Covid in dd’s school

Morfin · 08/09/2020 17:50

@Bearinasnowglobe

There’s a confirmed case in year 1, dd is reception and we’ve been told to send her in as normal but I was on the shielding list and I feel extremely tetchy about it. Is this happening all over the country?

Of course you are completely safe, children don't spread Corona, children don't spread Corona, children don't..... No idea how many times you need to chant it to make it true.

mondaynoon · 08/09/2020 17:51

Positive case in DS school too. They've been back 3 days.

Lockdownseperation · 08/09/2020 17:52

Yes it’s happening every where.

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Bearinasnowglobe · 08/09/2020 17:52

I’ve tried the chanting and sadly it didn’t help.

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JayDot500 · 08/09/2020 18:05

My DS is in reception and DH is extremely vulnerable. This is exactly the nightmare I don't need. Tbh, I know my husband would refuse to send him in, since we struggled to get to the point of sending him in in the first place.

sunseekin · 08/09/2020 18:09

Go with your gut @Bearinasnowglobe A dodgy tea could equal a tummy bug for the rest of the week. I really think shielding will come back soon but they push the limits too much for the economy. If it works in your world, I’d keep them off. Good luck 💐

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Bearinasnowglobe · 08/09/2020 18:12

School have been very insistent that they are to go in unless told otherwise - I feel as though it’s easy for them to say. I don’t understand why the message has been ‘children don’t get that ill so it’s all fine’ - the risk is the adults they infect!

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Keepdistance · 08/09/2020 18:15

Im not sending mine if there are cases at school.
Imo mine are just not taking it seriously enough.
Eg. Dc was just saying shes now switched desks 3 times. She says the last was due to boys kicking her chair - unlikely. But anyway. So now sat at a desk with no wipe down or anything.
She aldo thinks they arent doing hand gel when they get in...
Im sure it's all irrelevant as it's airborne. But!
And book bags are chucked in a box all together and they are giving out books.
The bubbles are too big.
Op how big are the bubbles in your school?
One of the infe ted schools said theirs (primary) were 180. Which is clearly ridiculous. Now all those have to stay home 2w. Rather than 30 parents.
As it's airborne though teachers and staff have to go through to get to the office etc. We have clubs on too. And of course siblings. Who can go in if their sibling is isolating (due to contact obv not ill)

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Bearinasnowglobe · 08/09/2020 18:17

The ‘bubble’ is 60 🙄
At ds’s secondary school it is 150.

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sunseekin · 08/09/2020 18:18

@Bearinasnowglobe

School have been very insistent that they are to go in unless told otherwise - I feel as though it’s easy for them to say. I don’t understand why the message has been ‘children don’t get that ill so it’s all fine’ - the risk is the adults they infect!

Exactly. It’s so so wrong.

Keepdistance · 08/09/2020 18:19

To be clear im mostly frustrated that thr gov guidelines allow all this.
They do seem to hsve backed away from surface transmission letting parks etc open. And not requiring clean clothes on kids.
But supposedly other bugs are surface so my dc will be off more than necessary having tests

Keepdistance · 08/09/2020 18:23

Ours is double intake too. But lots of twins in each class.
As a minimum schools could have been asked to move twins and ideally siblings in together.
Its a simple fix to reduce cobtacts of 30 down to 15. If household transmission is highest siblings more likely than other random child to have it. Mine are yr r and 4 so would be difficult for the teacher.

Risotto4tea · 08/09/2020 18:28

My SIL (alot younger than me!) has been back 2 days now has to isolate for 2 weeks cos someone in her bubble had it.
Another nearby school teacher is positive 5 teachers are now isolating but no pupils (no idea how they worked that out).
It going to be a very disrupted year....

HarveySchlumpfenburger · 08/09/2020 18:36

If she’s under statutory school age they can’t fine you. They might send you a threatening letter, but they can’t really do much about it legally.

When does she turn 5? You could always use your right to defer her until she reaches statutory school she later in the year.

ChaChaCha2012 · 08/09/2020 18:45

I don’t understand why the message has been ‘children don’t get that ill so it’s all fine’ - the risk is the adults they infect!

Because the government are only bothered about getting everybody back to offices, and for that to happen they need kids to be at school. They're not going to let inconvenient facts get in the way of that. Until it does, and then they'll find someone else to blame.

JayDot500 · 08/09/2020 18:46

@Bearinasnowglobe

School have been very insistent that they are to go in unless told otherwise - I feel as though it’s easy for them to say. I don’t understand why the message has been ‘children don’t get that ill so it’s all fine’ - the risk is the adults they infect!

Have you spoken to the Head 1:1? DS' school has a similar 'kids must attend' stance, but the Head was really empathetic when we met with her (I had emailed our situation first). We went in with the attitude of 'we want him to attend but his father's health is also important to our family'... She agreed. I said that I've been watching the figures and they are currently low, but he'll absolutely be absent as soon as numbers rise significantly, or there is a positive case in the school (there are plenty of siblings in the school). She told us how to register his absence

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There is a lot of pressure on teachers to keep things ticking along as if we're not in the middle of a pandemic, but they are human and some will be more supportive than others. I wish you luck with your DD and school

CKBJ · 08/09/2020 18:47

I would speak with the head and explain my concerns. If I wasn’t happy with what I was told then I would do whatever is necessary to protect my family-without being childish exactly what Cummings did,so why not! I’m sure the shielded will be back shielding soon with cases rising as they are.

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Bearinasnowglobe · 08/09/2020 18:55

But if we end up back with a shielding list - will that mean my dc can’t be in school anyway?

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Kmx123 · 08/09/2020 19:34

Few cases in my sons school ive pulled him out as there sibling are still in and mums still dropping them off surely if someone in your households tests positive you isolate as a family either way im not risking it considering deregistering drove past two other schools crowds of kids outside absolute shit show

Augustbreeze · 08/09/2020 19:39

Surely the school aren't allowing siblings of positive cases in? They shouldn't be.

Keepdistance · 08/09/2020 19:40

Yes if in your house. But unfortunately not if they are just the cobtacts ie the bubble sent home. Thier siblings can continue.

NurseNancyandDoctorDavid · 08/09/2020 19:43

Just had call from school, confirmed case in DD's class. She's to self isolate for 14 days.

NotAKaren · 08/09/2020 19:46

3 staff cases at DCs school when they had only been back in school for 3 days. Hearing similar from other schools, mainly staff cases.

EdwardCullensBiteOnTheSide · 08/09/2020 19:57

If there are any cases at our school I will keep mine off I think. Its at a neighbouring school already. My little girl started nursery today and they didn't hand gel her at any point so I'm uneasy about sending her at all while all of this is going on. But I'll likely lose the place if she doesn't go.

IceCreamAndCandyfloss · 08/09/2020 20:17

@EdwardCullensBiteOnTheSide

If there are any cases at our school I will keep mine off I think. Its at a neighbouring school already. My little girl started nursery today and they didn't hand gel her at any point so I'm uneasy about sending her at all while all of this is going on. But I'll likely lose the place if she doesn't go.

Unless you need nursery to work, I’d forfeit the place.