Are you taking your dc out of school early for Christmas?

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Mine officially finish on the 18th but I'm taking them out on the 11th to protect myself
(Clinically extremely vulnerable) and my elderly mum who is with us over Christmas. There have been 7 cases in ds's relatively small primary in the last week and at dds' secondary not a week goes by without a year having to isolate. It's been a shit year for everyone and Christmas is the one thing we've had to look forward to. We are in tier 3.
Anyone else doing the same?

I'm so glad this year has made so many people realise that school is not what's important and that learning doesn't just happened in a classroom 😊

Has it @HallieKnight?
It’s made me realise the opposite!

Dd has been sent home due to anxiety & ds is in alternate weeks and is on an online week from 11th onwards so it works out quite well.

Yes. School ends on Tuesday 22nd and we’re taking the dc out on Friday 18th which will give us an extra 4 days of shielding but only a day and a half of missed school. Last day is a party and there isn’t much work done at the end of term.

@raffle

Has it *@HallieKnight*? It’s made me realise the opposite!

It's ok that you failed, as long as you tried your best 😊

no, Im keeping them in school as much as I can, because they have missed enough school already.

I don't know.

I so desperately want to see my parents over Christmas.

No one is vulnerable so we wouldn't stay ar home but if they finish on 11th it avoids the potential of being told on 18th to isolate for 2 weeks.

I know it's selfish but mine are all early primary so I don't feel fussed from an education point of view.

No. I'm a secondary teacher working until 18th, daughter's dad is a college lecturer. Daughter attends primary school.We won't be seeing family over Christmas as a result.

No they’ve missed enough education and time with their friends

No. I would have considered it but DH is going into work everyday up to and including Christmas Eve.

@HallieKnight I think you have misunderstood. They completed all their school work, we didn’t fail to get any done?

However, school is most definitely the best place for my boys to learn. Both have ASD, the social learning just can’t be replicated anywhere else.

I won't be as not seeing anyone particularly vulnerable but still nervous about one of the kids having to isolate over Christmas.

No, there are very few circumstances in which I allow DC to miss school and this wouldn’t be one of them. But it’s personal choice and everyone has different circumstances.

Two of my girls have the option to stay home in the last week and participate in live online lessons instead (state secondary school). They have both chosen to go in. A poll on our parents' Facebook page has around 40% taking the offer, 40% sending their children in and 20% undecided, so no clear winning choice.

No. School is more important than anything else.

Yes we will be. We lost my DM earlier this year and we are the only people my DF will be able to see over Xmas. I'm not prepared to leave him on his own and not prepared to risk infecting him for the sake of a few days off school when they will likely be watching films and colouring in.

No, all children have missed so much school already. Every day counts.
My Dad would not be able to come for Xmas if DCs need to isolate, but I could visit him at home, and we could do Xmas dinner just the 4 of us.
It's not ideal but it is worth the risk for my children to not miss any school.

No. My parents are long gone, there's only been one case at school which only needed six children isolating (out of 800) and my child has exams this week and next.

No but we aren’t vulnerable or seeing anyone over Christmas.

Yes. I'm CEV have been cooped up for so long not seeing friends or family. I have the chance to stay with my mum for a few days and I'm buggered if I'm taking Covid with me as she and my brother are vulnerable. Don't want to take the kids out really, but I know the realities of schools at the moment. As for 'taking precautions at home' as a previous poster mentioned; it's just not remotely practical. You cannot socially distance from children. Those of us who are CEV are just having to live with the risk - it's exhausting!

Mine will be in until the last day. Our school have actually emailed that any child who misses the last week without proof of having to be off they will be pushing for fines and won’t be providing work for those children after discussions with other heads.

No because I'm a primary school teacher...so I don't finish until the 18th..

"Our school have actually emailed that any child who misses the last week without proof of having to be off they will be pushing for fines"

Proof? For 5 days? They sound deluded and completely unsupportive

Luckily DD finishes on the 11th anyway. I don't think I would take her out early though she would miss out on a lot of social stuff that is otherwise not possible with the restrictions

No, DH and I secondary teachers and don’t finish until the 18th. We will not be seeing anyone as a consequence.