Is your year 2/3/4/5 primary school child going back before the summer?

[Adelais]

My dd is in year 2 and we were told last week that no other years could go back as there wasn’t enough classrooms available, no surprise there. Today we’ve been told that she can go back for 2 days for ‘transition’ days with her new teacher and half her new class. To enable this they are closing 2 weeks early for the other years that are back already (year 1 etc) so that the non returning years can go back for 2 day’s each.

Just interested what other schools are doing? It seems it’s been left to schools to decide what to do now.

Year 2 and 4 - both back 2 days a week.

Our primary has taken R and Yr1 but are only offering one day to say farewell to Y6.

Nothing for years 2-5, which includes two of my DC.

We desperately need some guidance for September - I am trying to work out if I should plan home-based childcare or massively reduce/give up my work (self-employed) and some notice would be helpful! No idea how many children I will have here at a time.

Feeling a bit depressed about it all, TBH. So grateful for my youngest's preschool who have been amazing and enabled him to return and finish his time there.

Yes because we are in Wales

Dd is year 5 and she won't be back before September.

Nope.

@minipie normal class size is between 17 and 22.
About 10% of children are either shielding or have shielding parents, so don’t come back this term. For some classes, that’s enough to go to 15.
For some others, they group according to ability and have roped in teachers that are fully qualified primary teachers, but usually teach specialty subjects, and both Sencos are roped in as additional TAs. SLT took over non- teaching tasks that other staff usually do (like directing traffic, organising parking, doing storytime via zoom link to give teachers a break ...) and are available as emergency teachers in case s teacher or TA gets sick. It feels very much like “all hands on board” situation, i’m very impressed.
They are also utilising all rooms, including hall and canteen.

Thanks myself2020. Are they also doing remote learning for the children staying home? Massive effort if so! Well done to them.

@minipie the remote learning is refused, so no full zoom curriculum but kids have access to sessions from specialist teachers (done via zoom into the classrooms anyway), are given all the material the kids in class are doing, and get their work send back with feedback.
They are absolutely amazing.

reduced, not refused! silly autocorrect

Y2s round here are at capacity for key workers. But the schools are planning to get every child in before summer. Even just for half a day. Let's hope that will happen.