I thought it had been proved Covid couldn’t be transferred via paper?!

[QueenofmyPrinces]

When my son came home from school on Friday he had a letter with him to say that due to cases rising they could no longer deal with paper.

Their homework exercises used to come home Printed on A4 paper, we’d complete them on the paper, and then send it back in but it’s now been stopped.

I can’t tell whether paper going between schools and home is a risk or whether it’s an attempt to look like they’re doing something?

Bearing in mind that each child gets sent home reading books to read at home and then take them back to the classroom, which are then shared amongst all the other children, it seems a bit hypocritical to say they can’t accept pieces of paper coming into the school?!

I haven't seen anything convincing that it can't be transferred via paper. Some that it's unlikely, but no proof.

Lots of schools are doing what your school is doing & the books are being quarantined for 72 hours when they go back.

I'm happy to do whatever we can to reduce any risk to school staff, even if it's only a tiny risk.

This is a little ironic though.

When my son came home from school on Friday he had a letter with him to say that due to cases rising they could no longer deal with paper

Are they not getting any homework now then? Personally I'd be happy with that.

Are they not getting any homework now then? Personally I'd be happy with that.

It’s all online now which means everything is going to take 10 times longer.

At least when it was on paper my son could happily sit and do the work himself but now it’s online we are going to have to find the time to sit down together to do it (which I don’t mind doing with him) and then watch my son slowly type out all the answers whilst I point out to him where all the right numbers and letters are on the keyboard

I would have thought that it is to save paper and therefore money as well

I can’t tell whether paper going between schools and home is a risk or whether it’s an attempt to look like they’re doing something?

The latter. Security theatre at its most absurd.

@QueenofmyPrinces

Are they not getting any homework now then? Personally I'd be happy with that.

It’s all online now which means everything is going to take 10 times longer.

At least when it was on paper my son could happily sit and do the work himself but now it’s online we are going to have to find the time to sit down together to do it (which I don’t mind doing with him) and then watch my son slowly type out all the answers whilst I point out to him where all the right numbers and letters are on the keyboard

I would offer to scribe for him & get him to do a 10 min touch typing lesson at the end- after a couple of weeks he won’t need a scribe any more! (There are loads of free ones my kids are using typing.com)

They sent you a piece of paper to inform you how dangerous pieces of paper are...

Yep, all paper (or books) quarantined for three days.
Online work doesn't have to mean typing - apps like Show My Homework, Teams as well - they can write the homework and you take a photo of it and upload it.

My kids school won't send home paper homework or reading books due to covid. However they will send home a spelling sheet but we cannot send it back in, we have to photograph the completed sheet and email the picture, marketing leaflets and sweets and cakes