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Anyone keeping their primary school child off school?

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AutumnOctober · 03/01/2021 03:50

I'm deeply uncomfortable about sending my 6yo back to school tomorrow to sit with a class of ~30 people who have been socially mixing over Christmas (we all know that there are parents who ignore/dispute/misunderstand the rules etc). Infection is quite clearly going to spread really fast in primary classrooms, and in turn into the community. A classroom is essentially a social gathering and it goes against everything we've been doing to curb the virus.

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Bilboard · 03/01/2021 04:19

Totally agree. I wonder when/ if the government is going to announce school closure all over the country any time soon?. People need to make plans and goverment seem to be twiddling their fingers, reacting not proacting. So after listening to health experts/ thinking of our family situation, we made the decision not to take them in.

Popcornriver · 03/01/2021 05:37

I'm not. Case rates are already shooting up from what they were before Christmas in my area where Christmas shopping and mixing was allowed. We went into tier 4 on boxing day and I think cases will continue to rise here.

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AutumnOctober · 03/01/2021 05:46

@Popcornriver perhaps I misunderstand, are you saying that since cases are on the rise and essentially the damage is done, you will send your child to school? No judgement, just trying to understand where other parents stand on this

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Popcornriver · 03/01/2021 05:52

I'm not sending him to school. The school mixing will surely make the situation worse

Lifeispassingby · 03/01/2021 05:59

Not primary, but I am a nursery teacher in a private nursery. The schools in our area are closed but nurseries are open- we have 25 out of 48 parents not sending their children in until 18th January at least

Triptraptrip · 03/01/2021 06:08

I’m keeping my DD9 off. This link coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/interactive-map tells me that cases around her school are higher than London schools that are closed. I don’t think the picture is clear yet after the Xmas break.

ShinyGreenElephant · 03/01/2021 06:13

I'm sending my Dd into nursery, but only because shes already had covid 8 weeks ago. From everything I've read weve got a minimum of 12 weeks immunity - if things are still this bad after that I'll have to take her back out as that's when my immunitywill start wearing off too along with my grandad who I look after. If we hadn't all had it I wouldn't send her in.

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AutumnOctober · 03/01/2021 06:19

@Popcornriver thanks, I figured I'd probably read it wrong :)

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lboogy · 03/01/2021 06:20

@ShinyGreenElephant

I'm sorry to hear your dd had Covid. We're the symptoms similar to a cold? Or worse?

lboogy · 03/01/2021 06:21

I'm sending my dd to nursery...

ShinyGreenElephant · 03/01/2021 09:22

@lboogy little DD had no symptoms at all, just went a bit off her food for a week and breastfed more instead. DD11 had headaches on and off and a very mild cough. I was quite bad with it but I think that was because I was pregnant. Didn't affect baby, had a private scan once out of isolation just for reassurance and shes really chunky despite my barely eating for weeks.

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AutumnOctober · 04/01/2021 03:46

My local council released this last night. I was bracing myself for a fine tbh, but this just confirms the impossible situation that we are all in. It's not fair on anyone to expect teachers to work, classrooms to open, and parents to send their kids to school against their better judgement because they have no other choice.

Anyone keeping their primary school child off school?

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RememberSelfCompassion · 04/01/2021 03:54

We're not. Bit worried about a fine but more worried about health.

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AutumnOctober · 04/01/2021 04:11

@RememberSelfCompassion please see my latest post, I was worried about fines too

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SnowGnome · 04/01/2021 04:19

I have one child whose school is closing and one whose school is not. She’s due back Weds and in the unlikely event that it doesn’t announce a closure before then, won’t be going.

RememberSelfCompassion · 04/01/2021 08:50

Im glad your council isnt fining. I worry my school is usually zero tolerance with fines. My council havent released anything yet ... hopefully 🤞.

Seems a risiculous position to be in.

ThornAmongstRoses · 04/01/2021 08:53

I’m not sending my 6 year old in.

ragdoll700 · 04/01/2021 08:56

I am in Ireland and the schools here have been closed for this coming week but I will be keeping an eye on the case numbers and make my own decision about sending my children next week, although I can see them closing the schools next week too.

2fallsagain · 04/01/2021 08:58

My year 6 will be in if the school is open. Her MH is important too and we don't have anyone vulnerable at home. Tier 4 but case rates relatively low compared to some parts of the SE

Hophop26 · 04/01/2021 09:04

Mine have gone back today, we are in an area with lower numbers so it’s not as much of a dilemma. Its tricky as there is quite a bit of evidence that areas in the north/midlands that had higher rates in Oct/Nov than they do now kept schools open last term without too much problem and got their community rates down, that was without the new variant but a blanket closure across the country would be overly harsh in some areas but it much more necessary in others

Billie18 · 04/01/2021 09:07

If you don't send you 6 year old to school today when are you going to send him? Next week? The week after? When do you think it will be safe? How long would you be prepared to keep him off school?

CeeJay81 · 04/01/2021 09:15

We're in Wales. Ours are due to go back in Wednesday. We haven't decided what to do, we are hoping the option will be taken off our hands and all schools will be closed by then but there has been nothing yet to suggest that from drakeford. The rates here aren't too bad but not the lowest. We shall see what's been anounced by then.

sananbaz · 04/01/2021 09:17

I'm keeping my 10 year old home. I think the schools will be closed soon enough so how long to keep her off is not really an issue. I just don't want to send her in for a few days or weeks until Boris shuts them, as we are high risk and managed to dodge it so far that it seems crazy to risk it.

2fallsagain · 04/01/2021 09:22

@Billie18

If you don't send you 6 year old to school today when are you going to send him? Next week? The week after? When do you think it will be safe? How long would you be prepared to keep him off school?

This is my concern too. When will it be "safe".

justanotherneighinparadise · 04/01/2021 09:26

I sent my children in. Many didn’t. No judgement from me.

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