A third of confirmed teacher cases of coronavirus were in north-west England at one point, according to data seen exclusively by the BBC”

[motherrunner]

I posted this in another thread but I actually think it deserves a thread of it’s own.

Worrying article on BBC this morning: www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-54695618

This is what we teachers are really concerned about - the disparity of continued education. I’m in a Tier 2 area and my school have had 4 year closures since Sept. We are not unique - I don’t know a school in my city that has gone untouched. One school closed completely as over 20 teachers tested positive. This is just the first half term and anyone who works in a school know the real illnesses haven’t started yet. Going to be a tough year.

@Piggywaspushed

It's about general Risk of Infection, though patricia so I mentioned it in response to the person who suggested teachers never encountered any hazards or risks. It isn't meant to be Covid specific.

Oh yes. I suspect a version done now on what people see as their own risk of infection for CV specifically might look quite different!

Also - I think US class sizes are generally smaller, so I suspect teachers here are exposed to more children every day.

The irony of starting this thread this morning and then receiving a phone call from my Head an hour ago telling me I need to isolate as one of my pupils has tested positive.

This is the UK version with full explanations.

autonomy.work/portfolio/jari/#1585053337504-12a7d4b1-8c69

@motherrunner

The irony of starting this thread this morning and then receiving a phone call from my Head an hour ago telling me I need to isolate as one of my pupils has tested positive.

oh no! Sorry to hear that. Is that a 14 day isolation from your last contact with the student Mother? We heard of a positive staff member over half term but not in my bubble.

Gosh that's a bummer
Way to ruin half term
Although maybe not much left to ruin

[quote Piggywaspushed]This is the UK version with full explanations.

autonomy.work/portfolio/jari/#1585053337504-12a7d4b1-8c69[/quote]
Oh cool. Though they have still used the US responses, pre Covid, just mapped to UK occupancy classification. I still think UK teachers would probably (correctly) rate their exposure more highly right now than US teachers a year ago!

Yes, almost certainly!

@mrshoho Yes a 14 day isolation. It was already a pretty bleak half term hol anyway as we had a message Sat to say DS had to isolate for 14 days due to him being in contact with a positive.

And his contact was from his wraparound bubble AT SCHOOL!

On no double whammy. Hope you both stay well

Gutted morherrunner stay well.

Look what Oldham Council have to say about the school situation:

twitter.com/OldhamCouncil/status/1321059700981596161

Sparked some great responses!