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Pulling kids from school?

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SnowSurprise · 23/11/2021 21:50

Anyone starting to do think about doing this? Rates rapidly rising in our area with almost half the cases in the age group of my DC. Starting to think about Christmas and pulling the DC from school in the last week. Carol service is apparently still going ahead on 22nd which seems like an excellent way to spread lots of Christmas Covid. Debating DC1 coming down with something on the Saturday 18th and DC2 unfortunately not feeling great on the Monday....

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MajorCarolDanvers · 24/11/2021 06:13

Not considering this at all

whyohwhyohwhyohwhywhy · 24/11/2021 06:16

Christmas is years away! Why would you decide this in mid November?

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SnowSurprise · 24/11/2021 06:20

Christmas is years away! Why would you decide this in mid November?
First weekend of advent is on Sunday. Idly musing and planning how organised i need to be with my shopping and preparation!

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rrhuth · 24/11/2021 06:25

@whyohwhyohwhyohwhywhy

Christmas is years away! Why would you decide this in mid November?
Schools only have 3 weeks left Confused
HelenaJustina · 24/11/2021 06:29

We’ve got parents at our school who have already pulled their kids out due to rising cases and wanting to travel at Christmas. When I look at the calendar and the things the DC would miss with a positive result my heart sinks and I know they will be gutted. But every day in education matters, especially now.

I’d quite like mine to get it now and get it over with.

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SnowSurprise · 24/11/2021 06:29

Schools only have 3 weeks left we have 4 weeks and a day left! A positive contact on the last day of term will wipe out Christmas and New Year for us.

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lololololollll · 24/11/2021 06:34

Lol

OnlyFoolsnMothers · 24/11/2021 06:45

I do hope the parents pulling their children out aren’t the same ones who kick off when the schools lock down

Blubells · 24/11/2021 06:48

Personally I'd rather go without seeing family at Christmas than DS miss school.

My parents would not want our children to miss school either!

MrsMargaretBeaufort · 24/11/2021 06:50

I have considered this but only because we are going abroad! Grin

FreeBritnee · 24/11/2021 06:51

Absolutely not. We had one event we were desperate for all of us to be able to attend and thank god it was able to happen. We have no more plans now so I can relax.

ShinyHappyPoster · 24/11/2021 06:56

Lots of parents pull their DCs out early at Christmas anyway because there's never any work in the last few days. If you're wanting to see family and those few days give you the space and reassurance then I'd do it.
Being in school worrying about classmates having Covid, worrying about catching Covid and spreading it to family isn't always a positive for DCs' MH anyway.

Staryflight445 · 24/11/2021 06:56

‘ mental well-being is much more important’

My reception age child came home yesterday and declared that no one puked on the carpet yesterday, he’s been unwell consistently since starting and for the past 5 days has been the healthiest he’s been since starting school and has now woken up unwell again.
We suffered a sickness bug over the weekend with our year 2.
I can only imagine as the weeks pass it’s becoming more and more likely for us to get COVID which means we can’t see any family (which is really small as it is due to lots of premature losses).

Please explain to me how this is better for their mental well-being than being at home educated by me remotely?

Thanks.

DramaLlllama · 24/11/2021 06:56

I’m with you OP. As it happens DD breaks up on 15th, so we were probably ok this year but if she had been in for the last week I would have very strongly considered taking her out of school. Not because she would get ill with covid but because of the inconvenience of 10 days of isolation and the effect this would have on christmas plans.

As it happens, the decisions was taken away any way as DD has covid now. She is barely ill thankfully and my honesy first thought was to be grateful that we are getting it over and done with this far ahead of christmas.

Do what you think best. They won’t miss out on too much actual learning that week anyway.

itsgettingwierd · 24/11/2021 07:01

If it's just Christmas carol events, parties, videos and games and having cocos and isolating means you can't go to family after missing out last year.

Yes I think doing so is fine.

I work in a school and we finish on the lunchtime on Friday 17th. I've had lots of parents ask what we're doing and hint their children will finish that weds!

They won't be missing any education that will affect their grades!

piratehugs · 24/11/2021 07:01

I'm not going to keep our kids home in the run-up to Christmas, but I wouldn't judge you for doing that this year. I am increasingly on edge about DS missing his first school performance or us testing positive just before Christmas so my 96 year old Grandad has to spend the period alone. Or worse, DC passing covid on to CEV family. We didn't see them last year and that was miserable.

Remmy123 · 24/11/2021 07:16

No of course you can't just pull kids out of school Willy-nilly!

They have missed enough school, surely!

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SnowSurprise · 24/11/2021 07:40

They have missed enough school, surely!
I don't understand this argument, and everyone always brings it up it. They had homeschooling from the middle of March until the middle of May 2020. So part of that was Easter holidays anyway. And was a year and a half ago.

Hope your DD feels better soon Drama

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Waxonwaxoff0 · 24/11/2021 07:48

@SnowSurprise

They have missed enough school, surely! I don't understand this argument, and everyone always brings it up it. They had homeschooling from the middle of March until the middle of May 2020. So part of that was Easter holidays anyway. And was a year and a half ago.

Hope your DD feels better soon Drama

And in January to March 2021. Plus not everyone was in a position to home school as they were working!
Waxonwaxoff0 · 24/11/2021 07:51

@SnowSurprise

They have missed enough school, surely! I don't understand this argument, and everyone always brings it up it. They had homeschooling from the middle of March until the middle of May 2020. So part of that was Easter holidays anyway. And was a year and a half ago.

Hope your DD feels better soon Drama

And my child did not go back to school in May 2020, only Reception age children went back then. All the others didn't return until September. That's way more missed school than what you're saying.
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SnowSurprise · 24/11/2021 07:52

And in January to March 2021
No.

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Waxonwaxoff0 · 24/11/2021 07:55

@SnowSurprise

And in January to March 2021 No.
Schools were closed then, unless yours attended on KW or SEN places.
MissPeregrine · 24/11/2021 07:56

@Iloveallofthem last time I had to pick up DS from his secondary school, due to him being sick, I was told that if he wasn’t sick for the remainder of the day he could return the next day, so the 48 rule doesn’t apply at his school.

Magicalwoodlands · 24/11/2021 07:58

I think these threads just show that there is a divide between those who benefited from and / or enjoyed the lockdowns and those who didn’t.

Namenic · 24/11/2021 07:58

Do what is best for your family. Every family has different circumstances and priorities. I can’t see a problem if your kid is happy and doing fine at school.