Page 2 | To ask if you will be sending your dc back to school after the holidays

Toaskif1 · 2020-12-30T00:00:06+00:00

Yabu- I won’t Yanbu- I will As an aside what would convince those who aren’t to send them and does anyone know if schools will be issuing fines?

namechangetheworld · 30/12/2020 00:58

Mine will be going, although I'm a SAHM and did briefly consider keeping her off. Tiny village primary school, zero cases so far. We're in Lincolnshire, tier three. Low risk household.

Willyoujustbequiet · 30/12/2020 01:00

No. He's asthmatic and there were a lot of cases before the holidays. Now our local numbers have gone through the roof and my partner has lost 2 not elderly no underlying conditions family members

Agoodbriskwalk · 30/12/2020 01:02

School staff in my household so no point in not sending them back as we are sitting ducks anyway.

All those sending your kids back - there will be Covid in your schools. They are not in the least 'Covid secure' and there has been no attempt by the government to make them so. The proposed testing is inadequte and ineffective (48% efficacy for that type of test). They're planning on testing rather than isolating now, so your kids will be sitting next to kids who've had close contact with Covid. Whether you catch it or not is just roulette.

Nowaynothappening · 30/12/2020 01:08

Yeah. It’s 160 cases per 100k in our district but we live in a small village within said district so cases are super low here. Having said that, the school has had 4 cases already but my DC, DH and I are young and healthy so I’ll be honest- I’m not worried.

4Minions2CallMyOwn · 30/12/2020 01:41

I’m not sure but am leaning towards no. We live in London and are in Tier 4. There have been confirmed cases in my younger ones school (primary). The school also seem pretty lax with bubbles and hand sanitiser. Considering the fact that we don’t know the long term health effects of this virus yet I’m very worried. We also have a baby at home so am worrying about her too. I haven’t decided for sure yet, will keep seeing what is happening and decide next week.

Does anyone know how I can check the local cases for my area please? Thank you

Thisseatisnotavailable · 30/12/2020 02:09

Does anyone know how I can check the local cases for my area please? Thank you

www.google.com/amp/s/www.mylondon.news/news/health/london-tier-4-map-reveals-19533155.amp

wohmum · 30/12/2020 02:16

www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-51768274

lurklemurkle · 30/12/2020 02:17

@4Minions2CallMyOwn

I’m not sure but am leaning towards no. We live in London and are in Tier 4. There have been confirmed cases in my younger ones school (primary). The school also seem pretty lax with bubbles and hand sanitiser. Considering the fact that we don’t know the long term health effects of this virus yet I’m very worried. We also have a baby at home so am worrying about her too. I haven’t decided for sure yet, will keep seeing what is happening and decide next week.

Does anyone know how I can check the local cases for my area please? Thank you

To check local cases, enter your postcode here.

coronavirus.data.gov.uk

It's the official government site.

Glitterblue · 30/12/2020 02:43

Mine will be going back because I don't feel we have a choice while the school is open, even though I don't feel comfortable with sending her. We've already had a letter about her attendance percentage last week, because she had to have a week off with a nasty virus and a few days self isolating while DH waited for test results. I'd have thought they'd have been less focussed on the attendance percentages this year in light of all the self isolating that's going on, but apparently not!

LEELULUMPKIN · 30/12/2020 02:53

Yes I will be.

DS goes to an SEN and we have had an email today to say that they are starting the mass testing of staff and pupils on their return.

They are opening one day later than originally planned but this is to train staff on the testing proceedure.

It's the rapid test they are doing and should have been doing all along in my opinion.

We are NW England, Tier 3.

Rockbird · 30/12/2020 02:55

I was a definite yes, now I'm undecided. DD1 is yr8 and won't be going back till at least the 11th, DD2 is yr4 and so far back as normal. I'm school staff and terrified of going into work now. Am in the SE and we lost a friend to Covid yesterday. I'm overweight and have health issues and I am very very scared. In all likelihood I'm going to be made redundant this half term so I'm going to ask if I can work from home, they owe me that at least. I'm far more worried than I was in March.

drspouse · 30/12/2020 03:02

@olivebranchess

I will be sending mine as there were no positive cases amongst pupils or staff last term.

