This is why I won't be sending my children back to school

[softjellycell]

1 primary school teacher tests positive for corona virus
18 children have come into contact with the virus
18 key workers have to stop work
30 teaching colleagues have to stop work and self isolate.
Key worker children no longer have any provision at that school.
Bristol May 14th 2020.

www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/live-coronavirus-updates-bristol-teacher-4135096

OP if you had actually read the story instead of jumping to conclusions then you would have read:

1 Teacher on the 5th May self isolated with mild symptoms, and has tested positive, but the school has stayed open.

So I'm not sure where you managed to get all the over so called information from other then your imagination.

But it's ok to judge those who aren't it seems

Is it? As I said above, this is not something I’ve seen. I’ve seen many who aren’t sending theirs to school attempting to sway those who are, being very vocal about their reasons, implying that they’re putting their children at risk, whereas the ones who are sending theirs back tend to be just getting on with it (until they feel the need to defend their decision against those who are judging).
It really is simple. If you don’t want yours to go to school and you have the means to keep them at home, don’t send them. It’s perfectly within your rights. That makes the situation easier for those who do want/need to send theirs for whatever reason, as numbers will be lower. It really is a win/win situation.

So I'm not sure where you managed to get all the over so called information from other then your imagination.

From the links published which you have been able to read. No imagination has been injured in the making of this thread.

and also from the school website - cut and pasted:

^Important Information re: Coronavirus

On Monday 11th May following extensive discussions with Public Health England and South Gloucestershire Council, Sheiling School took the decision to close on a temporary basis following the positive Covid-19 test results of two members of the educational staff.

Up to 18 vulnerable pupils were attending the school on a regular basis with up to 30 educational staff on site. The school has been following strict guidance on social distancing where possible, use of PPE and daily infection control cleaning but despite these rigorous measures, two members of staff have, very regrettably, tested positive for the virus.

The school will now undergo a deep clean and all staff and pupils will be tested for COVID-19.^

So now you are using different schools to try and prove your point.

Keep your kids at home and like the rest of don't judge others for making decisions which are best for their families.

Nothing going to change come September, we still going to have learnt to live with virus like we have with others.

I’ve seen many who aren’t sending theirs to school attempting to sway those who are, being very vocal about their reasons, implying that they’re putting their children at risk, whereas the ones who are sending theirs back tend to be just getting on with it (until they feel the need to defend their decision against those who are judging).

This.

@softjellycell

That's not the link in your OP. Your OP is talking about a teacher testing positive at Mangotsfield School.

The second link is about a special school in Thornbury.

@softjellycell my comment was not directed at you personally, it was a general “you”. If I meant to direct my comment specifically to you I would have tagged you.

So now you are using different schools to try and prove your point.

No. Other people mentioned a different school. In my OP the figures quoted match the figures of the cut and paste from the school website that I have referred to from the outset.

and like the rest of don't judge others for making decisions which are best for their families.

As I previously said, quote my post where I have been judgemental of people choosing to send their children to school. You won't be able to because I haven't been.

Posters who say they’ll refuse to send their children to school, will you still expect virtual learning to be provided?

The thing is if dc1’s pod has to isolate, does dc2’s have to because dcs mixed at home. Do the pods of other siblings?

Spoketosoon Yes from the school that two of my DCs go to which is remaining closed, no from the other school as they will be open.

@NoCaseToAnswer I agree that it is now naming a school, when I first read it it was a 'developing' story and did not name a school.

@Drivingdownthe101 Another one who wholeheartedly agrees with you.

If people decide to send their kids back fine but please don’t pretend it’s safe to do so. It’s convenient for Government to do so. They do not believe it’s safe. Have you watched Dr Fauci’s opinion or Gov Coumo in States. At least appreciate that the risks aren’t yet known with this novel virus but please don’t blindly believe the Government thinks it’s safe, they as yet don’t know!

Posters who say they’ll refuse to send their children to school, will you still expect virtual learning to be provided?

Why wouldn't they?

@softjellycell Thank you. As I said, I wasn't posting for sympathy, none of this is a race to the bottom, It just annoys me that so many on here fail to consider the wider picture then preach to the rest of us what they are doing and why.

You are also correct in what you say about vulnerable children not being required to attend, certainly not at my DS's amazing special school.

His school has been open throughout all of this for those who have needed it but as I am his full time carer, It would have been very wrong of me to send him, thus risking the teachers and TA's who literally make our life bearable. They are angels in disguise and in constant contact by email and phone, but it is in no way comparable to their physical presence.

I know they are desperate to get back to some form of normality and are missing the children as much as we are missing them. You have to be a very special person to do that job. I know I couldn't do it for any money. I do it because I love and adore my DS of course and as his Mum it IS my job, though not quite the job description I remember signing up for!

If it is the case that they cannot re-open until September, so be it, as social distancing is just not possible in that setting.

I think it's important we are given the choice to decide for ourselves when we send our children back.

Mine won't be going back yet. Possibly in 2021.

Picsinred - do you think attending school stops children and their mothers being hurt by men?! If only! Sadly this awful stuff will go on regardless.

seems nonsensical you can pool risk with no social distancing or ppe with a pod of 15 strangers' kids and by extension their households but not your own family members( from another household)

Oaktree55 I really don’t think that’s a helpful thing to say. Those of us who need to send ours back to keep a roof over our heads, or those of us whose children are really struggling at home for various reasons and we have decided that the benefits to them going to school outweigh the risks... do you think it’s at all supportive of those parents to be told that we’re only ‘pretending’ it’s safe to do so?
There are parents on other threads in absolute despair at home their children are regressing/struggling/suffering with their mental health in lockdown, and they’ve got people constantly throwing in their faces that the decision they’ve made in the best interests of their child isn’t ‘safe’.

@LEELULUMPKIN nothing to add to what you have said but much of what you have said about the teachers and TAs will apply to you too. I couldn't do what you are doing, every credit to you.

Why can’t we just quietly make our own decisions, and let other parents decide for themselves?

@softjellycell I think you need to check your links. The first is to do with a secondary school teacher the second a Special Needs School where as the article put its the teachers are in "intimate contact" with pupils.

By all means make the choice not to send. Personally I will be sending my Year 6 but feel that Reception and Year 1 is too young to understand.

Key workers will be tested and that includes teachers.