So it looks like we're being prepared for children not to go back until after Easter

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www.thetimes.co.uk/article/children-face-months-at-home-as-schools-stay-shut-until-easter-wp5ltpm82?fbclid=IwAR1l0gRSzuJLIv508reRmBEojbYfoGOsWwe3_pBFmKpA4EbI1IgC5dKC2uE

I suspected it wouldn't be until then, let's just hope that it doesn't stretch into the summer.

Actually laughing at the moronic comments about children not being the centre of the world.

They are and should be. They represent and future success of each country. They will care for you in old age, pay taxes, make Things, run things and keep
The country going. They will hopefully solve many issues we are grappling with like climate change and pandemics.

What an utterly stupid comment from someone clearly so narrow minded and thick they can’t see past the end of their nose.

Our children should absolutely be our number one priority. Collectively.

cognito I see your posts on the covid board a lot.
I shake my head in despair at your comments.

Not the best at seeing the bigger picture are we? What made your mind so small?

@Sweetnessandbite

I can't be sure of source but someone posted Boris making the announcement on the Monday but his watch showing several hours earlier

Whenyou look at the picture the time on the watch was correct, it showed 8pm and not 12:40 as people tried to suggest.

@Nonamesavail

I honestly think some people can’t see past their own situation. It’s hard for everyone I get that. I have a 10 year old as well and it’s pretty shit for him too but at least he’ll get a chance to do his exams, play sport, have a prom and actually have a decent end to High School when he gets there. Younger children will catch up. And I speak as a TA saying that. It might take longer but for the most part they will get there. Exam years are not going to get this time ever again and that coupled with the pressure of not knowing what exam plans the Government is planning is absolutely destroying them.

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@Bagamoyo1

Got to love the coronavirus section of mumsnet. A few weeks ago the majority of posts were people screaming that SCHOOLS MUST CLOSE! Now it’s full of posts saying SCHOOLS MUST OPEN! I for one never wanted them closed. I feel sorry for everyone who is suffering, but those of you who wanted schools closed - I hope you’re happy, and I hope none of you have the cheek to come on here and moan about it!

Bravo 👏 My thoughts exactly!

@Calledyoulastnightfromglasgow

I see your posts on the covid board a lot. I shake my head in despair at your comments.Not the best at seeing the bigger picture are we? What made your mind so small?

They are entitled to their opinion as you are.
Children are not the centre of everything and neither should they be
We live in a wide ranging demographic
Everybody has their own needs
Maybe it's you who needs to see the bigger picture.

Got to love the coronavirus section of mumsnet.
A few weeks ago the majority of posts were people screaming that SCHOOLS MUST CLOSE!
Now it’s full of posts saying SCHOOLS MUST OPEN!
I for one never wanted them closed. I feel sorry for everyone who is suffering, but those of you who wanted schools closed - I hope you’re happy, and I hope none of you have the cheek to come on here and moan about it!

Er..... I hate to be the one to break it to you, but there is more than one person who posts on MN. In fact, there are thousands of them! So probably the ones wanting schools to open soonest are, by and large, not the same ones who wanted them closed. Get it now?

It’s not just children who suffer when schools close. It’s the adults who care for them too. Put together, that’s a large section of society.

And as a pp said, you only get one shot at brain development. For adults, a year cloistered away will in most cases cause less harm, but for children it may well affect them negatively for the rest of their lives. That is NOT a small thing.

So many people dont have a clue about developmental psychology, do they?

Agh I can’t care too much anymore. Just going to go with the flow and adjust as best we can.

So many people dont have a clue about developmental psychology, do they?

Not really a shock though, is it. You wouldn't expect your average person on the street to have have in depth knowledge of it.

My heart really breaks for the exams years not only all that pressure but also missing out on all the flirting, finding your feet with fancying someone, all the laughter. Some of us laughed the most at school. Being an adult is hard enough and they are missing out on a huge transition period.

I had a feeling the schools would be off for months (mainly because Boris said they'd be back ASAP).
I'm fucking sick of it, why don't the government see ou children need their education?
I have one in Y8 and one in Y10 and I'm really worried about my Y10 missing practically an entire year. She is bright but obviously no practical work in science or DT.
It's disgusting and I have a feeling they won't be back before September.
On another note and sorry if its been covered already but what would make the schools safer? Really not sure unless it's mask wear3in class as well as the corridor. They already do social distancing.
Not intended to be goady, just really curious to know.

but for children it may well affect them negatively for the rest of their lives. That is NOT a small thing

