Keeping DCs off school

[NotAKaren]

Anyone else keeping their DCs off school in advance of Christmas. Given Boris's advice to reduce contacts from Friday I am thinking of keeping both DC at home tomorrow and Friday so our contacts are reduced in advance of seeing MIL for Christmas. They are mostly watching films and doing fun quizzes at school and it seems like a big risk mixing with so many in for not a lot of educational benefit right now. I realise that this does not eliminate all risk but right now I feel like every day is like roulette.

Keeping them off Friday too

My DD has spontaneously developed a really nasty case of conjunctivitis from today, oh dearie me.

They've been off all week. We started isolating Friday so we will have all isolated for 14 days prior to meeting.

Surely you didn't need Boris to tell you that isolating prior to seeing a vulnerable family member was the safest thing to do?

Nope. They have a house video to present, exam results to go through and so on. Mine will be going every day school is open.

DD has been off isolating since last Wednesday. The boys had their last day at nursery on Monday, I’m choosing not to send them next week.

Surely you didn't need Boris to tell you that isolating prior to seeing a vulnerable family member was the safest thing to do?

Why is there so much sneeriness on this site? 🙄

Yep. Until this week I was very much in the "keep them in school as long as it's open" camp but there are just more and more cases and DS's school, and I realised yesterday that if he has a contact at school, he'd be isolating over Christmas.
So, he stayed home today and will do so tomorrow. Friday was due to be a home schooling day anyway but I don't think much will get done.

I just couldn't risk not seeing my family at Christmas. My mum is in our support bubble as she lives alone so we could technically see her if any of us are isolating but we haven't been doing that. If we had to isolate now, it would be the choice between putting my mum at risk or letting her spend Christmas on her own and neither is particularly appealing for the sake of 2 days at school.

I've been completely honest with school and said that I'll get DS to complete whatever learning they put up on the online platform.

Yes, was all for having them in school as I have to work but got called at lunchtime on Monday to pick up my year 1 child as a child in his class had tested positive and then it dawned on me that should my older child's bubble go into isolation then christmas would be ruined. I decided to keep him off and was honest with the school about it, the absence won't be authorised but I don't care.

My mum is coming over and I've seen her once this year, if we are isolating she wouldn't come.
Thankfully the change to 10 days isolation means we are safe for Xmas so long as my child doesn't develop symptoms so I have everything crossed.

*Surely you didn't need Boris to tell you that isolating prior to seeing a vulnerable family member was the safest thing to do?

@myhobbyisouting*

This sort of reply is incredibly annoying!!
It is ok to have a discussion and hold different opinions about things. I don't understand why people need to be mean!

Ds will be going in until the last day, as will I (I'm a teacher) we really don't have much choice. Our Christmas plans are severely restricted though and we'll both be taking tests just before the festive season starts. It's all we can do really 🤷‍♂️

I don't have such choice.
One DS on his sixth isolation, one at a school that's closed the year group.

I'd give anything for them to be in school, but their schools are rife with cases.

I haven’t sent mine this week.

I’m not risking their Christmas after a year of crap birthday’s.

"This sort of reply is incredibly annoying!!
It is ok to have a discussion and hold different opinions about things. I don't understand why people need to be mean!"

You're right. And I agree...although I remain surprised at people not having already considered isolating before meeting relatives.

My reply wasn't meant to be snippy or mean but it was. The misogynistic username the OP is using had obviously pissed me off more than I thought

I considered it - but decided to leave the kids in school and see relatives outside only,

I also want to go to the supermarket at the weekend - so no point keeping the kids off as I can’t isolate beforehand

@FoodDrive you make a good point. We are isolating. Properly.

I think that many are simply doing it so that they don't get notified they are a contact judging by some of these replies. So in effect, they aren't reducing the risk or the spread, just reducing the chances of cancelling Christmas dinner plans.

My 3 are still in but more new cases at school today in one of my dc’s form/bubble so Christmas plans are now off

@myhobbyisouting

"This sort of reply is incredibly annoying!! It is ok to have a discussion and hold different opinions about things. I don't understand why people need to be mean!"

You're right. And I agree...although I remain surprised at people not having already considered isolating before meeting relatives.

My reply wasn't meant to be snippy or mean but it was. The misogynistic username the OP is using had obviously pissed me off more than I thought

Sorry to have offended you so much by my apparent stupidity and username🙄

Nope. I have to work outside the home, can't leave a 7 year old home alone. I'm happy with him at school and we aren't seeing relatives this year anyway. We've been lucky as there have been no cases at school for 8 weeks.

I would love to but I can’t because I am a teacher.

This means my 89 year old dad gets to send Christmas Day alone.

I've kept mine off since December 2nd.

@BelleSausage I do recognise that teachers and others do not have this choice and this has been part of my reasoning for dithering about this up to now. Such a shame we do not have a competent government that would have given schools the opportunity to switch to home learning this week.

Sorry to have offended you so much by my apparent stupidity and username🙄

I don't like the user name either tbh. But I don't think you're stupid. You just clearly just wanted to find out what others were doing and have a chat about it

I think its a bit late...........

I haven't done it, but if I had wanted to do it, I would have had them finish Friday just gone at the very latest.

And your user name is pretty poor....sorry! Actually its more than poor!

My kids secondary school closed on Thursday so I didn’t have to make the call but with one isolating until 21st anyway I was going to pull my other one out for all of this week. I’ve also stopped their scouts etc this week.

I’m also a teacher and my partner works full time. Both mine and my kids’ schools are remaining open.