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Anyone else worried about kids getting sent home to isolate just before going on holiday?

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goingslightlyinsane · 13/07/2021 16:01

As title says- my Daughter is in secondary school due to break up next week for summer. We have a UK break booked (rented a house) straight after school finishes.

I feel like it's really closing in on us here- lots of kids already being sent home to isolate, daily emails from school of new cases. It's just rife!

I'm just wondering if this happened to you would you still go? Or do as your told and miss out on a very much needed holiday.

Although this hasn't happened (fingers crossed it doesn't) it could happen. Given that the isolation rules are changing on 19th August I would be inclined to just fu*k it and go anyway, even though this is rule breaking. (And do daily LF tests)

I'm just interested what others would do if this happened to them? As it will happen to some. Confused

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Northernlurker · 13/07/2021 17:33

I have found my people! I decided today I'm pulling dd out if year 9 after Thursday. Honestly my mental health can't take the strain. We go on one holiday a year and both older girls can come this year. I am not losing that because I sent my daughter in to school to watch the matrix in re.

0None0 · 13/07/2021 17:37

Please pull you kids out of school if you can. Honestly, I really don’t know why more people aren’t doing this. The fewer kids in school, the less likely bubbles will burst, and if they do, it won’t affect your kid anyway

0None0 · 13/07/2021 17:43

Honestly. I don’t know why any schools are still open. It’s everywhere. Children are in and out like jack-in-the-boxes.

The government should be announcing early closure of schools for the summer, to protect family holidays.

However they are stupid, useless and don’t care

I’m the absence of any coherent leadership, parents need to take the initiative and pull their kids out now

woodfort · 13/07/2021 17:53

I’d be tempted to go. Honestly this is one of the reasons we are doing a U.K. holiday this year (and a rural, isolated one at that).. I wouldn’t want anyone to break isolation (well, possibly an App one which I don’t attach any significance to) to go into a busy airport, sit on a plane.. etc. And then even ignoring the (big!) moral issues, once you’re abroad you have to test to get home and what if you were positive? Whereas to just go sit in your car for a few hours and then veg out in a holiday cottage..?

Our school has already broken up and I know at least half the families were due away straight way (taking advantage of slightly cheaper holidays before the rest of schools finish). I did think it is quite a big gamble but I guess a lot of those holidays were probably booked some time ago.

Eyjafjallajokulldottir · 13/07/2021 17:56

My dds self isolation due to her school bubble bursting (primary school) finishes Friday and we go on holiday on Saturday. Ds is at secondary and I've just emailed the school to let them know he won't be in anymore this week ( term ends friday) like a previous poster, I can't be doing with the stress each day thinking he's going to be sent home.

To be fair, the only reason we wouldn't go on holiday is if one of us tests positive. If ds had been sent home to.self isolate due to his bubble bursting we still would have gone as we're self catering.

Frazzled2207 · 13/07/2021 17:56

Honesty once the schools have broken up and potentially from the 19th few will care
I would personally keep mine in school but go on holiday anyway if the bubble shut. Just pack extra LFTs.

MrsKDB · 13/07/2021 18:04

You are all assuming the bubble will burst but your child won’t catch it. What if they do?

Better to have them out of school altogether this week. They’ll only be colouring in / watching films anyway and you risk the first 10/20 days of summer hols going tits up if it comes in then goes round your household.

Both mine finished the curriculum weeks ago and are well ahead of where they need to be, there’s no way they are going in this week

WednesburyPrinciple · 13/07/2021 18:13

Keeping my secondary aged DC off until end of term as we go away on 24th. Covid has exploded in their school this week with half the school sent home. Just doing the online work set for the isolating kids.

Remmy123 · 13/07/2021 18:18

I wouid go too

JaninaDuszejko · 13/07/2021 18:20

Too late for us. DD1 was sent home to isolate as a contact on Friday, much discussion about taking a LFT and travelling on the 18th anyway. Monday morning before school and DD2's LFT was positive (DD1 negative). All went to the drive through testing, DD2 and DH both positive, DD1 and me negative. DH and I both double vaccinated. We were suppose to be going to Scotland to see family next week and now can't. Haven't seen my family for 2 years Sad.

