@caringcarer
Schools have already been closed for almost 5 months this year. My son got virtually no work sent home, no online learning and nothing marked, so no I would be very angry if his learning was disrupted again.
We are not having any family over this Xmas. Instead we will have a belated Xmas dinner with family after we have had a vaccine.
Shop workers are working all over Xmas and hundreds of people pass through the supermarket. Doctors and Nurses are working in hospitals full of sick people, Nurseries are remaining open too, also bin people, Firemen, the Police. Teachers should get over themselves and get on with their job unless CEV with letter. I used to teach for over 25 years and if I was still working I would just get on with my job instead of constantly trying to find reasons for staying at home.
Our school never closed. It was open to key worker and vulnerable era leaders children form the start - very full bubbles side to the proximity of a number of local hospitals.
Those who weren't in school were out for 14/15 weeks, not including holidays. This is not 5 months. We were unable to invite those in eligible years, who were not KW or vulnerable, back before September due to being full.
Very few teachers were at home that I know. Those that were were also working.
At my school ALL teachers and TAs bar4 who were clinically vulnerable were in school full time from March. We had full key worker/vulnerable bubbles from the start. This was including the Easter and May holidays which the staff worked for free.
Those of us at home were organising home learning, along with some of the teaching staff. I was in charge of overseeing it all, organising it, setting up, monitoring it, etc. I worked longer hours at home than I do when in school.
We provided remote learning from day 1 and throughout including Easter and May holiday. This included all core subjects daily and foundation subjects weekly. A mix of pre recorded interactive lessons, worksheets, directed external sites, other types of activities, etc. Children had feedback on this when submitted. We continued with reading diaries etc online and had a weekly celebration assembly with online certificates, etc. Vulnerable children who weren't in (They were encouraged in if possible) were contacted at a minimum weekly, often more. Staff dropped off lunches and also learning packs for those who needed them.
The reason why many schools did not provide work was because the GOVERNMENT suspended the curriculum and claimed they would sort it. Our school provided work over and above the governments recommendations as we were in a position to do so from the start, but we didn't actually have to or need to had we listened to the government.
This part has actually now changed as of 23rd October and schools have to provide the curriculum remotely in the case school/class and individual isolation. They don't state how it should be achieved but that it must be and should follow the curriculum taking place in school at the time, where possible.