Covid/school closure. Children made to feel so unwelcome

[Lettuceforlunch]

Has anyone else had this? AIBU? I’ve never known a school be so ultra conservative in their interpretation of the rules around Covid. I’m at the stage where I think they’re now using it as an excuse not to have the children in. This week they’ve had all of four year groups out because of two confirmed cases in two individual classes. They’re in class bubbles FGS! Or at least, that’s what parents have been told.

My son's school makes really poor provision for home learning - no live teaching or videos at all, no worksheets. Just lists of tasks.

However I still agree with them sending home year groups with cases. I'd rather he was home and I have to teach him than being at school and ending up ill and potentially infecting vulnerable people.

@superduster

My son's school makes really poor provision for home learning - no live teaching or videos at all, no worksheets. Just lists of tasks.

However I still agree with them sending home year groups with cases. I'd rather he was home and I have to teach him than being at school and ending up ill and potentially infecting vulnerable people.

So have you raised this with your son's school?

[quote yeahdarling]@Awalkintime

Absolutely agree. My class of 5 year olds are impossible to distance from. People making such rules have clearly no idea![/quote]
Yeah its those sitting in nice offices away from the coal face that think it is possible and then the armchair critics on here complain about why teachers are not following these impossible rules.

[quote Lilibet2022]@StaffRepFeistyClub is that even possible? Can they do that through the app surely that can only be done if they've tested positive and there's evidence?[/quote]
Well clearly someone claimed a positive test and it was pop pop pop

@Ohmygoshandfolly

Also the teachers never isolate which has never added up to me. The positive case was front row and the teacher stands directly in front of the front row but he’s still in school. They also have teachers and TA’s regularly swapping classes, mingling with each other etc. They’re clearly not following the rules or they’re bending them.

Yep we have to provide cover so staff do swop bubbles. Plus at secondary it would be impossible, esp for smaller departments , to keep staff within one or two year groups.

Also the teachers never isolate which has never added up to me.

No, that is the correct advice. Teachers are 2m away at secondary except everyone knows that's unworkable

@Lettuceforlunch

They’re clearly not ALL doing their best! Some are, some won’t, as is human nature.

Come on OP you can surely see why you're being handed your arse now.

Yeah its those sitting in nice offices away from the coal face

They're not in office, they're working from home! And the picture in their head says "There's easily 2m at the front of every classroom, it's fine" without actually going into some schools and measuring.

Our school shut several years because there was a visitor dance teacher who taught all 4 of the years that are currently self isolating. Unfortunately these things are going to happen

@Lettuceforlunch have you seen the study that was published today? The study is covered on the BBC website below.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-57766717

"Data from the first 12 months of the pandemic in England shows 25 under-18s died from Covid, putting the overall risk of death at around two in a million children, scientists estimate.

Those living with chronic illnesses and neuro-disabilities were most at risk."

Perhaps the vaccine will be offered to those children considered most at risk urgently?