gymnasts to limit cross contamination as much as possible. Gymnasts should go to the toilet before leaving the house to limit use of our toilets as much as possible.

• Unfortunately we will be suspending our rewards stickers for the time being, we will review in the coming weeks

How classes will be run with Covid 19 Restrictions

• How to enter the gym

•Please ensure you queue up outside 5 mins before

•Parents drop off at door, ensuring they are waiting on the socially distanced markers in the car park, parents need to wait until children are on a dot in waiting room but move away from the doorway

•Gymnasts are registered at the door, their temperature is checked, if their temperature is lower than 37.5 degrees they can enter. If their temperature is higher we will retest them with a different thermometer, if it is still above 37.5 degrees unfortunately they will not be allowed entry to the gym and will be offered a make up session at a later date once they no longer have a temperature.

•Gymnasts then need to hand sanitise

•Gymnasts will be split between separate waiting rooms depending on their class, they need to go through and stand on a socially distanced dot

•Gymnasts will put their shoes, water bottle and hand sanitiser into the box in front of their dot

•Stay on dot and watch video on how things work – including the new toilet procedure

•The gymnasts will then enter the gym one by one stopping to hand sanitise once more by the door, they will put their boxes down where the coach tells them and will head to the floor to stand on the correct coloured dot for their group.

• How things will work in the gym

•Gymnasts will take their boxes round with them, they will be placed to the side of the area they will be working in

•Gymnasts will hand sanitise before each apparatus and after any coughing, sneezing or touching of their face. Apparatus will also be cleaned if any coughing or sneezing occurs.

•Gymnasts who are not wearing gymnastics shoes or grippy socks will also have their feet sanitised before each apparatus

•Gymnasts should listen carefully to their coach and ensure they are maintaining social distancing

• Toilet policy

•Gymnasts should go to the toilet before they leave their home as this will decrease potential cross contamination while at gym

•Gymnasts will be assigned a toilet based on their groups (blue group or yellow group at the current time), they will only use this toilet in order to decrease further cross contamination

•After using the toilet gymnasts will need to wash and dry their hands for at least 20 seconds (or use hand sanitiser) and we will ask ability appropriate gymnasts to use wipes provided to clean down hot zones within the bathroom (toilet seat, flush, locks, taps).

•How to leave the gym

•Parents will need to stand in the car park outside the waiting room 2 where they would normally collect their child after their gymnastics class, please adhere to social distancing regulations. Parents need to wait to be called to collect their child.

•Gymnasts will leave the gym with their box and stand on a dot in the waiting room

•Gymnasts will take their things out of the tub leaving it next to the dot they are standing on and will wait to be called to the door by a coach

•Gymnasts will be asked to hand sanitise if they wish after they have been called to the door and are about to leave with their parent

•Please leave the collection area immediately to aid dispersal

•Competitive Gymnasts Groups

• Gymnasts who are in Competitive groups need to bring their own box/ bucket/ bag (it must be open) to put their shoes, hand guards, personal equipment and water bottles in and they will take this around with them in the gym. These items must be taken home at night.