So...whose did a whole year without burst bubble?

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From September to July, neither DD had a burst bubble at school or a day off through illness. They didn't attend school between January and March.

I realise this is down to good luck. But I'm intrigued... how lucky was this? The media and other platforms have made it seem like that children were constantly isolating.

(For full disclosure... their father was an essential worker who worked outside the home throughout the past 18 months... and only had to isolate once for 24hrs after mild symptoms while awaiting test results.)

DS at primary school doesn't finish until tomorrow but his bubble has never burst and he's attended throughout on a KW place. There have been 5 closed bubbles at his school from September until July, none of them were in his year group.

@DistrictCommissioner
I'm not saying that the virus can be controlled totally by people's behaviour and I'm certainly not suggesting that school's that have had burst bubbles have done anything wrong, but surely the behaviour of the staff, students and parents do play a part in the same way as we are all being asked as a society to abide by certain rules. If, as a school, we had decided not to implement measures of SD, extra cleaning, stringent bubbles etc then we would more than likely have had a number of burst bubbles wouldn't we?

I don't think there's anything wrong with expressing appreciation to the school families for playing their part in helping to keep everyone safe

Yes! One in year 4, another in year 7!

Our son went back to nursery in June 2020. He then moved to another pre school in January. He has never had to isolate, there's never been a case at either setting.

We managed a whole year no bubble burst however still two more days to go.

Same here, no isolation for either of us, no covid infection. I work in the community and have done all through the pandemic with vulnerable adults and families.

DS has been in key worker provision and then no bubble burst at school.

I'm still yet to know a single person who had covid, that I think is very lucky!

Nursery = bubble burst twice.
Primary = whole year no burst.
Secondary = whole year no burst.

Really hoping we manage the summer without needing to isolate 🤞🏻

My twins managed it (although they were obviously at home in LD2 in Jan/Feb/March); their little brother didn't - he was off for two weeks in december.

School managed reasonably well/got lucky.A few bubbles burst but it didn't seem to spread like wildfire. And lots of other schools have had more bubbles burst so it has been in the local area

DS (primary) never had a bubble burst but in the last few weeks there were fewer kids at school than at home in his year due to having to SI. My daughters are at the secondary that DSs primary feeds and every year had some disruption, including entire years (250 kids, year split in two so only overlap at lunchtime) being sent home because of burst bubbles. So I think primary kids will have had less disruption because they are less likely to be tested but secondaries (particularly in the last month) have been struggling.

No, only had time off waiting for tests results

I have 2 in primary school, one child had a closed bubble once, my other child's class was the only class out of all 11 classes in the school not to close.

made it to july 2021 before huge bubble burst due to tiny number of cases pretty much the day after Gav W told press this should not be happening (he failed to tell the schools or PHE though)

DD in reception, both me and DH keyworkers (1 NHS, 1 defence) so she was in all throughout the year... Bubble burst in November but otherwise full attendance. We are in a densely populated part of the North West.

Technically yes, in year 3 and year 4 - the school has only had bubbles go twice and it's been one year 5 class both times (poor kids). However there's still a week of the year to go here, and they finished at their current school last week with the aim to transition to a new school before the end of the year (so it wasn't hanging over them all summer holidays) and the bubble they would be going into burst the day they were due to start. So at the moment they're at home - but we're not bound by any isolation things as they've never been IN the burst bubble so they're out and about and we're getting some wonderfully judgemental looks!

My sons bubble didn't burst in school and my youngest son's (separate) pre school didn't need to close or isolate either.

My sons bubble never burst. Quite a few years around him did though. We also moved school in January and again the bubble didn't burst, but years around his did.

We made it here.

The school had one bubble burst in the autumn, due to one case. One tiny bubble popped during the lockdown in Feb.

My girls attended throughout lockdown and both have 100% attendance this year. Just broken up 👍 feeling very grateful.

My DC did not have a burst bubble the entire time but there was one in the school. It was a class completely separate to both DC so no direct impact on mine but I really felt for the parents involved. It wasn't long after returning and the sheer stress on their faces as they arrived to get them (they got notificatio it burst just at pick up time so the poor burst bubble parents were funnelled past the other parents )

[quote 99victoria]@DistrictCommissioner
I'm not saying that the virus can be controlled totally by people's behaviour and I'm certainly not suggesting that school's that have had burst bubbles have done anything wrong, but surely the behaviour of the staff, students and parents do play a part in the same way as we are all being asked as a society to abide by certain rules. If, as a school, we had decided not to implement measures of SD, extra cleaning, stringent bubbles etc then we would more than likely have had a number of burst bubbles wouldn't we?

I don't think there's anything wrong with expressing appreciation to the school families for playing their part in helping to keep everyone safe[/quote]
Bubble closures occur as a result of cases getting into school from the community.

That is based almost entirely on factors outwith the school's control - local infection rates, local demographics, local employment types - and on pure luck.

There is almost zero relationship between schools with stringent in-school measures - SD between staff, cleaning, bubbles - and the infection making its way into school from the community, and therefore the lack of popped bubbles is nothing to do with the school's efforts. Another school doing exactly the same, but with less luck - or with different demographics, different part of the country, different local employers - may have had many cases coming into school. It's not that your school did it 'better' than a school with many infections.

DD’s class didn’t, shame the school bus did - we’ve been lucky though as both times last week of term.

DS2 managed to remain in school without his bubble bursting. I don’t consider this a success though, considering the entire school was closed for three months of the academic year.

Tina, why did your school close for an extra month?

Lockdown was from early January to 8th March, and unless the whole school closed for an extra month, that's 2 months?

Or do you mean that while your child's class was not individually affected, the whole school was so badly affected they have to close for an extra 4 weeks at particular points?

Surrey. Hardly any schools were badly effected. My 2 ds's were fine. Nearly everyone I know locally was too. I only know one family who had to isolate recently.

Made it here!