To think this is wrong (schools)

[Wilberforce1]

Received a message this morning from kids school about them returning on Monday (year 1 and 6). Kids are really excited and I'm happy for them to go but I'm not sure about the schools rules around their "bubbles" I've attached a photo of part of the message but it's the part about the teacher moving and teaching both bubbles. I wouldn't have thought that was allowed? The guidance from the school is that if a child or adult tests positive for Covid then that entire bubble must self isolate for 14 days, so if a teacher tests positive surely that's going to wipe out two bubbles?

Am I right or am I just not understanding this correctly?!

I think people have been led to believe that their children will be experiencing something "better" by returning to the school premises. Sadly, in most cases, this is not necessarily so.

At my school, both children and adults only mix within their own bubble (and will be doing our best to maintain social distancing within our bubbles).

Staff have even been told, for example, that when we arrive in school we should move through the office as quickly as possible and avoid congregating. If we want to socialise with staff from a different bubble, we can only do so outside and even then we must stay at least 2m apart.

There's no way that our Head would have teachers teaching 2 different bubbles.

Definitely going to be teaching (not "babysitting") at our school.

I'm not sending mine back because they need babysitting (I don't work) I'm sending them back because my 6 year old is lonely and needs to see her friends even if it is from 2m away and my 11 year old wants to do a few days with his friends before he leaves.

@ohmywhatawonderfulday I'm a cynic right along with you.

Indeed .... the fit and healthy but fearful on full pay!

"NoIDontWatchLoveIsland Fri 29-May-20 16:13:24
I strongly suspect a lot of people have self restricted/taken a choice to shield when they are not clinically extremely vulnerable"

Those of you 'suspecting ' a lot of people have self restricted/taken a choice to shield and the comments about 'the fit and healthy but fearful on full pay ' demonstrate woeful ignorance on how schools (and indeed any workplaces) operate. You need to provide evidence of vulnerable status, you prats. Staff in schools would need to explain why they needed to stay away.

Honestly...some people are just bizarre in their opinions.

What blessyourcottonsocks said- we have to provide the shielding letter to HR in order to be classed as shielding. Staff in schools are constantly scrutinised, as its public money we're spending.

I have to laugh at one teacher to cover key worker children- DS' school have had almost 70 children in daily in key worker care (three form intake primary). And they can fit 8 max in my school's classrooms.

We've been told we absolutely are not allowed to move adults between bubbles, not even allowed to pop into each others classrooms before/after school.

We have TA's taking classes, it's not that lots of staff are off, it's just that we have lots of keywork children in, so even if every teacher was in we would still have 2 more bubbles than we do teachers. Asking TAs to teach isn't ideal but (and I say this as a TA who is teaching) it is a hell of a lot better than asking staff to put themselves at twice as much risk by being in 2 bubbles.

@NoIDontWatchLoveIsland

I strongly suspect a lot of people have self restricted/taken a choice to shield when they are not clinically extremely vulnerable

You can't 'choose' to shield . Our shielding or vulnerable staff have been asked to provide proof of their letter/text message. I 'strongly suspect' other staff would have been asked the same. Plus unless a head has staff they know nothing about, you generally know if you have pregnant staff, staff with diabetes, etc just through working together for a period of time. Get back in your box.

I am liking the quote function by the way MN!