Last one! Would you send your child to school..

[Biscuit0110]

On the 1st of June?

The times said apparently most parents would not return their children to school, but that is not my experience on here.

YABU - would not send their child to school
YADNBU - Send their child to school on the 1st of June

[synthony]

I actually don't want mine at school full time again. It's unnecessary for the child. Mine is much less stressed. Just don't know how to do it. Maybe small group tutor sessions with children of other cautious parents alongside HE

[POP7777777]

No way am I sending them back on 1 June!

[DressingGownofDoom]

Is school optional now?

[Peppafrig]

Hasn't school always been optional. We are all entitled to educate our children at home if we choose.

[synthony]

It is in England not sure about rest of UK. Maybe as they are more deprived or viewed as needing educated

[Peppafrig]

Are you saying Scotland, Wales and NI children are more deprived than English kids?

[synthony]

I think there is less overall affluence

[Peppafrig]

Someone is on the wine

[synthony]

I thought that's why they all want to leave English politics

[excitedmumtobe87]

Right now no, but i fully support anyone who says yes. I can see we all have different opinions for different reasons.

For me... I have health conditions, I can juggle my work to home educate, I know mr doing this suits Dcs better than confused social distancing at school, and having seen a third of school pals breaking lock down with parties, I feel worried sending them back.

They’re my reasons to keep them and they’re justified. I know others will have justified reasons to send them

Maybe it should be voluntary (as long as teachers feel kids are safe and educated at home)

That would help social distancing too

[woodpidgeons]

Wow synthony!!

You are correct that (unfortunately) here in Scotland we have to apply to L.A to home school.

"more deprived"
"less overall affluence"
and the kicker..
"viewed as needing educated" !!!!

I sincerely hope you were on the wine. Still doesn't excuse it though.

Back to the OP, if I have the option, then YABU NO chance I'll be sending them back yet. Home Schooling not ideal, but most DC can catch up. Risks too great on balance.

Like PP said, not enough is known about the virus and exactly how it behaves yet, and what we know so far about viral load from repeated exposure in close contact settings and also the links to the Kawasaki like syndrome in Children, I personally see it as far too risky.
www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/09/children-coronavirus-death-kawasaki

[synthony]

It's not my view re educated. I would never speak that way about someone for being poor.

[synthony]

If it is not true that Scotland and Wales are mostly pretty deprived places to live I apologise

[Bear2014]

YADNBU my DD is desperate to go back (year 1) and we would send her in June.

[woodpidgeons]

synthony I cannot believe you are real 😉😉. Do tell, if it is not your own view (as you say) that Scottish and Welsh people are "viewed as needing educated", whose view is it then?? Any links??

[synthony]

What are the winks for

[Solasum]

YADNBU. My son’s school is doing a great job of the education side of things, but as an only child it seems to me of vital importance that he gets to interact with other children very very soon for his mental health. His behaviour has certainly deteriorated over the last weeks, and he needs to be around other children.

[HairyToity]

YADNU. Originally I'd have said no to school. I'm struggling with lockdown though. Also my husbands asthma is usually better in summer. Part of me thinks our survival chances might be better if we get coronavirus in the summer, rather than next winter.

[Rainbowcolours1]

If I had, say, Year 5 back, social distancing would allow 7 children in a classroom, so I'd need 6 classrooms...that's all the classrooms in KS2. I'd need 6 teachers, so all KS2 teachers. The children would need their own desk and all their own equipment, no sharing or collaboration. They would stay at their desks, have lunch at their desk because the hall is used for Key worker and vulnerable children. Breaks would would be staggered and would be structured exercise. Lessons would be 'chalk and talk', teacher at the front. All corridors and cloakrooms would be supervised, one in, one out.
K/1and Reception staff would be on the rota for KW and vulnerable children., going from a 1 week in 6 rota to 1 week in 2. They would still need to set home learning tasks for the other 6 year groups not in.
Of course some staff are shielding, some have their own children who may not be able to go back to school and so staffing levels may well be down.
We would need cleaning supplies and e.g. Sanitiser...try getting that for a school at the moment!
Children mental health is suffering, they do need school...for the relationships, the friendships, the structure and the routine. But with social distancing there would be no hugs, no close contact, no playing with friends. Those things that we crave, as human beings, would not be there...there would be structure, and routine, but not the content that would support mental health and wellbeing.
We have lost parents to COVID. We have families who have tested positive, we have children who have had it (key worker tests), we don't want any more.
I want my school back, I want to see and hug my children, my staff and my parents...I know it's what we need but we need to be realistic about the reality of a return and understand it could further damage the mental health and wellbeing of our children, and staff, more so than staying as we are.
As schools we only know what we are told at the daily briefings so please don't think we have a hotline to the DFE!

[synthony]

I am real

[Girlymom2]

YADNBU my child will be going back, this week my child’s mental health has taken a dive, and they have been sobbing in my arms to get back to normal. They will be going back when they are allowed to.

[CurlyEndive]

YADNBU. I'll send mine back when schools reopen.

[Godzillasonice]

YADNBU my oldest mental health is terrible at the moment she's not eaten more than the odd bite of toast in 8 weeks and she is missing everyone so much. My other two are ok but I do worry about my son who has asd as he was just starting to become more social and he has reverted back to how he was a few years ago.

[SodOffCovid]

It seems inevitable now they won't go back til September?

[Thehogfatherstolemycurry]

I'm torn on this.
For their mental health I would like to see them back however dd in year 7 has an hours journey on a very busy public bus to get to school. That scares me more than the thought of her being in school in a half empty classroom so no I don't want her back.
However ds in year 5 goes to the local primary school a short walk away and this might be doable.