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Will you be sending your child to school in lockdown?
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peacockfeather11 · 31/10/2020 20:47
I know they will be open, but I am curious to see if parents will feel they will be safer at home.
Bluewavescrashing · 31/10/2020 20:48
Yes. I'm a teacher too. In until the bitter end, whatever that might be!
BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 31/10/2020 20:49
As long as they are open, I will be sending mine.
3littlewords · 31/10/2020 20:49
Yes if anything it will be slightly safer due to limited interactions outside of school
Aroundtheworldin80moves · 31/10/2020 20:49
Primary school aged. Yes.
I admit to being more dubious if they were in lower secondary school. (Yrs7-10)
Dustysilkflowers · 31/10/2020 20:50
Yes!!!
KittyMcKitty · 31/10/2020 20:51
Yes - years 11 & 13 and I will be going to work in a secondary school too.
IcanandIwill · 31/10/2020 20:51
Yes, first lockdown had huge impact on mental health of my teen DD.
wheresmyhairytoe · 31/10/2020 20:51
Yes. DD's school has 1500 pupils plus all the staff and there's been 1 positive case.
mynameiscalypso · 31/10/2020 20:51
DS is in nursery but yes, definitely. His bubble is off at the moment because of a positive test and we're both really missing it.
CeramicGuineaPig · 31/10/2020 20:51
Of course. Year 6 and Year 8. DS 2 supposed to be doing 11 plus next Sat, don’t know what will happen here, assume it will be going ahead.
olivesonapizza · 31/10/2020 20:51
Yes.
Also I still don't get this "they will be safer at home" stuff. Covid is and always has been very low risk for children.
ASchuylerSister · 31/10/2020 20:52
Yes. Primary and secondary school.
Qasd · 31/10/2020 20:52
Yes!
MushMonster · 31/10/2020 20:52
Yes
Gunpowder · 31/10/2020 20:52
Mine are definitely going till they can’t.
SomewhereEast · 31/10/2020 20:52
Of course. I literally don't know a single parent who is anxious about Covid re their children - not one. The only anxiety I have heard expressed is that schools might close, which absolutely no parent I know wants.
thecakebadge · 31/10/2020 20:53
I’m not sure I understand the logic. Within a fairly short time of lockdown having started, won’t the risk start to decrease? If anything the highest risk time to send them to school is now. Once new measures come into place, the R should start to drop.
GaryTheDemon · 31/10/2020 20:53
Yes, of course.
Bumfuzzled · 31/10/2020 20:53
Yes
PleasantVille · 31/10/2020 20:53
Yes, definitely but I'm sure each parent will make their own mind up, are you researching for an article?
Popfan · 31/10/2020 20:53
Yes, Y8 child and I'm a primary school teacher.
Flamingopants · 31/10/2020 20:54
Y8 & Y12 will both be going in , make the most of teaching in person.
NoDramaMama14 · 31/10/2020 20:54
I really think that the schools should provide an option for remote learning to keep both teachers and parents safe. Lockdown 2.0 has the colder weather to complicate things further. Why does the government need the worse case scenarios to become a reality before they act??
3littlewords · 31/10/2020 20:54
@olivesonapizza
Also I still don't get this "they will be safer at home" stuff. Covid is and always has been very low risk for children.
Agree the safety of them if not vulnerable is probably negligible between school and home but most are worried about the children spreading it to the wider family who could be vulnerable
spagbog5 · 31/10/2020 20:54
Yes
Year 10 DD and older 2 will stay at uni
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