Am I the only one not pleased that schools are closing?

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I understand that the government consider this necessary and I know it's about saving lives, possibly mine.

But please tell me I'm not the only who feels a deep dread at us all being home? I could cry. Until the summer. How.

I meant the person who hoped that they would be put on the list so their children could go to school. That sounded like they were thinking only of themself. I’m worried how many people will sink into debt or lose their house because one parent has to give up work.

@BlackCatSleeping you made me laugh. I love being a mum, but it’s only day 3 and I want to run for the hills already and hit the vino. Honestly, we could face months of this. My tone of voice is not matching my very fake forced earth mother smile.

I work in a school office. Average sized state secondary of around 1000 pupils. In every year, there are around 10 or 15 students with an EHCP who will still be coming in. There are also around 20 or 30 students in each year who have a parent working in the NHS. And about 3 or 4 with parents in the police. And probably another 10 who have a parent who is a delivery driver. That means, in each year - and we have 5 year groups - there will be around 50 students coming in. So a total of 250 students.

That will be lessened by the ones who have another parent who isn't a key worker and the ones who have other options. For example my SIL's 4 are coming to stay with us for the duration, the kids next door to us are going to stay with their Aunt and Uncle. Then in a high school setting you'll have the ones whose parents are happy for them to stay home alone.

When I was contacted about opening our Easter playscheme as a full time setting for key worker children we were told a number of children who'd be 'entitled' to a place, but that they were expecting at least half of them to be facilitated elsewhere.

It’s a secondary school. Why would anyone need their child to come into school to be looked after?

@Millymaud Vulnerable secondary pupils will need somewhere to go to collect lunch or food vouchers or to escape home issues/abuse. I expect at least one secondary school will be open in each area by the time this all shakes out

I'm not dreading it really, though I understand it's going to be incredibly hard for some people. Our school closed yesterday and has set up distance learning really well. My dc are going to be kept pretty busy. Although dd14 was grumpy about getting on with it, she's not keen on school and reluctantly agreed it was quite nice to be able to do lessons in her onesie with a cup of tea.

Me too , my child has a echp so I'm hoping he can still go in .
I mentioned on another thread but he doesn't understand and needs the routine , it will be a nightmare if he stays home .
Financially too as I work but I'm more worried about my child especially if this could be months .

In theory lyra, in practice, can you see your average fourteen year old attending school for a whole day in order to collect a free lunch of a sandwich and crisps or whatever?

Our school has been closed all week so far and I'm not going to lie; being at home has been fab!

I'm not starting any homework etc til after Easter and just enjoying days in the garden and going to the beach.

Not sure how I'll feel if it rains for the next four months tho!!

Millymaud The ones who grow up with parents like mine for whom it's their only meal for the day, and their only escape from getting knocked around, yes I can.

And its very selfish. I am a parent and a teacher and do not wish to be put in this position of constantly being vunerable to catching it from the children. Who is looking out for teacher welfare.

Who’s selfish?

The vast majority of kids and teachers will catch it. And will be fine. In fact they need to catch it, in order to protect the vulnerable. Think of it like vaccinations- if enough people catch it and become immune, it stops spreading.

The isolation, school closures etc are to slow the progress so those that are very ill don’t overwhelm the NHS.

I’m a key worker. I’ll be going to work. I’m hoping to catch it early so I can crack on with the work that needs to be done.

The intention here is not to stop people getting it. Or we’ll be in exactly the same position in six months, a year, two years. We need to build community resistance, slowly...

@Keepcalm 😲 I did not know that part. I'll ask the SENCO tomorrow about it. Thanks so much!

Both my two with ASD had their EHCP applications rejected (about to appeal) so they wont be allowed in. It would have been helpful to me (single parent, also disabled) and them, to see how they managed in much smaller class sizes, and to keep a routine.

I think they will refuse to study at home as School is where they work and home is their safe space and I don't think they will manage to change tack mentally with that.

But, hey ho, it's for the common good so we all have to get on with it.

• Wait until all the smug mums start posting on social media about how wonderful it is that the kids are home and how today we spent hours playing card games, cooked a delicious vegan lunch, and spent hours researching about Tang Dynasties.

Seriously, it's coming!!*

All the you-tubers and Instamums are already at it.

My local area Is already posting smug helpful and supposedly fun things to do with kids.
Fuck off and let me weather this storm on my own.

EhOh that made me laugh, I know what you mean. I’ll be grateful if we somehow manage to hold it all together with jobs and kids at home, I don’t think much baking or home schooling is going to be going on here!

@Ehoh haha, yes, exactly!

We're taking it easy until after the Easter "holidays". If the schools are still shut, then I'll begrudgingly start attempting to educate them.

I don't feel like being a mum comes naturally to me. I've always struggled with baking, crafting, and things like that 😩

Mums don’t have to bake and craft. You can be the type of mum you like

I think I’ll buy a safe for the electronics and even if we manage

Reading
Online maths
Learn one new thing per day
1 hour exercise

I’d be happy

Then it’s gonna be Xbox for them and working for me as have a FT job and am a single parent

Fuck

My DS can go to school as I'm an ICU pharmacist. I feel so guilty though. Guilty I'm putting him at risk with other children while I go to work. Guilty that other friends can't send their kids to school. I just feel guilty and panicky about everything at the moment.

People are dying. Schools are germ sharing mass gatherings at their best

Dreading it too here, I'm very dis-organised as a person/find it hard to focus on work myself - let alone trying to structure lessons and teach an also very distracted if well intentioned DS!!

I'm dreading it but I'm going to give it my best.
I'm a carer for my son and he can go to school but my young daughter can't.
My son doesn't sleep well so I will be living on broken sleep for the foreseeable 😫.
I usually get help
From my partner but he works nights in food distribution so he's working extra days to help with supplying stock to supermarkets .
My mum who usually watches the kids for an hour here and there is vulnerable due to chest problems won't be able to help so it's just me myself and I 😩
But I know there's people in much worse positions so i shouldn't really moan x

My DDs school closed yesterday.

Day two of google classroom and she was claiming to have a raging temperature.

I told her the only thermometer we have is a rectal thermometer.

She’s back on the PC now

Hoping Boris announces a finance package for those of us unable to work now. I've managed to sort childcare for the next 4 weeks but I can't do it long term. I'm a single parent and need to work to live, if I lose my income we are done for.

I am really happy and grateful that I can work at home and spend more time with my kids (5 & 8) who I usually don't see from 8am to 6pm. I will have to juggle home working and supervising their learning but I'm looking forward to it!
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