So who will be returning their children to school in June?

[Bigfishylittlefishy]

Just that really. Parents of reception, year 1 and year 6, IF schools return on the 1st of June, will you send your child in?

My son is in reception and I would be willing to send him in.

Absolutely I will send my yr6 son in.
He is really struggling with lockdown. It's not so much that he's sad about the rites of passage to secondary etc, it's more the routine he needs.

Yeah my DD is desperate to go back

Me. Yr 6.

Yes.

400k have signed a petition to let parents choose

I would send mine in in a heartbeat - her mental health is so bad she's massively depressed and very vulnerable - but school have washed their hands of them and she's not one of the initial years.

I fear more for her mental health than anything else.

On the 50 page document it says that the government’s aim is to send all primary school children back to school for a Month before summer. So they hope other years will go back by mid June then. Not definite but the intention is there.

Definitely NOT with so many unknowns - see the latest news below:

www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/10/new-york-mystery-coronavirus-illness-three-children-die

No. My daughter is reception but she’s on the shielded list so won’t be going in for a while. Sadly, that also means we won’t be sending her sister in for a good while either.

I definitely will send my children to School. The risk to them is negligible and we have to work.
I think the benefit of socialising and learning more will far outweigh the risk.
If they or anyone else in our household were vulnerable then I would probably feel differently.

Absolutely. My DS yr 6 needs and wants the proper transition to secondary school. My DS yr 4 has a couple of years left at primary to hopefully catch up so not the end of the world if he can't go back till September, although I will send him in if he can be. He is missing his friends and routine.
However, I am furloughed from hospitality at the moment (I don't want to be, before anyone starts carping about 'paying for my lovely long holiday from work . I'd rather be working full time as before) so whatever happens is fine as I will be at home for the forseeable future.

I’ve no problem sending my daughter (reception) but I’m pregnant so I’m not sure if I’m supposed to or not - I’m unclear on what pregnant women taking extra care with social distancing etc means here.

My DC aren't in years R, 1 or 6. But if they were, I'd be sending them back on 1 June.

Yes. They are going mad at home. So am I. Yr 1 and reception.

@Flippetydip yeah tbh the unions just come across as I'm all right Jack again. If it's forever too dangerous to be a teacher, what exactly do they propose? There's every chance that the risk from this virus is here to stay , so what would the answer be then?

I will be sending my DS. I’m not sure schools will be able to go ahead for June I think we will have to go back to full lock down.

Yes, as soon as they are allowed mine will go. We need to start living with this and I am pleased we are starting to move towards that. Anyone who doesn't want to send their kids, fine by me.

If I had a year 6 I would, but mine is year 5 and if they end up with 3 weeks of school I am not sure is worth it.. Plus all her siblings will be at home, which makes it all so much more complicated!

Won't be sending our reception child in. Don't want to be caught in the second wave - send for a week or two and then self isolate...and then the year ends.
The government has given no guidelines on how the schools will keep the children safe and get them to maintain social distance. Apparently the head teacher of our school has no more information yet as well.
I expect some data, some modeling showing how it will affect parents, teachers and children, procedures, changes being made in the school etc.

No, my son is Y1 and will not be going back on 1st June. I worry about how he would deal with being in smaller groups, not with the same teacher, friends etc and don’t think it is worth the disruption for such a small amount of schooling anyway (assuming it is only part time schooling).

However, if he was in Y6 I probably would allow it as he could understand these arrangements better and would be more conscious of social distancing.

I do t think they will be going back on 1st June anyway.
The 5 government targets won't be met in time and it's not safe for the teachers.

No way will I be sending mine.

@Drivingdownthe101

Please could you show me where I’ve knocked people “all the time”. I made a comment following an exceptionally unclear announcement from our PM. I’ve seen and heard many confused people today, myself included.

For those who say “oh I know it’ll be part time”, I appreciate that and MN is a well educated demographic. The overall message from BJ was not that clear and many people are, understandably, confused. It should have been made clearer about a phased return to school. Not everyone is able to fully understand the complexities, that’s all. It’s going to be very challenging for parents to arrange childcare for a child in year 1 who’s only in 4 mornings a week and a child in year 6 who’s only in 3 afternoons a week. How on earth can working parents return to work without some clarity? I hope it’ll come and I’m sure it will but the message needs to be clear.

My Y6 really wants to be in because of all the rites of passage etc. But I'm shielding and have to weigh that against the small but definite risk that he could bring it home and kill me. It's going to suck to be a child from a shielding family even more than it does now

I am not at all concerned about my ds catching the virus. I've loved having him home but I think he'll learn more at school, so in he will go.