This. One DC is in a small school where there were no cases. The other in a standard sized primary with about 4 cases but all before the last lockdown.

SuperCaliFragalistic · 30/12/2020 06:35

Yes. No one with underlying health problems in our immediate family, the children need the normality and ex-dp and I are both needed at work. If there is a full lockdown they will go in under keyworker provision at least part time.

TheOnceAndFutureQueen · 30/12/2020 07:55

Yes, mine will both be going back to school /nursery. I'm a secondary school teacher working in a tier 4 area (although live in a lower tier) and DH works in food retail so no choice here - they'll have to go in as key worker children even if schools close.

Redyoyo · 30/12/2020 08:12

We are in Scotland so the schools don't go back until at least 18th Jan, there has been 7 positive cases in our neighbourhood of 5.5k people in the past 7 days so I'll be keeping my eye on this. There was 9 positive cases the week before Xmas and I still sent them.

Waxonwaxoff0 · 30/12/2020 08:15

Yes. If school is open, he is going in. I can't keep him home anyway if I want to actually be able to work and earn money.

nether · 30/12/2020 08:17

Yes they will go back.

But we are tier 4, and have a CEV person in the household

The idea that schools will abandon contact SI and use (not terribly reliable) lateral flow tests instead, frankly terrifies me. And I've been managing with additional risk throughout without being concerned to this extent

Attictroll · 30/12/2020 08:19

Tier 4 but small primary with only one case which resulted in one bubble closed last term. Dc has thrived back at school and school seem to be quite strict despite little space.
Outstanding school but did not do great with home learning.

Rubyrubyrubyred · 30/12/2020 08:20

Provided school and nursery are open, yes. Both kids need to be in and frankly teachers not feeling safe is an argument between them, LAs and the government to sort out. I'm not concerned about the health risk to my children.

Cheeseboardandmincepies · 30/12/2020 08:22

Yes, no closures since they reopened in April to a small number of kids and no closures since September since they reopened to everyone.
Yes covid is devastating but what about the long term impact on their education and mental health? It’s like nobody gives a toss about that, they’re already massively behind and my DCs mental health has already been impacted it’d really totally irresponsible of me not to send them.
You have a choice to deregiester your children from school and home school, do that rather than trying to punish every child. People forget some of this children don’t come from safe families or homes. Not thinking about the bigger picture.
Mass testing in schools should of been a long time ago.

lyralalala · 30/12/2020 08:23

Atm no, I won’t be.

My youngest (not at school) is CEV. Sending her two siblings to school has always been a fine balance between their education and mental health and her physical health.

We have never had any plans to send them back until the end of January. This was already discussed and agreed with the HT to give us all an idea how the Christmas cases were going to show/explode.

I appreciate that I’m very lucky though. I’m a SAHP so there’s no financial impact to that choice. DS and DDs school has also been nailing the mix of online and in school classes to keep kids who can’t go in on track as much as possible. It was set up for the few children who are vulnerable themselves and haven’t been able to return to school, but they’re allowing my two to access that because of how vulnerable DD4 is.

Quornflakegirl · 30/12/2020 08:23

Of course, their education is important as is our responsibility if putting food on the table.

Their school has 100 pupils, no cases as yet.

mindutopia · 30/12/2020 08:26

Yes, definitely. The first lockdown was awful and it was 5 months of my oldest watching 8 hours a day of Netflix and YouTube so I could work. She really suffered. They’d have to close schools and padlock the gates to keep me away.

autumnboys · 30/12/2020 08:28

Haven’t decided yet. Youngest is year 6 and has autism, educated in mainstream. He went back in the summer term last year and we were all very pleased about it. No cases in his school in the autumn term. However, we are in tier 4 and cases are rising hugely.
I have been pro in-person school up until now, but it feels as though the balance has tipped. May not make a decision until the night before.

unlimiteddilutingjuice · 30/12/2020 08:28

I'm in Scotland so schools are off till te 18th, at least.
I was talking to DH last night and we both agreed that we won't be sending themback on the 18th if schools reopen.
This new strain is really scary and I feel like we have a responsibility to try and stop it spreading, if we can.
We're looking lucky enough to still be working from home so it makes sense for us.