Telegraph reporting primary schools to return 1 June

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www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/05/02/primary-schools-reopen-june-part-blueprint-unlock-britain/

Sorry it’s behind a paywall.

Just heard about this on the radio. They are suggesting that Johnson will address the country next Sunday (10/5) with the roadmap, part of which will be primary schools returning on 1 June.

Not saying I believe it, just sharing the link.

God, I hope this is true.

Didn't the papers say the other week that schools were going back on May 11th?

I think most other countries that have reopened schools have done so with social distancing in place. I think schools in England have some of the largest class sizes (in number of pupils rather than the actual size of the room). Schools will not be opening as normal. It may be for all pupils in primary but it will need to be part-time and on a rota basis

Better get DCs uniformed ironed

Also interesting decision making of children in Scotland go back to school much later than in England. Sturgeon has already said Scottish schools are not opening until after the summer.

Also there is no way you will stop people travelling for UK holidays over the summer now. As soon as schools go back it will go back almost to normal. And infection rates will rise. Bloody predictable.

Telegraph reporting primary schools IN ENGLAND to return 1 June

It is whitsun week the week after may bank holiday, so schools won’t be reopening that week as some newspapers have reported!!

It's the same thing with articles bemoaning the success of the stay home message. People don't want to stay home because of the government's belated message. They want to stay home until it's safer to ease lockdown because of the massive amount of deaths we've already suffered. That, and likely most realise how economically devastating a second wave would be.

Boris hasn’t announced anything.

I hope it's not true. A significant percentage of our staff is shielding, and our classes are big and our rooms are small. We can't keep ourselves safe.

@ineedaholidaynow Yes 30 kids in small classrooms will not be socially distanced.
Anyway I came to terms with the fact some time ago that the government does not have our best interests at heart and so I need to make sure I protect our family.
And if it does happen, see you back here in mid July when cases and deaths have really risen and the usual suspects claim that we could not have foreseen this happening.

@cantory

Sturgeon has already said Scottish schools are not opening until after the summer.

Source?

Mine won’t be going back till September earliest

@viewfromthecouch Talk to your union.

@JemimaPuddleCat That is what my relatives in Scotland have said. I am assuming they would know.

So fuck the health of school staff then?

What will happen to children of key workers if it’s a staged return?

Will they be expected to stay home part of the week?

My kids go to a single form entry primary, social distancing will be completely impossible. If they open it makes a mockery of any form of distancing. I smell bs.

No the Telegraph reported the U.K then made up lots of ifs and buts and confirmed at the end, there are no dates. It’s why the Welsh government are kicking off.

Well I imagine they are looking at what is happening in Europe. pRimary schools here in France go back next week. Many parents will keep their dc at home which will allow us lucky teachers to teach for real and online. Hooray.
Meanwhile my older dcs ( one doing his Bac) will sit at home. It’s all about getting the economy going again. Teachers are the next collateral damage.

the school has no clue or warning what could or indeed should happen they are as clueless as the rest of us my kids school said the idea of splitting the school out over the week had been floated ie years 1,3,6 one day 2,4,5 another day because we have over a thousand students and it will be impossible to get any kind of social distancing in our school its two schools squashed into one anyway (we went from three tier to two a few years ago and the promised new buildings didn't materialise when the government changed) so we are crammed

ironically my sons high school he is attending in September has better bigger spaces and will be fine having all the kids in at once

Considering we are still at 600+ deaths a day this really concerns me.

I teach reception. There is no way to social distance with a class of 30. If we stay 2 metres apart, I can teach 8 children at a time in my classroom. Can't wear a mask, as some need to lip read.

There are so many questions and practical issues to consider if it's the entirety of primary children simultaneously. Pick up/drop off? Playtimes? WET playtimes? Scraped knees? Wet pants? Everything they put into their mouths constantly? This could be managed with reduced class sizes possibly... but in an already jam packed classroom... the mind boggles.

My husband is a teacher so he will be able to mix with kids bring home potential virus as will my kids in school but we can't see our own family? It will all fall apart.

Irresponsible journalism. No decision has yet been made or announced so the Telegraph are dicks to print this. It's misleading and will mean that some parents get their hopes up - or get anxious- and it's massively not fair on pupils, many of whom are really stressed anyway, to print made up bollocks when the truth is they have no more idea than anyone else in the country.

@cantory

That is what my relatives in Scotland have said. I am assuming they would know.

Why would 'they' know? Are 'they' Nicola Sturgeon?
Nothing of the sort has been confirmed. Stop spreading rumour as fact.

And 621 reported dead in the UK in last 24 hours.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/uk-coronavirus-death-toll-surges-621-24-hours-200502174815664.html