School year sent home-what guidance have others been given in this situation??

[Donuts000]

My daughter has been sent home for 14 days due to a case in her year.

They are saying she needs to self isolate, should she be in our family bubble or should she be isolated on her own (I don't think that's fair). We have been given no guidance.

I am due to have treatment at hospital next week so I have to keep away from her but I have isolated myself rather than her so my partner can see her.

I wish there was more info from public health or the school, we have only been told low risk of transmission whatever that means, no idea of when the child who was positive was last in school but I assume if there had been close contact we would have been contacted by track and trace by now.

What guidance have other parents been given if their child has been sent home??

Thanks

About the same tbh. Dd's sixth form bubble has been sent home. I'm one of the few keeping her in. I'm a bit shocked that many of them are still mixing. We're not snuggling up but I'm not keeping her in her room either.

I'm interested in this too, the letter home from school says to carry on as normal and no need to isolate for a case in DDs year but I thought they should be isolating for the 14 days they're off school?

DC has been told to self isolate for 14 days due to a close contact case in one of her lessons. The guidance says that the rest of the family can carry on as normal unless someone displays symptoms. However, until I know otherwise I have taken the cautious approach that we might have it. Aside from essential things like school for DC2 we are limiting our social contacts as a family just to be safe an avoid spreading it. DH & I had recently returned to the gym but think it's best to avoid this and DC2 is not going to extracurricular activities or seeing friends outside of school. I find the idea of unknowingly spreading it to others impacting their health or work more worrying than the idea of getting ill the virus .

Exactly, I don't want to take it into the hospital even if it's only a small chance. The problem is I have no idea if she has had close contact or not. We haven't been anywhere and my partner is working alone at the moment so that's fine, I'm just confused whether she should be isolating from the whole family.

My son, 14, was sent home for 14 days due to a case in one lesson of an options class where he sat sone distance from the confirmed case.

He's been told to self isolate and he will remain in the house. Bit hard in a house of 4 to keep separate though and tbh I'm not doing it to him. Ostracising him in his own house. He's suffering enough being off school, missing and not getting the full remote work.

As a family we are not seeing relatives or really going anywhere though. Obviously nobody is allowed to visit us.
We're in local lockdown anyway.

@Donuts000

Exactly, I don't want to take it into the hospital even if it's only a small chance. The problem is I have no idea if she has had close contact or not. We haven't been anywhere and my partner is working alone at the moment so that's fine, I'm just confused whether she should be isolating from the whole family.

Yes, she should be SI from the rest of the family. My son should, but it's impossible and we will not enforce this.

They're treated as 'Contacts of people who have had a positive'

www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-for-contacts-of-people-with-possible-or-confirmed-coronavirus-covid-19-infection-who-do-not-live-with-the-person/guidance-for-contacts-of-people-with-possible-or-confirmed-coronavirus-covid-19-infection-who-do-not-live-with-the-person

Oh and I might add that his twin brother is still at school, going out there every day.

I told my employers, but am still required in work for meetings.

How old is she?
It's a bit different isolating a 17 year old from doing the same with a 7 year old.

My DC is at primary school, so I can't isolate her away from the rest of the family. I cannot expect young children to spend 2 weeks without contact with their parents, and she won't do any school work without me constantly sat next to her. DC2 won't even go in the bathroom without me or go to sleep without me sitting right next to her, so there is no way on earth we could do it to her.
DC1 is currently at home self-isolating due to a positive case in her bubble, DC2 is going to school whenever we can get her there without leave DC1 at home on her own (about half of the week), DH was WFH still anyway but needs to start going back to his office this week, and I am going out to work in a job that involves close contact with many very vulnerable people.

I think she only has to isolate from the family if she herself displays symptoms.

@CamelotSweetheart

How old is she? It's a bit different isolating a 17 year old from doing the same with a 7 year old.

@CamelotSweetheart - she is 13

There is so much confusion out there, I have just been reading a similar thread. You would think Public Health England would have 1 document that can be sent out to parents by schools telling them EXACTLY what they have to do, as long as there is confusion people will still be doing things they shouldn't be doing.

I have looked at the guidelines and it looks like the rest of the household can carry on as normal unless DD develops symptoms which is really stupid becuase she could still have it with no symptoms anyway. There seems little point asking bubbles to stay home unless their family also have to, if the children sent home do have it then their family probably do too.

