For those parents who fear the reopening of schools

[jomartin281271]

There are many parents around the country who don't believe the government's propaganda that schools are safe. If you are one of them, you can connect with other like-minded parents on this Facebook group.
Boycott Return To Unsafe Schools.

www.facebook.com/groups/657607021743154

Let it lie

Thanks

Someone here also recommended the FB group "Temporary Home Education Families", which has over 8,500 members and has a lot of useful and practical advice and support on making decisions.

5 (already sick) children out of 11.7 million. Tragic for the parents yes...but seriously get a grip!

@amylou8 People aren't necessarily worried about the children getting ill, as like you said, most have recovered fine. They're worried about the virus spreading to teachers and other school staff, to more vulnerable family members, or they themselves have risk factors.
Schools aren't some kind of vacuum, in fact they're the opposite - they're at the heart of the community.

People do things all the time because of their own family circumstances (eg. home school, send their kids private, hire tutors, send them to after-school clubs, or don't. They hire childcare or do it themselves). Nothing in parenting is one size fits all, and judging people here is ridiculous because you can't know their circumstances - where they are in the country for example, as the risk factors are so, so variable by area. This is such a hard decision for everyone. Please don't be so unkind.

^^^ What she said.

[quote duffeldaisy]**@amylou8* People aren't necessarily worried about the children getting ill, as like you said, most* have recovered fine. They're worried about the virus spreading to teachers and other school staff, to more vulnerable family members, or they themselves have risk factors.
Schools aren't some kind of vacuum, in fact they're the opposite - they're at the heart of the community.

People do things all the time because of their own family circumstances (eg. home school, send their kids private, hire tutors, send them to after-school clubs, or don't. They hire childcare or do it themselves). Nothing in parenting is one size fits all, and judging people here is ridiculous because you can't know their circumstances - where they are in the country for example, as the risk factors are so, so variable by area. This is such a hard decision for everyone. Please don't be so unkind.[/quote]
Perfect summary yes.

The disrespect and sheer superior tone on many of these threads from some posters is so unnecessary. Why can people not share in a discussion without resorting to this?

De register. Home school. Simple.

Completely agree - de register and home school for good, it will never be safe enough for a lot of the hysteria I have seen on here.

No it's not simple to de-register and home school. If your children are happily settled in a school, then the disruption would be enormous, having to de-register. If it's a high-infection area then the year/school may have to close within a few weeks anyway.

People who are concerned about safety aren't necessarily the same people who actively want to home-school. If they end up having to, and then the virus is gone by Easter, then what? They'll have to re-apply for places, and if they can't get one in their nearest school, their children may have longer journeys, or the family may have to move to find a new place, and friendships could be difficult to maintain. Hopefully that won't happen, but again depending on area, that can be a risk. This is why so many people are torn (and I'm one of them), because conditions that make you vulnerable to this virus do not mean you're on death's door already.

Nothing about this is easy at all for some people. If it's an easy decision for you then I'm very happy for you.

Amylou8, stylesbyserpents, wizzbangfizz....

clearly this post was for those who have concerns as title states not for those of you who have none.
I assume if you have no concerns about school during the virus you wouldnt need support at this time
So if your happy with the school plans during covid just send your children and deal with any covid related closures.
But dont harass parents who are concerned and needing support because this doesnt help them and i cant see what difference it will male to you

"So if your happy with the school plans during covid just send your children and deal with any covid related closures.
But dont harass parents who are concerned and needing support because this doesnt help them and i cant see what difference it will male to you"

This exactly. There doesn't seem to be a single thread on this that hasn't been jumped on by people dismissing concerns. It's hard to find support/suggestions on here without also having to read through a whole lot of comments that just inflame your stress.

I'm a teacher and I've been in school all through. So no, I have no time for those who don't want to send their kids back. Do or don't. Just don't expect us to provide you with home school resources or kerp your school place open.

In a past post I recall Wizzbangfizz moaned that teachers needed to adapt to a new way of working for all this. Ok, well that’s what people who want a safer way of opening are asking for. A new safer way not just kamikaze open as usual. Oh right I guess she just means she wants her to adapt to what suits her not what’s safe. I don’t want to homeschool my kid I want to send them to safe schools with social distancing

I wouldn't expect home school resources - have been researching those myself. It is just having the flexibility that is okay in Wales, but not in England. I appreciate it's not at all easy for teachers, and I wouldn't want to do anything to create more work for them. But at the end of the day, it is a decision to make that could mean life or death for close relatives, and it is upsetting when your kids have been part of a school environment and community to hear that teachers would just prefer them to drop out entirely, rather than be allowed to join when cases have dropped in the area.

"I don’t want to homeschool my kid I want to send them to safe schools with social distancing"
Exactly the same. And at the moment, judging not by the school (because it's doing all it possibly can) but by its size and layout, it doesn't feel that it can possibly made properly safe.

duffeldaisy - isn’t it compulsory in Wales too? I’m in Wales which is why I’m asking. I’ll be delighted if it isn’t.

Well, I'm not sure, it probably still is, but they're not fining parents who don't send their kids back immediately there.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53349005

*so hopefully that's a bit of a relief Lockdownfatigue!

i wish there was another way but there are parents who work to keep a roof above their childs head and food in their tummy and they cant work and look after their kid at the same time.

i dont want to send my kid back to school and working from home im lucky to have a choice but not every body has a choice.

i think there will be a second wave because of kids going back to school possibly but all we can do is prey the gods look after us and help us. we need to work at being deserving first though perhaps.

Nothing in parenting is one size fits all, and judging people here is ridiculous because you can't know their circumstances - where they are in the country for example, as the risk factors are so, so variable by area. This is such a hard decision for everyone.

Agree with this. Feel really conflicted, wish I felt certain one way or another!

@amylou8
Totally agree with you

Thank you duffeldaisy, the emails from school were quite insistent but wales have always been more lenient on fines, our school authorises term times holiday with no issue.

[quote duffeldaisy]**@amylou8* People aren't necessarily worried about the children getting ill, as like you said, most* have recovered fine. They're worried about the virus spreading to teachers and other school staff, to more vulnerable family members, or they themselves have risk factors.
Schools aren't some kind of vacuum, in fact they're the opposite - they're at the heart of the community.

People do things all the time because of their own family circumstances (eg. home school, send their kids private, hire tutors, send them to after-school clubs, or don't. They hire childcare or do it themselves). Nothing in parenting is one size fits all, and judging people here is ridiculous because you can't know their circumstances - where they are in the country for example, as the risk factors are so, so variable by area. This is such a hard decision for everyone. Please don't be so unkind.[/quote]
What @duffeldaisy said too! Spot onz