First off, we want to assure you that Playing At Learning has been and will continue to closely monitor the COVID-19/CoronaVirus situation along with FIRST. We’ve been working with our location partner Micron to ensure a safe & healthy environment during our upcoming NorCal FIRST LEGO League Innovation Expo and FIRST LEGO League JR Expo.  We will be continuing with all events this coming weekend based on reviewing and using official sources for recommendations, risk evaluations, and procedures, specifically from the CDC and WHO.

If your team is participating in a NorCal FIRST event this weekend, please check your email for updates specific to your team. 

In order to maintain a healthy environment we require that spectators, coaches and teams all follow these procedures at our events:

• If anyone has traveled to any affected areas or been in contact with a person that has traveled or routed through an affected area recently (in past few weeks), please quarantine yourself per CDC / WHO guidelines, please stay home,  and do not attend the event
• If anyone has been in close contact with someone sick, please stay home, and  do not attend the event
• If you are in any way sick or feeling ill (even a little), or anyone on your team or any family / household members are sick or feeling ill (even a little), please stay home, and do not attend the event
• If anyone has any fever or cough within the past few days or anytime leading up to an event, please stay home and do not attend the event

If your team attends an event:

• Each person should avoid touching eyes, nose, and mouth at any time.
• Cover sneezes (or a cough) with a tissue  (or the inside of your elbow), then throw the tissue in the trash.
• Wash hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after going to the bathroom; before eating; and after blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing. For more information about hand-washing, see CDC’s Hand-washing website
• If soap and water are not readily available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.
• We ask for your help in keeping surfaces clean and will have sanitizing wipes available as well.
• Recommend that you bring food/beverages from home for your team – we will not be providing any food/beverage options onsite.
• Follow CDC’s recommendations for using a facemask, specifically:
  • CDC does not recommend that people who are well wear a facemask to protect themselves from respiratory diseases, including COVID-19.
  • Please DO NOT attend if you are sick (even a little), even if you wear a facemask.

We’ll have hand sanitizing stations throughout the spaces of our events  and you are free to bring extras, there will be a thermal scan at the entrance and CPR certified security personnel in attendance. We will also have a separate/isolated room identified for anyone that may become sick during the event.   

Thank you,

Playing At Learning Staff