They really need to make bubbles a LOT smaller. I want my DD to be at school but I just don't see how any of this can work without smaller manageable bubbles.

@Theimpossiblegirl

About the same tbh. Dd's sixth form bubble has been sent home. I'm one of the few keeping her in. I'm a bit shocked that many of them are still mixing. We're not snuggling up but I'm not keeping her in her room either.

There definitely needs to be clearer guidance from Public Health sent from schools when parents are first told about staying home.

@foolishlyfoolish

I'm interested in this too, the letter home from school says to carry on as normal and no need to isolate for a case in DDs year but I thought they should be isolating for the 14 days they're off school?

Hi, your DD should be siolating but the rest of the family don't have to unless she develops symptoms (I think !!!)

@Donuts000
Absolutely. I don't blame the school though, they've been doing their best with a shit situation.

@middleager

My son, 14, was sent home for 14 days due to a case in one lesson of an options class where he sat sone distance from the confirmed case.

He's been told to self isolate and he will remain in the house. Bit hard in a house of 4 to keep separate though and tbh I'm not doing it to him. Ostracising him in his own house. He's suffering enough being off school, missing and not getting the full remote work.

As a family we are not seeing relatives or really going anywhere though. Obviously nobody is allowed to visit us.
We're in local lockdown anyway.

I agree, its too cruel to leave them on their own all the time, although she is enjoying hours of unrestricted xbox time! If it wasn't for my health and the hospital thing next week I wouldn't be as worried about it. We are currently sitting in 3 separate rooms doing our own thing.

[quote Theimpossiblegirl]@Donuts000
Absolutely. I don't blame the school though, they've been doing their best with a shit situation.[/quote]
I think they are doing their best and DDs school are following all the guidance but they still have 2 whole year groups off in less than 2 weeks of school starting. I think the whole bubble thing should be re-thought by the gov/public health so that bubbles are smaller.

Schools are trying to deal with an impossible situation and I really wouldnt want to be a school head right now for all the money in the world

They've always acknowledged that children can't and shouldn't isolate within the home, also the expectation is (as you mention) that if one in a household gets it, everyone does - although actually this doesn't necessarily happen.

In your situation I'd try and distance from her as much as you both feel is possible. Remember things like lots of ventilation for the room she's in, as current evidence is that airborne transmission is the highest risk.

@Augustbreeze

They've always acknowledged that children can't and shouldn't isolate within the home, also the expectation is (as you mention) that if one in a household gets it, everyone does - although actually this doesn't necessarily happen.

In your situation I'd try and distance from her as much as you both feel is possible. Remember things like lots of ventilation for the room she's in, as current evidence is that airborne transmission is the highest risk.

Thanks, that's what I'm doing, I have isolated myself completely rather than isolating her and my partner is keeping his distance as much as possible. Luckily she is at them age where she can't wait to get away from us, lol and is loving the extra screen time without me nagging at her. The windows have been wide open all day too

Both my children have been sent home to isolate for 14 days - one in KS3 (class isolation) one in KS4 (whole year).

The guidance is ridiculously confusing, and is focussed on someone who has symptoms, who has been contacted by track and trace, or who has had a positive test - none of which are the case for us.

I know parents who are keeping their children in the house for 14 days, and trying to stay separate; parents who are minimising contact but allowing outside under certain conditions (e.g. walks in remote areas); and even some who are just leaving their kids to do whatever (partly because they have to go to work). Some parents have even taken their kids to the school playground to pick up their other kids.

I have no faith that this won't happen repeatedly, and tbh its worse than the previous lockdown. Not letting young people to get any exercise for a 14 week period, and then sending them back to school where there only needs to be 1 in 150 who gets a positive test before it all starts again.

Sorry 14 DAY period (although feels like 14 weeks!)

@Donuts000 you could read the "paused" NHS guidance for those shielding on how to keep separate within the home too, although it's not for the faint-hearted! Eg can she use a separate bathroom?

[quote Augustbreeze]@Donuts000 you could read the "paused" NHS guidance for those shielding on how to keep separate within the home too, although it's not for the faint-hearted! Eg can she use a separate bathroom?[/quote]
I'm using a separate bathroom and hospital have said op can go ahead. I'm still isolating until Thursday.
It's been 10 days since her "exposure" and she's fine (could still be asymptotic I suppose).
There are kids in her year who have been out but that's up to their parents I guess. Public health should be telling parents their kids need to stay home not just don't go into school-no wonder it's spreading 🙄