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Will schools open for all dc in September?

42 replies

Blockpavingpath · 09/05/2020 20:26

I know schools are open to key worker dc currently but I’m getting increasingly worried they won’t be back in September. My 15 year old has never suffered from depression but I can see his mood getting lower and lower every day and I’m getting worried. He thrives on structure and we’re trying to implement that but it’s just not the same as being at school.

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PotteringAlong · 09/05/2020 20:26

No one knows...

Redwinestillfine · 09/05/2020 20:28

If cases dramatically fall and they can keep the R number low they may...

CallmeAngelina · 09/05/2020 20:31

Absolutely no idea but it will be us teachers' fault either way.

MrJellyBean · 09/05/2020 20:34

Social distancing will need to be adhered to come September unless a vaccine is developed before then. To facilitate this, schools can operate at 20% capacity. Hopefully a vaccine can be developed this quickly, this appears unlikely from what I've read. I've no idea what the solution to this is. Also, EYFS are going to struggle with social distancing rules. Again, no idea on a solution to this one

Bigfishylittlefishy · 09/05/2020 20:36

I’ve been wondering this too. I’m praying they are back in at least some capacity by September.

coronabeer23 · 09/05/2020 20:40

I hope so

EvilTwins · 09/05/2020 20:42

They need to be back much sooner than that. The impact on teenagers, in particular, is huge and we will have a much bigger issue on our hands if it continues.

Camomila · 09/05/2020 20:42

No one knows.
If I were in charge of primary I'd have half the class in on Monday and Tuesday, deep clean Wednesday and the other half in on Thursday and Friday. Probably there's problems with this but I think it'd be better than having half in the morning and half in the afternoon.

BrutusMcDogface · 09/05/2020 20:45

@CallmeAngelina - keep your knickers on!

In answer to your op- I bloody hope so!!

SallyLovesCheese · 09/05/2020 20:53

I hope so. I'd like them to go back earlier but there's the headache of trying to figure out how first. I miss teaching properly, I just want some normality in my life!

Barbie222 · 09/05/2020 20:57

@Camomila I'd think that would be a good solution. Or 4 days on, deep clean, left for weekend.

Barbie222 · 09/05/2020 20:58

@SallyLovesCheese me too. Today's been a really hard day. I wanted to have at least some of my class in June, not just babysitting or being one of the Y6 TAs.

Frustratedsenmummy · 09/05/2020 21:01

It won't be normal but they will be in in some form.

My DDs usual reception teacher is currently her 1-2-1 2days a week. It's bizarre

Summersunandoranges · 09/05/2020 21:01

They will be open by September. If not purely to let people get back to work. We can’t all hide at home forever as we need people to pay taxes for hospitals and pay back the furlough!

frasersmummy · 09/05/2020 21:10

I. Worry about part time though my ds is due to sit national 5s..
He won't manage that part time.. And I don't see how sd would work at secondary
They all move classes every 50 mind

formerbabe · 09/05/2020 21:14

Asap as far as I'm concerned...I'm incredibly worried about my dcs education and their mental well being. I don't think social distancing will be workable in schools and to be honest I would be happy for schools to go back to normal. Even part time hours would be good though.

formerbabe · 09/05/2020 21:16

@frasersmummy

I saw something on the news the other day where they were suggesting the kids stay in one classroom and the teachers move classrooms instead, which sounds sensible to me.

TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 09/05/2020 21:24

God, I hope so. At some point, the government has to start prioritising other forms of well-being over Covid, the primary one being people's mental health and the impact of keeping us all confined like this.

Teenagers are really struggling. This virus is not going to go anywhere quickly, so the government needs to find a way that we can live and continue to function with it. Whenever we leave lockdown, we risk a second spike so -what? Do we cower at home forever?

TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 09/05/2020 21:26

formerbabe - that's a bit shit for all the kids who don't study geography when the geography teacher walks in, for example. Or the ones who don't study French when it's time for the French students to have their lesson. How is that managed?

formerbabe · 09/05/2020 21:29

No idea, I just heard it on the news. I guess they could stagger numbers moving around.

Personally I think social distancing won't work in schools and I'd be happy to send mine back right away without it.

This can't go on imo and i agree the government needs to consider well being rather than just coronavirus now.

RigaBalsam · 09/05/2020 21:29

CallmeAngelina - keep your knickers on!

In answer to your op- I bloody hope so!!

*How patronising. Are you normally so misogynistic?

I would hope so Op. Hopefully the testing will be up and running.*

cantkeepawayforever · 09/05/2020 21:30

I think if R remains below 1 - well below 1 - until September, then the options for opening schools 'properly' in September become much more feasible, simply because the level of community infection will be low enough for the probability of someone carrying the virus into school will be low.

Test, track and trace will also work well for much lower numbers, so any outbreak can be quickly contained (see what happened in South Korea today, where there new infections per day are now in double digits rather than still up in multiple thousands).

HouseTornado · 09/05/2020 21:34

I've been wondering why some schools - like my son's who only have 15 kids a day coming in - can't organise some transition sessions for Y6's?

Obviously only if safe and manageable but they could do 5 kids a day on rotation until they open for everyone else (if they open for everyone else).

If the Y6's have had their sessions then that frees up space for younger groups later on?

My child is in Y5, so I have no vested interest, genuine question.

SionnachRua · 09/05/2020 21:37

Tbh I don't think social distancing can be effectively implemented in schools. Possibly in secondary school or with older primary kids...but with young children? Not a hope.

cantkeepawayforever · 09/05/2020 21:41

HouseTornado, what do you think these transition sessions would consist of?

The most useful transition work done at the end of Y6 is the whole-day visit to the secondary (not happening) and the session when a key member of staff from the secondary visits those children transferring to it in their normal primary (also likely to not to be happening, as I cannot imagine someone being willing or expected to visit multiple primary settings like this).

Much of the rest of transition are the end of primary 'rites of passage' events - plays, residentials, sports etc, depending on local transition - and some PSHCE. Also being with your whole class and your teacher to say goodbye.

Or did you mean something different?

Schools CANNOT open to non-vulnerable, non keyworker children right now, they have been closed for all others since March.

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