Tested positive school runs and nursery

[Onlyrainbows]

I tested positive (I only have a sore throat and some weird feeling in my head). However I have a 2yo and an 11yo who have tested negative. Can I do the school run?

@trevthecat

School have told me mine need to be in if they are testing negative and I will have to bring them! I will have to break isolation twice a day if I test positive (my youngest currently is positive and I have symptoms)

So to clarify school actually said 'You' need to bring them? Specifically said you HAVE to break isolation? Rather than following guidance and saying that negative children should be in school?

Because actually there is a difference, and if you can't get them there without breaking the law, then what choice is there?

Yes it's annoying, yes it's frustrating, yes kids have missed too much school. I know everyone has had enough but it's just so bloody selfish!

How do you plan on getting the 2yr into nursery? You just don’t tell them your positive and hand child over , of course if they say you don’t have to inform them of positive cases fair enough.

So many parents breaking isolating rules now pointless in having them anyway , I mean don’t leave the house but kids have to be in school !!

Our school are fine with you keeping them home but Ds friend went in he can walk himself , mum pos Tuesday he tested pos Thursday eve off Friday who he may of passed it to between Tuesday-Friday is anyone’s guess .

The 2yo is the problematic one as yes I'd have to get out of the car. I'm assuming transmission would be very low as it's all done outside and we're all wearing facemasks. For the 11yo I really don't think there's much difference between her being at home with me and being in a car with me. I never leave the car when dropping her off.

You really need to check what the government rules and guidance says, and then check if your school and nursery have any additional rules.

If you ask on a forum you will get lots of different opinions. Check what the rules are. if you are allowed to take them, look at your circumstances and then decide what to do.

As per government guidelines the children are allowed to go to school. I can't leave the house and should work from home. Under same guidelines, the children wouldn't be able to go to school/nursery (as I can't leave the house) and I wouldn't be able to work for as long as I need to isolate (at least not my full hours) because I can't fully work from home while looking after a 2yo...

Please don't take the 2 year old to nursery. That would be very very irresponsible. Personally I wouldn't recommend taking the 11 year old either but I can see how you could see that as harmless. Getting out of the car and taking your 2 year old to the nursery door is something else though. You will have to get close (ish) to the staff which they won't appreciate.

@Onlyrainbows

As per government guidelines the children are allowed to go to school. I can't leave the house and should work from home. Under same guidelines, the children wouldn't be able to go to school/nursery (as I can't leave the house) and I wouldn't be able to work for as long as I need to isolate (at least not my full hours) because I can't fully work from home while looking after a 2yo...

The rules are that you can't leave the house to take your 2 year old to nursery.

If you choose to though you should at least inform the nursery that you are positive and technically isolating so they can decide if they want to have contact with you.

If I were to make my own personal risk assessment, I would say it really makes no real difference if I drop off the 11yo, the 2yo is trickier, but there's no real way to do a "contactless drop off".

@Onlyrainbows

As per government guidelines the children are allowed to go to school. I can't leave the house and should work from home. Under same guidelines, the children wouldn't be able to go to school/nursery (as I can't leave the house) and I wouldn't be able to work for as long as I need to isolate (at least not my full hours) because I can't fully work from home while looking after a 2yo...

That's what you need to do then. End of.

Nobody can fully work from home whilst looking after a small child but quite frankly, just suck it up!!

You aren’t allowed to leave the house. Yet you’re still making excuses. I had to just manage as best as I could and working the evenings when little one was asleep to catch up. It is what it is. A pain in the arse but it’s tough!

All you can do is tell the nursery your positive and see what they say .
I’ve no idea how nursery’s operate reg covid , I mean if you don’t have to tell them of positive cases in household how do they think kids are getting to nursery from pos households and being handed over .

It's just my 3rd week though, which to me is the worst part.

No idea, it must be "in good faith" (I would assume so anyway).

@Onlyrainbows

If I were to make my own personal risk assessment, I would say it really makes no real difference if I drop off the 11yo, the 2yo is trickier, but there's no real way to do a "contactless drop off".

I think that's the point I'm trying to make. There's no way of dropping off the little one that is definitely within the rules even the 11 year old you're pushing it.

Please also test them before you go.

Your employer should be understanding since you're actually Covid positive. You're not even isolating with your children so there should be no expectation that you're working

@Onlyrainbows

It's just my 3rd week though, which to me is the worst part.

It shouldn’t make a difference. If you were in my team, and had only started 3 weeks ago, I would be totally understanding if you had to WFH with your small child there because of covid. If you’d told me that you’d taken them to nursery whilst supposedly isolating I would be a bit more

You are only legally obliged to stay home if you have had a PCR test. If you’ve only done a LFT you cannot be fined for leaving your house.

NB the user in this conversation is @blubells not @bluebells.

No you can’t, to quote test and trace ‘it’s a legal duty to stay at home and you could be fined if you do not’ there are no exceptions for dropping children at school or preschool.

@DeerMyDear

You are only legally obliged to stay home if you have had a PCR test. If you’ve only done a LFT you cannot be fined for leaving your house.

Unless the OP has registered the positive LFT with the NHS as you are supposed to…

This is makes about as much sense as saying it’s ok to do something illegal as long as you don’t get caught.

07 DeerMyDear

“You are only legally obliged to stay home if you have had a PCR test. If you’ve only done a LFT you cannot be fined for leaving your house.”

Regardless of what test you do …if your positive you are legally required to stay home and surely this is more about potentially spreading it around a toddler room in nursery .
So many children under 5 needing hospital treatment with covid I just wouldn’t risk it + op making two trips to nursery each day and contact with staff.

As of Tuesday I would only be doing collection (drop offs would done by DH) not that it makes a massive difference, but just wanted to clarify that bit.

Covid doesn't care if its your 3rd week at work.
You can't take the 2 year old to the door of the nursery if you have covid.

But also I would have had no idea of COVID either if I hadn't have had the tests, which I get it's a very poor justification. Outside transmission is fairly low, everything is done outside and with masks, so the risk from dropping off is potentially lower that cross contamination via clothes for example.

Obviously I still need to here back from DH to see what does he think the plan should be going forward.

How well behaved is the 2 year old and how responsible is the 11 year old?

Can you pull up literally right outside the nursery and your 11 year old walk the 2 year old to the door? Then drop the 11 year old off at school.

Repeat, backwards, at pick up.