★ During COVID-19 epidemic, students should continue to adopt epidemic prevention measures:

• Parents should keep ventilation at home, arrange regular lifestyle, household activities and healthy diet for your children.
• Parents have to urge your children to stay at home and tell them not to go out unless it is necessary, and in particular, not to go to crowded places.
• Parents should pay attention to their children’s physical conditions. In case of sickness, especially when children are suspected of having symptoms of COVID-19, parents have to take them to hospital immediately and follow the doctor's instructions to have necessary checkups and take medication.
• Set out a study schedule with your children. Instruct them to actively learn and complete homework at the appropriate time by using the school's learning materials.

★ Parents should communicate with their children in a positive and optimistic manner and avoid being too worried and anxious in front of your children.

• Let your children understand that all emotions, including sadness, panic, anger, anxiety, depression, and alienation, are normal reactions when the epidemic occurs. Encourage them to speak out their feelings. Listen to them patiently, and give appropriate support. For futher help, you can contact the institutions that provide student counselling service by calling their counselling support hotline, or even contact the Centre of Psycho-pedagogical Support and Special Education of the Education and Youth Development Bureau.
• The extensive media reports may bring anxiety and panic to the children. Parents should accompany your children to watch the reports and browse the information on the media, and at the same time encourage them to share the known current situations and their feelings about the incidents to avoid them being misled by incorrect or one-sided information.
  
• Take the time to accompany and care for your children. During this period, your children may have difficulty falling asleep or have nightmares because of worry. Parents may consider using gentle words to speak to your children and have more physical contacts such as giving your children a hug before they go to bed to enhance their sense of security. You may also engage in quiet and physical activities with your children.

★ Parents should follow the procedures shown in the video clips published on the "Novel Coronavirus Epidemics Response and Coordination Centre Facebook Page" (https://www.gov.mo/zh-hant/promotions/314929/) or you should take the advice of the health departments.

• Teach your children the proper way to wear masks and wash their hands. Let them understand that wearing masks is a safety measure that all citizens should take. It is a behavior that is beneficial to themselves, their friends, teachers, schoolmates, their family and the society.
• Parents should learn about the symptoms of COVID-19 and self-protection methods from the above-mentioned webpage or the authoritative health organisations / health departments. Do not speculate about the source of the virus and the development of the epidemic situation by themselves. Besides, parents should tell their children about the true situation and the correct ways of preventing COVID-19 epidemic in accordance with children’s age or comprehension abilities.

★ During COVID-19 epidemic, students should pay attention to the following:

• Unless it is necessary, students should not go out, particularly avoid going to crowded places. Students can communicate with their friends using the Internet or other methods.
• Keep good indoor ventilation and pay attention to your personal and the household hygiene.
• Stay calm and maintain a regular lifestyle, such as: doing moderate exercises, maintain a healthy and balanced diet, and have adequate sleep.
  
• Pay attention to your own physical condition. If you are unwell, tell your parents and go to consult the doctor, and follow the doctor's instructions for check-ups and medication.
  
• Set a timetable for home study. Actively learn and complete homework at the appropriate time by using the school's online learning materials.

★ If you are worried or anxious about the epidemic, take the initiative to ask for help.

• Emotions are neutral. They are neither good nor bad. Fear, panic, and anxiety are normal reactions that people may have during the epidemic. You can talk to your parents, student counsellors or teachers. Or you can contact the institutions that provide student counselling service by calling their counselling support hotline, or even contact the Centre of Psycho-pedagogical Support and Special Education of the Education and Youth Development Bureau.
• You may feel more disturbed and anxious if you repeatedly watch the reports on the mass media. Therefore, you should watch the news reports and browse the information on different media appropriately and moderately, that is, do not watch the news or read the information over and over again, or else, those images might replay in your mind. If you feel upset or panic, talk to your parents, student counsellors or your teachers immediately and tell them about your feelings and seek help. If the above emotions still appear after class resumption, please talk to your teachers or the student counsellors.
• You can learn about the correct information about COVID-19, e.g. the symptoms of COVID-19 and self-protection methods, from the “The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre Facebook Page" (https://www.facebook.com/NCV.Macao/) or the authoritative health organisations / health departments.

★ Maintain a positive and active attitude towards life.

• Maintain good habits and have a regular lifestyle, such as going to bed and get up early. Excessive sleep may make you feel tired and lack of motivation.
• Maintain a positive mindset and believe that you are capable to face and overcome difficulties. You can think about the difficulties you have encountered in the past and how you faced and dealt with them. Maintaining an optimistic attitude can help strengthen your immune system.

★ If you feel unhappy and bored at home, you might try to explore your potential and be creative.

• If you feel unhappy and bored while staying at home, you can engage in some interesting activities with the consent of your parents, such as reading puzzle books or inspirational books, watching movies, listening to music, watching educational TV shows, learning new things online, communicating with your classmates online or through the phone moderately. Or you may improve your living environment like tidying the house or your own room, redecorate and furnish the place, which might give a fresh feeling to yourself and your family.
• Please be reminded that not to make friends with strangers online or even reveal your personal information to them or meet the strangers in person for this might put you in danger because the Internet is not the real world. You cannot know the real gender, identidy and background of the online strangers.