If you don't want your child to go back, homeschool them.

[Mrgrinch]

I've seen so many people on here ranting about how they don't think the schools should open. Many even saying they won't follow any other rules anymore if they do.

AIBU to think they should just homeschool their DC then?

Do they not realise how badly this is affecting so many children and families? Do they not realise how many children have been having no education at all? Some parents are at breaking point trying to keep their jobs and make sure their children are doing some school work.

Homeschooling was always an option, even before covid so if you are so concerned then unlist them and provide their education yourself. We can't stay home forever.

We also need to be less tolerant as a society of going to work and school with "sniffles"

The amount of people that just load up with paracetamol and set off to happily spread their germs is staggering

@glitterelf

So your giving us two choices either send them to school which we know isn't safe as schools have not been given extra funding to install decent safety measures. Also knowing that many families have been flouting the rules with sleepovers and parties or deregister. Homeschooling is a ball ache we all know that and we all know that children as well as adults are suffering and will continue to suffer for quite some time. But what about our teachers many of whom are not vaccinated have very little protection and those children who are frightened to go back to school. Why should children lose their space surely parental choice and a child's choice should be considered. Why are you not fighting for safer schools ? School fines to be stopped whilst in this pandemic ? My child will not be going back on the 8th I'm hoping she will be back after Easter as the weather improves providing cases do not rise again. Opening schools to all will no doubt see an increase in cases again, lockdowns are gruelling but I really cannot face another one purely because they've rushed out of this one.

Totally agree with this. Why should I deregister my child? I would be happy with him staying home and doing all homework that would be given to all other children via ShowMyHomework anyway, this would not require any extra work from teachers. However, I am at risk of being fined. Why?

It's not that easy though is it. I'm at breaking point trying to work and homeschool.

However I don't want to get seriously ill or die of covid. My son would have to go into care. I'd only get SSP and not be able to pay my bills.

@ineedaholidaynow

So what do you think will happen when all pupils go back *@Thepilotlightsgoneout* and how many bubbles will be bursting

I don’t know, I just meant that that statistic is a bit of red herring in the argument, that’s all. If transmission in primary schools was highest when all of society is open and functioning normally, then that’s totally different.

We were always told schools were going to reopen (to non KW kids, I know they have been open throughout to some extent) first and the rates are dropping (and will have dropped significantly further by March 8th) and there is a significant vaccination program in place that protects the vulnerable AND prevents transmission. I am really pleased that primary schools are going back, although a bit surprised that all secondaries are to go back at once.
I do understand how teachers feel however, and I am sure I would feel the same, but hopefully once March 8th comes it will feel a bit less scary as rates drop still further.

Obviously this is just my experience, but I live in one of the previous 'hot zones' for cases according to the data dashboards and DSs class has had no cases of covid at all. Or, to rephrase, at no point has the class had to isolate. He is in the school nursery but they are treated the same as every other year group.
We know exactly how many year groups have had to go into isolation and how often (hardly any!) so from our POV, the school has been fantastic at managing this.
Admittedly it's a first school so only nursery to yr 4 but 2 classes per yr group.

I think it would make sense to start with smaller schools and/or primary schools where they can do more to keep the bubbles separate. I have no idea how high schools and middle schools are working or can work. My only experience is when I was in high school and I remember feeling like a tin of sardines lining up in the corridors to get into class rooms or genuinely struggling to find a seat in the lunch hall cos it was so full.

I do agree with OP in a sense, but I know if my child was in middle or high school I'd be a lot more concerned about him going back.

Agree, OP.

I am mightily glad that my DC will be returning on 8th March. It can't come quickly enough.

Thank you for the endorsement OP. I'll send you the details of how to pay my mortgage.

@JustAnotherPoster00

People are at risk of/have already lost their jobs sue to school closures.

School closures are not to blame for a corrupt bumbling government, neither is it the schools place to enable shitty work practices that the government are refusing to tackle

Oh and btw can all of you U4T with your faux concern and faux naivety just fuck off to the fire side of fuck, has anyone linked U4T with the tax payers alliance yet? Their style of messaging is eerily similar as are the posters who spout their bollocks

This 100%

We see you U4T and your utter selfishness and lack of regard for anyone other than yourselves.

Accusations of wanting to keep the schools closed are just the usual bullshit from that type of poster. Everyone wants the schools open it's just that the science experts and those directly involved want there to be better safety precautions. I'm not sure what's so wrong about that.

@JaywickCaravanOfLust

Thank you for the endorsement OP. I'll send you the details of how to pay my mortgage.

What a ridiculous post.

We are now faced with full reopening, 100% of school places in 100% of schools, everyone together. This is a totally irresponsible decision from the government and goes against advice from scientists.

Parents are absolutely right to think that their children should not be the cause for yet another lockdown and more covid deaths.

Therefore, parents are absolutely right to put pressure on schools to reopen safely and to just say 'they should home educate' is not a reasonable solution.

I don’t care what other people do but due my husband having cancer I feel it’s not fair for us to be forced to send our children to school, I want the choice to carry on with remote learning until we know it really is safe.
It’s not fair for us to loose their school placements in order to keep my husband safe.

If the OP had any sense they’d be wanting schools back with proper mitigation measures, masks in classrooms at secondary at the very least.

A lot a paranoia around school reopenings. However we need to start getting back to normal, and lack of education poses a far greater risk to children than Covid.

Breaking news: AZ vaccine reduces hospitalisations by 94% in Scotland.

@Thepilotlightsgoneout

Breaking news: AZ vaccine reduces hospitalisations by 94% in Scotland.

And how many teachers/parents/school children have been vaccinated?

@WholegrainCustard

Sending all children back into school all at once will be a disaster. This isn’t doom and gloom predictions, this is looking at what happened at the end of last year. No additional measures - no masks, no rotas, staff not yet vaccinated. What could go wrong?

When do we think lockdown 4 will be?

And then there's the worry of virus mutations. With so many children mixing it may only be a matter of time before another strain comes about - but this time could affect children/younger adults. I agree with them going back but think it should be gradual, part time. Until more of the population are vaccinated. Also more to be outside.

My biggest fear is that the schools will re-open and then close again which will be way more disruptive!
I would rather prolong/stagger the start dates to avoid them having to close again.

In a perfect world it would be nice to have each year group in once a week or something.

I don’t understand why they don’t implement blended learning. So different year groups in for a week and then home did two. At least that would allow some face to face teaching for everyone but with fewer children in school.

Er, no, YABU.

I don’t think they should all go back without better measures being put in place, otherwise we risk the shambles of the autumn term where half the school were in, half out.

That really doesn’t = I want to homeschool.

@Dentistlakes that would be best but doesn’t sound as if it is going to happen, so we will have indirect blended learning because of bubbles bursting so they will be having to be at home due to isolation

Completely agree OP

lack of education poses a far greater risk to children than Covid

Broadly, I agree. At an individual level, not so much. There are teens with long covid and there are children of all ages who have lost parents and grandparents. Some of them will be concerned their cough was the cause of it. Other children are having to manage being vulnerable themselves or still be concerned about a vulnerable household member not yet vaccinated or not able to be vaccinated. There is much there which has a massive impact on children, all of which is brushed aside as ‘children aren’t impacted by covid’.

@Dentistlakes

I don’t understand why they don’t implement blended learning. So different year groups in for a week and then home did two. At least that would allow some face to face teaching for everyone but with fewer children in school.

Because if parents saw that their children would learn twice as fast in smaller classes, we'd never be happy to go back to the current shit!

Depending on the numbers it’s not really in a schools interest to have too many deregister