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.

@Crunchymum since 3rd of December alone with kids in one Primary and one secondary, I've received the email 7, maybe 8 times now. After DD got infected for her first sending home due to being a contact we haven't sent them in since. Almost two weeks staying home to isolate put me off sending them back for the remaining few days after our quarantine ended. Two of my three didn't catch it so are still vulnerable to getting it.

There's a handful of children still attending the schools who have managed to miss being close contacts of those found to be positive now. These two schools should just throw the towel in and finish for 2020.

"We are isolating anyway as Dh is waiting for test results but I would have kept them off from Monday anyway as it is rife in their school"

@helloxhristmas it's Friday. Are you saying your DH has been waiting all week for his results? When was his test?