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?

@Flowers2020bloom I'm a teacher. If you want to see elderly parents and can do it without any issues for yourself work wise I would.

Yes, not due to finish till 23rd. Do not want to be self isolating over Christmas even though not seeing family. Will finish on 18th ( if we make it that far!) All they will miss is watching the first half of lots of DVDs as they move round classes. I'm sure the teachers will be glad to see fewer kids in school!

"All they will miss is watching the first half of lots of DVDs"

Haha, it really irritates me that schools do this. Why on earth would you watch just a bit of a film? Bizarre

Yes, He's 7 and in laws are not in best health MIL specifically having been told to see each day as a gift while they try and sort out a liver transplant. We'll all be quarantining for those 14 days (neither of us work) but in the likelihood that we lose MIL next year it will be well worth it.

Nope. School is far more important than a 1 Day jolly.

My kids will see their grandparents 14 days after they break up. 2 of the 4 it might be their last Xmas. We'll wave at them and raise a glass in the garden but as their grandpa says he's had 86 family Christmases. One more is neither here nor there.

I'm quite surprised by the number of people who are going to. I think it's fairly disrespectful to teachers who've moved heaven and earth to keep teaching.

To those taking their children out, what reason are you going to give when you call school?
Wondering how many would be ok with it, assume they’ll be expecting many absent.

I won't be as (post above) he's now self isolating.

But ours is an automated telephone service to leave details, I'd just have said he wouldn't be in today.

Nope. We finish on the 23rd. Kids need as much time at school as possible.

@MrJinxyCat we'll tell them that they are self isolating- and they will be.

Yes, very vulnerable grandparent who is probably celebrating their last christmas ( amazed we got this far) I will be speaking to the school tomorrow to arrange it. I don't expect work but will ensure that my dc (primary) is doing educational activities while we isolate.

Anyone know why five days pre-contact with grandparent is ok? Mine finish 18th. Elderly mother lives alone and wants to come for Christmas. If we wait till 23rd is that a good gap? Sorry, have Googled and getting nowhere. Thanks.

@horseymum isolating from the 18th still won’t help you over Xmas if they have to isolate for 14days? To be clear for 24th Dec they would have to isolate from 10th?

So your extremely vulnerable but your children only need to be absent from school for these 2 weeks to protect you 🤔 what about all the other weeks they have been in school were you not vulnerable then? Does not make sense fair enough you want to see your mum which would make sense saying keeping them of so can see her but she's your bubble so assuming you have been seeing her anyway.

My remaining school-aged child breaks up on 9th, so no bloody way are they finishing any earlier than that!

Nope. Kids have missed enough school already. We are having a quiet Christmas as the virus is still an issue and therefore don't need to compromise my child's education.

Talk on playground at DS primary school is teachers expecting a high absence level in last week of term. All Xmas things: Xmas dinner, recording of nativity,Xmas carol singing again recording, end of term treat all happening this week rather than next week.

I am surprised to get to page 5 of this thread and not one person has mentioned about risk school poses of dc not being able to see their non-resident parent over xmas hols....
I am tempted to keep my dc out after Friday not because anyone is vulnerable in the family or that we want to see older relatives etc but because I do not want to risk being contacted by school to say that they have been in contact with a positive case on 18th (last day of school) and need to self-isolate for 2 weeks as then they will miss out on seeing their dad and other siblings over Christmas and new year. When it was ds' birthday he had to forgo his usual weekend contact with his dad as his class bubble has burst and he had to self-isolate. It just feels like high chance that one of the dc's bubbles will burst in next 2 weeks and then xmas plans will all go to pot!

None of my classes will be watching DVDs, I can assure you! I hate that!

No but can see why some people would be tempted.

Gosh @Someonesayroadtrip where are you in Wales if you don't mind my asking. I'm from the Gogledd and not too bad up there as far as I can make out.

we were supposed to be finishing on the 22nd but the county has told all schools to close on the 18th and provide 'home learning' for those last two days (yeah right) specifically to reduce the chances of self isolating over christmas. Very few complaints though 18th still feels a bit close to the wire.

Yeah they'll miss the last week. I can't risk the year bubble closing and having to isolate over the few days that we can actually have family over, possibly for the next few months. It's not some selfish jolly up. We miss them so much.

"None of my classes will be watching DVDs, I can assure you! I hate that!"

@IHeartKingThistle I wasn't complaining about teachers putting a dvd on, just to be clear. It's the half a dvd I have issue with 😂

@CrownAddict at our hospital you have to isolate for 7 days prior to surgery. Though 5 days seems to be the incubation period and should be sufficient, 7 will be safer.

Depends, if local cases rise then possibly. The school have already asked parents to be extra cautious in the next 2 weeks and keep children home if they feel unwell even if they would normally send them in, so both teachers and families are not sick or needing to isolate over Christmas.

@flowerycurtain

Nope. School is far more important than a 1 Day jolly.

My kids will see their grandparents 14 days after they break up. 2 of the 4 it might be their last Xmas. We'll wave at them and raise a glass in the garden but as their grandpa says he's had 86 family Christmases. One more is neither here nor there.

I'm quite surprised by the number of people who are going to. I think it's fairly disrespectful to teachers who've moved heaven and earth to keep teaching.

You are not allowed to see people after 14 days.. One could argue that’s disrespectful too...