God almighty. Calm the fuck down
You are like a bloody Dementor
You getting bent out of shape isn't going to get schools open any earlier.
They will open when it is safe to open them
Why do you find that so hard to get your head around?
No wonder kids are losing the plot when their crazy parents are foaming at the mouth like rabid dogs on a daily basis.
Go and take a couple of Calms and put a damp flannel on your forehead

• Children’s childhoods where their brains are developing and learning about the world is finite. You can’t get it back. Not ever. Every week and month they miss at school and developing properly is far more tragic than any adults missed months. You, will get adult time back once this is over. You will trundle off to your job, meet your family, meet your friends. A child will never get this piece of development back. A whole year has been lost for many in terms of security, education and socialisation with unfamiliar adults and peers. This is something that can never be regained*

This. People talking about how children shouldn't be treated as if they are the centre of the universe are clearly oblivious to the fact that that is how we have been treating elderly and vulnerable people for the last year. I'm not saying there shouldn't have been extensive measures to protect them but there MUST be a balance.

So many people dont have a clue about developmental psychology, do they?

Epic post

Please don't bite my head off because I know everyone else is really struggling but I think my DS is enjoying being at home. He's enjoying home schooling but only because I'm able to be flexible with my work and do 1:1 activities with him most of the day.

I'm supposed to help ds choose options for year9 in 2weeks. How is he meant to do this? He did 5 months of year7 and 4 broken months of year8. He doesn't have enough experience of high school to drop any subjects

I'm knackered with all the home learning. I have a 16yo doing an online college course as well as redoing her gcse maths and English from the shit show that was last year, a 13yo with SEN working on teams with no differentiation in work now they are online and an 8yo who is being set work with recorded content but no live lessons. I also have a 4yo who will be starting school in September who has done mostly nothing all year. I am constantly on the go between them all (well 16yo can pretty much sort herself) and I am mentally exhausted.

To be honest, my 8yo is thriving at home with more 1:1 attention as he is very shy and not very confident in his learning but with me he is really getting into it.

I don't need to work though. How on Earth people manage while working too is beyond me. Neither will be getting full attention.

This situation we are all in is terrible. We all need to be kind and supportive. It's great that there are forums like MN on which, yes, there are some barbed comments, but much altruistic help and encouragement also.

I like the posts in which participants are thinking of inventive solutions. Because there really must be a way of finding some. The idea of taking over empty buildings so that social distancing can take place in schools: interesting. I think better masks. A way of distributing the really high-grade ones which seal to the face.
I've mentioned before that strategically there isn't much monitoring of areas of contagion activity. I noted secondary school children pulling their masks down to their chins on the bus, and grouping close together for a chat. Perhaps they can't take care of that distancing responsibility by themselves; they need adult support.

Presumably something has gone wrong with the logistics and strategy, if these big Nightingale hospitals aren't playing a crucial role. Can't a clever social entrepreneur find a way round difficulties?

Is a daft idea to have mini zoos touring residential areas so children can see a goat or an owl at fairly close proximity?

Could older kids mentor younger kids from school and deliver a bit of the online tuition to them to make it fun?

Will the BBC lessons be more fun than online school ones? Could they get pop stars and celebrities to deliver segments?

Could you have sort of baby monitors, or those cameras people view to see who is calling at their door - to watch remotely, through the connection..(.and even speak with delivery drivers. )Older relatives could help to monitor Key Stage 2 age kids in the home...do this from their own home in the next town ( Obviously a responsible adult would need to be in the house, in charge, and checking too).
Because the track and trace hasn't totally worked, we don't really know, do we, where contagion is happening. Can someone inventive work out a system which works ? Or is it all too late now, and we have to focus on the vaccine? The infection is everywhere and moving on too fast to track it?

There must be things we can do and suggest, because ideas seem to be what is needed.

Posted too soon.

I do get why the kids need to be off though and vaccinating the teachers won't help them bringing it home to their families so it won't help either. Xx

Caring deeply about the future of the next generation is not 'foaming at the mouth.' Valuing education doesn't require 'a damp flannel' to the forehead. Standing up for children doesn't make you a 'rabid dog.'
@AriataBrown

Personally I don't think telling parents who are probably already anxious and feeling guilty that lockdown will damage their children irrevocably is very helpful.

Standing up for children doesn't make you a 'rabid dog.

No. It makes you a stuck record when the same shit is being posted on loop day after day. What exactly are you hoping it will achieve? You think BJ is going to open the schools because a bunch of hysterical posters on Mumsnet are losing their shit every day?

Valuing education doesn't require 'a damp flannel' to the forehead

Oh FFS..... really? You think people dont value education? Is that where we are now? Honestly. Get a grip