If a child positive in school class...

[cherrybakewellll]

Forgive my stupidity here, if a child in my child's class is tested as positive, meaning my child has been in contact and should isolate, is it my whole household who have to isolate or just my child?

Just your child, unless they start with symptoms, then you will need to get them tested. If they are positive, your household will need to isolate.

Hello, we had this.only the child in the bubble with the positive child needs to isolate, unless they get symptoms. If they get symptoms then all of you need to isolate until they’ve been tested, if negative then carry on with the original quarantine conditions, if positive then all continue isolating for 14 days, if anyone gets symptoms during that time then test etc etc

So confusing!

Just the child which is stupid in primary schools as if not like you can leave a 7 year old to go shopping, go to work, school run for other children.

Just the child. If they get symptoms then you all do.

Like he rest of it it's complete bollocks.

You're not stupid, it is confusing. There is actually quite a good graphic explaining it on the BBC news website.

The class might not even need to isolate. In some schools it's only 'close contacts' within the class that need to isolate.

Here's a link
www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-54239922

Thank you. Son is year 3. The school is saying we would need to keep siblings home too, so I'll have my year 5 son home too.

I feel so sorry for the teacher!

DD's school are going with the close contacts only. Which in theory isn't a bad idea and they're sticking to seating plans to make it easier to identify 'close contact'. But I'm not sure how they are taking break time and lunchtime into account when they can socialise within the whole year 'bubble'

My year 9 has to self isolate due to a positive in his year. School phoned the close contacts of the child to make them aware and the rest of us received an email.

My son found out yesterday he walks home with the child, so a close contact! But school were obviously unaware of this, they just called those who sat near him in lessons.

Just your child but if the child's young it means a parent having to stay home with them. But it does mean one parent can to work if that applies or you can go shopping etc.

I'm assuming it would be the whole class in my daughter's school. No strict seating plan. She's already had to sit next to 6 of her peers and that was within 8 days of her starting.

I don't understand why it wouldn't be the whole class anyways. If child A sits next to child B but in the playground child A plays with child C and child B plays with child D but child C and D sit next to child E and F but E and F play with ... you get my point. Shouldn't it just end up the whole class anyways to be on the safer side. How is playground play monitored. Do they rely on pupils recall who they played with to get their play close contacts?

Initially, the Government advised to close whole bubbles if 1 positive case, now it's just close contacts. Such a confusing time.

my 12 year old had to isolate for week due to a positive in one class. But the rest of us (including my 9 year old) could go out as usual.

@Beamur

Just your child, unless they start with symptoms, then you will need to get them tested. If they are positive, your household will need to isolate.

That’s not quite right If your child gets symptoms, you all have to isolate even before they get a positive test result

Yep I understand now. If any one of us in the household shows symptoms we will all isolate accordingly.

We are in a very low case area but at this rate, I think I'll be in hibernation until god knows when

Track and trace requirements say only the potentially exposed person has to isolate.
www.gov.uk/guidance/nhs-test-and-trace-how-it-works#part-2-people-who-have-had-close-contact-with-someone-who-has-coronavirus

If the child shows symptoms then you all have to isolate. Your post said they don’t have to until there is a positive result which is not quite correct

My sons school has had a case today and think they have sent a few kids home who was in contact with the child but no one else. Luckily it's a older child then mine and in a separate building.

Sal

Is anyone else starting to see the world like a massive Venn diagram?

School update whole year sent home now with guidance from public health England for 14 days but siblings in other year group can still go in.

Sal