School have given us the choice whether to send DS1 in after June and can't make up my mind

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Just that.

DS1 is year 10 and the school are offering a full time timetable on site or we can continue with online lessons (which have been very good)

Absolutely no idea what to do as I don't want him to feel he's missing out on the social side but do have concerns re health and safety.

I appreciate the risk is low but is any risk worth it.

Any opinions gratefully received

Have a search, there have been many MANY threads on this probably covering all possible opinions.

As he is year 10, have you discussed it with him? He is old enough to have his own opinions and learn to start assessing risk for himself, although of course you will have the final say.

Thank you. He has said he would rather br at home but it could be because it id the easy option rather than the right one.

I'll search out some other threads

If he prefers home and you are undecided I would go with that.

I think I'd encourage him to go but respect his wishes if he didn't want to

If I had a year 10 and they were still offering good online lessons, I'd go with online lessons, but make sure there are also clubs and summer clubs, online, for him.

@happilybemused.

You can start your own thread 🌷😊

There have been a lot of threads, but that's the way MN is & it's allowed!

That aside, the vast majority are re the yR, Y1 & Y6. Quite a different thing to your Y10DS.

However, I'm going to helpfully say -I'm not sure!!

Y9 is doing a full timetable on Teams and her (admittedly private) school has been fabulous- complete 'live' timetable other activities, pastoral care etc. Can not fault it. Plus she's pretty self motivated & just gets on with the work set etc.

Friend has 3. School sending work, but no 'live' classes. Her eldest is Y11 Studying hard knows what she wants. Y9 lying on the sofa attached to fun screen. (And SO hard to motivate or make do anything!! ) Y7 bit if a people pleaser, so doing what the teachers ask, but they're not asking much.

Sounds like your DS would really be benefit from being back, but I'd feel awful making him if not many are going back. Does he have a mate that if he was going back he'd be more enthusiastic?

Personally I don't think teachers should be going back if they have any underlying issues (diabetes,high blood pressure,people at home who are shielding/vulnerable etc) or even if they just feel unsure

I don't think people should be together in a room for 1-2 hours with no PPE UNTIL the R rate us MUCH lower & treatment /admissions improved.

Don't envy you having to decide.

I am slightly different op mine is yr 6 so due to transfer up to secondary in Sept .I am not sending my DC back .We have discussed it , i work in community care so need keep our risk to a minimum. But DC own decision as much as they are missing their friends they don't want to go while it is so different. School have said they will still send work home which my DC is doing online really well .

Thanks everyone.

He's doing a full timetable of zoom lessons which will continue for those pupils not going back so does have more options than some.

Ive currently said i'm sending him back but if nobody else does and continues online I may reconsider.

Thanks again