School and (imho) unjustifiable risk.

[MincepieMavis]

DD's primary school have invited a dancer to come in for a day to do workshops, including every child in the school. The children will see this person in their bubble groups. The dancer will be distanced and wearing a visor. The activity will take place outside if the weather is ok, or in their small school hall with the windows open if the weather is bad. Covid cases are on the increase, counties around us are moving up a tier right now. And someone in our household has a covid-relevant underlying condition.

Would you let your child take part?
Would you consent only if it took place outside? Or with other conditions?

It's a no from us unless it's outside, minimum. AIBU?

you do know that teachers, lunchtime supervisors etc cross bubbles many times a day? It sounds like they;ve planned it well. This is not going away anytime soon - we have to find ways to get on with semblance of normality - or do you want your DD to spend all of her education on a single desk facing front?

Yes I would and I have been shielding for 6 months.

Yes I would - I think it sounds great, and well planned.

Yes I would, wish this was an option at our school. Brilliant outlet when being stuck in for months.

Yep absolutely

Wish my ds school was doing something like this.
We will have more problems from the lack of opportunities all children and young people have had, in the longer, term than covid.
On balance, Particularly in context of the fact that some of the adults in school see children across the bubblesI think this sounds a fab idea. Also thinking about how many children will have had extra curricular activities And hobbies cancelled due to covid. Kids need some cheer in all of this.
Pull your child out if you wish.
But I think it would be unwise to make your opinion know and spoil it for the others

Our school staff do not have cross-bubble contact, as far as I know.

This sounds fine.

I'm in secondary, staff cross bubbles all the time. They have to.

I bet you a million pounds they do. Its not feasible to run a school without it. There's one staff room, likely only one set of staff toilets for a start.

Visors are useless so for that reason alone yanbu

What are you concerned about? The dancer? Everyone else is already in your dc bubble.

@MincepieMavis

Our school staff do not have cross-bubble contact, as far as I know.

Apart from all the staff mixing at lunch time and in the staff room...

Is it the cross-bubble contact that concerns you OP?

I'd be fine with this. There's bound to be cross bubble stuff going on already - my DC are in 3 bubbles in the same school and go to before and after school with a cm who has children from their school and another...

It sounds well planned and organised and v low risk - the dancer is no more likely to be a vector than any other member of staff and they've mitigated a lot of the risks. I'd love our school to do similar - it makes me really sad to think how few trips and opportunities they may have now!

Outside? Of course.

SLT will cross bubbles. They have to.

My concern? Visors are indeed useless. This person who is coming in could have covid and be exposed to every child in the school on this one day. Distancing reduces risk but doesn't remove it. If it goes ahead indoors, opening the window is might help but again, doesn't remove risk. Covid also travels on feet/footwear as well. Feels frivolous when we've all complied with all the school's risk assessment findings to this point.

One person and you're getting this het up about it! She's more at risk being exposed to so many kids.

Mine go to school and club so they ah e lots of bubbles

But if you don't feel it is appropriate then don't allow it.

But at my school their sports and dancing clubs still come in and I doubt the instructors just do one school.

God forbid the kids have something fun to look forward to 🙄

This additional person is going to add negligible risk to a school of children with hundreds of households and no way of policing what happens in each one of them. And the teachers will be crossing bubbles btw.

@MincepieMavis of course there is cross bubble contact between staff! How on earth could there not be? There will be one staff room, one or two staff toilets. Are there no school dinners? Lunch staff? Wheres the head and deputy, hiding in their offices 24/7?

If you're not comfortable with the dancing thats up to you but if you're bothered about cross bubble contact a visiting dancer is the least of your worries.

This is not about the teachers crossing bubbles.

My school has steel drums teacher come and teach the Year 4s every week. Indoors. He goes to loads of other schools in the week. The benefit to the children outweighs the risk and none of the parents have a problem with it.

You are naive to think bubbles are not crossed. SLT go to different classes to speak to various teachers/children, staff meet up with each other, staff eat lunch together, staff have meetings together, staff share toilets, PPA teachers teach across the whole school, cover teachers teach across the school.

The dancer is more at risk

@ZigZaggyZoo

The dancer is more at risk

This!