10storeylovesong · 13/07/2021 18:22

We've decided we're pulling our DS out 2 days early as that gives us the isolation time from their last day to our break. There's 3 year groups in his school isolating atm.

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goingslightlyinsane · 13/07/2021 18:29

@JaninaDuszejko

Too late for us. DD1 was sent home to isolate as a contact on Friday, much discussion about taking a LFT and travelling on the 18th anyway. Monday morning before school and DD2's LFT was positive (DD1 negative). All went to the drive through testing, DD2 and DH both positive, DD1 and me negative. DH and I both double vaccinated. We were suppose to be going to Scotland to see family next week and now can't. Haven't seen my family for 2 years Sad.
Sorry to hear that. That's really frustrating. I hope you get to Scotland soon.
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Northernlurker · 13/07/2021 18:31

@JaninaDuszejko that sucks. I'm so sorry.

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goingslightlyinsane · 13/07/2021 18:32

@MrsKDB

You are all assuming the bubble will burst but your child won’t catch it. What if they do?

Better to have them out of school altogether this week. They’ll only be colouring in / watching films anyway and you risk the first 10/20 days of summer hols going tits up if it comes in then goes round your household.

Both mine finished the curriculum weeks ago and are well ahead of where they need to be, there’s no way they are going in this week

If mine tested positive (or any of us) we would 100% not go on holiday. That would be that.

I was specifically talking about bubbles bursting and kids being sent home because of that. I know a lot of kids who have been sent home to isolate but they are all not positive. In fact none of them have been.

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PositiveLife · 13/07/2021 18:37

Dc's dad due to take them away just after term finishes. It's the second holiday he's paid for (had to move the first to next year). We've basically pulled ours out (told fibs so they can log on to the online learning). Their school are being ridiculous about it at the moment - cases are soaring, kids are being sent to isolate again after just half a day of being in, they're just saying multiple cases now rather than one case in year x/2 cases in year y. I just can't see them getting through the rest of term without having to isolate again (and given that one of them had covid 2 weeks ago and the other didn't catch it, I don't particularly want to take my chances)

Northernlurker · 13/07/2021 18:40

I emailed dd's head yesterday. Bless him he left me a long voicemail and emailed back, basically they are doing all they can and clearly think it's bloody stupid as well.

Cripesitsthegasman19 · 13/07/2021 18:40

Pulling mine out early too. I'm buggered if we're losing out on our long awaited and much needed holiday.

FindingMeno · 13/07/2021 18:42

My dc's have been telling me how many of their friends have been in tears when they've realised they won't be able to go on their holiday Sad

AfternoonToffee · 13/07/2021 18:44

Mine are already been sent home. We have another couple of weeks before we go. I have booked more time off work so I am not in the office in the lead up.

Bordois · 13/07/2021 18:54

Does anyone know what the rules will be for summer holiday clubs. My understanding is that it would only be kids who are in direct contact with a positive case that would need to isolate, not the whole group?

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goingslightlyinsane · 13/07/2021 18:57

@FindingMeno

My dc's have been telling me how many of their friends have been in tears when they've realised they won't be able to go on their holiday Sad
Poor things that's really sad
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DisposableNamechange · 13/07/2021 19:06

@Bordois

Does anyone know what the rules will be for summer holiday clubs. My understanding is that it would only be kids who are in direct contact with a positive case that would need to isolate, not the whole group?
Our club is doing tiny little bubbles. It’s also not letting you pick and choose days like it usually does, so if they’re in Monday, you’re also paying for Tuesday and Wednesday but they’ll be with the same children/leader all day.
DolphinFC · 13/07/2021 19:24

I agree with others.

At this stage you should just go.

The great news is that infections are dropping rapidly at the moment, the number of deaths is practically zero (or at least nobody I know) and hospitalizations are dropping off sharply.

Even better is the news that the predictions point to things getting even better over the summer!

Happy days!

Northernlurker · 13/07/2021 19:39

Umm @DolphinFC is that very deep sarcasm or are you in another part of the world to the UK. I'm usually very optimistic but things are going pretty crappy where I am in Yorkshire....

DolphinFC · 13/07/2021 19:45

Very deep sarcasm!