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Ryderneedsus · 2022-01-23T22:30:25+00:00

My child is due to go to school tomorrow. The school sent a letter out that 12 kids and 3 staff in Year 3 (2 form intake) have tested positive. On the parents Whattsapp group 4 more kids have tested positive this weekend. There is no way I am sending my child in. Is the absence allowed on the grounds that I feel the risk of catching it is too high or do I need to pretend my child is sick with something else?

DownWhichOfLate · 24/01/2022 19:32

Homeschooling would be a huge over reaction! There is currently almost a third of the year group off. Obviously a huge outbreak. Taking a few days / week off is wise at the moment.

itsgettingweird · 24/01/2022 19:35

It's so hard.

70% of 1 class have it at our school including all staff. That has meant class has had to shut this week.

But I guess the good news is everyone will now have immunity to it and all those vaccinated haven't caught it when there's been an odd case of other variants.

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Ryderneedsus · 24/01/2022 20:12

I have no intention to send him in. My friends 7 year old caught it in December and still has no sense of taste and also has developed a heart murmur. Why would I take the risk? No one on earth knows the full long term impact of covid on kids.

I am in a position of privilege in that I do not have to work and I am a qualified teacher. My child’s academic education will be fine.

My op was simply asking about what I should tell the school.

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OliveTree75 · 24/01/2022 20:13

I would send in. When there was a lot of cases in my class in november, some parents kept their kids off and they still caught it anyway or have had it recently. Think my whole class have had it now. Covid will be in schools for the forseeable so whats the point avoiding it.

OnlyFoolsnMothers · 24/01/2022 20:14

@Ryderneedsus

I have no intention to send him in. My friends 7 year old caught it in December and still has no sense of taste and also has developed a heart murmur. Why would I take the risk? No one on earth knows the full long term impact of covid on kids.

I am in a position of privilege in that I do not have to work and I am a qualified teacher. My child’s academic education will be fine.

My op was simply asking about what I should tell the school.

Hmm why should you send him in:

Socialising
A fully rounded education
The fact he could catch covid from general life rather than just school
Because covid will always be around
Because most children are fine and barely notice they have it

DownWhichOfLate · 24/01/2022 20:15

Tell the school you aren’t sending him in as it’s currently an unsafe environment. Next week it’ll have changed as the current outbreak will have finished. It’s fine. Enjoy your time at home with him.

OliveTree75 · 24/01/2022 20:16

@Ryderneedsus

I have no intention to send him in. My friends 7 year old caught it in December and still has no sense of taste and also has developed a heart murmur. Why would I take the risk? No one on earth knows the full long term impact of covid on kids.

I am in a position of privilege in that I do not have to work and I am a qualified teacher. My child’s academic education will be fine.

My op was simply asking about what I should tell the school.

Sorry but your child will get covid at some point.

MarshaBradyo · 24/01/2022 20:17

@Ryderneedsus

I have no intention to send him in. My friends 7 year old caught it in December and still has no sense of taste and also has developed a heart murmur. Why would I take the risk? No one on earth knows the full long term impact of covid on kids.

I am in a position of privilege in that I do not have to work and I am a qualified teacher. My child’s academic education will be fine.

My op was simply asking about what I should tell the school.

I doubt you’ll avoid him getting it at some point

Lovemusic33 · 24/01/2022 20:21

Most of my DD’s class had it last week, we were told to test daily (high school age), I had no concerns sending her in, chances are ‘if she was going to catch it she would have when the rest of them caught it’, we tested every day and she was fine. No way would I keep her at home and make her miss out on more school only for her to return and then pick it up.

siestalady · 24/01/2022 22:43

@DownWhichOfLate

Homeschooling would be a huge over reaction! There is currently almost a third of the year group off. Obviously a huge outbreak. Taking a few days / week off is wise at the moment.

Why is it wise?? Trying to avoid it is completely futile.

DownWhichOfLate · 24/01/2022 22:48

It’s wise because there is currently a huge outbreak so the chance of catching it is very high. Normally there would be a small chance, so carry on as normal. If there was any other outbreak of a highly contagious disease I’d try to avoid it if it meant just minor adjustments (couple of days off school). It’s all about risk.

HSHorror · 24/01/2022 22:53

Op are you going to take her abroad for vaccination.
Im really angry as they could/should have been done by now

siestalady · 24/01/2022 23:01

@DownWhichOfLate

It’s wise because there is currently a huge outbreak so the chance of catching it is very high. Normally there would be a small chance, so carry on as normal. If there was any other outbreak of a highly contagious disease I’d try to avoid it if it meant just minor adjustments (couple of days off school). It’s all about risk.

Risk of what though? Catching what is in general a cold, if that?

As you say yourself, it's very contagious, so the chances of catching it at any time now are extremely high.

I just dont understand the mentality of keeping your kids off school whenever there is an outbreak because as others have pointed out, once the positive tests come through the horse has already bolted. So unless you plan to keep them at home forever...

lumpofcomfort · 24/01/2022 23:05

If there are that many kids and staff off they probably won't be learning very much, or it will be stuff they will have to go over again, so they probably wouldn't be missing that much. I am a primary teacher and had a third of my class plus my LSA off last week so just had to do revision of things already covered.

DownWhichOfLate · 24/01/2022 23:07

Lots of infection = high risk. Not much infection = low risk.

Taking children out of school during high risk is keeping them at home forever. It’s a few days.

Look, some people are happy for their children to get infected, other choose to try to minimise the chance of it happening.

Anyway, OP wanted to know what to tell the school. I’d say to be honest - this pandemic isn’t over yet, and you are taking your child out until the current cases in school drop (which won’t take long). No big deal.

DownWhichOfLate · 24/01/2022 23:07

Whoops! *isn’t keeping them at home forever

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Ryderneedsus · 25/01/2022 07:57

@DownWhichOfLate well said

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worriedatthemoment · 25/01/2022 09:20

Tell the school what you like but be prepared to have to do again and again and be aware your child has already been exposed as people are contagious before symptoms and some don't even show symptoms
Im positive now but not one single LFT so far as shown as positive and so many are relying in them so will always be one or two that slip through
Does your child go to other clubs as well ?

InCahootswithOrwell · 25/01/2022 10:49

Catching what is in general a cold, if that?

Which cold virus potentially causes changes to the shape and function of blood cells, microclotying problems, micro bleeds in the brain, development of Lewes bodies in nerve cells, cell death of neurones, cardiac and digestive system damage? And that’s in people with mild covid. There’s a whole lot more fun stuff involved if you get it severely.

The government might have decided that they don’t give a fuck about children’s long term health with a novel virus, but it’s fine for parents to decide that they do care and to take precautions to avoid high risk situations. It would be nice if the government didn’t punish parents for their own poor decision making.

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Ryderneedsus · 25/01/2022 19:13

@InCahootswithOrwell I agree 100%

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RuleWithAWoodenFoot · 25/01/2022 19:15

This is the same in every school, parents aren't really getting told to many details.

Bobholll · 25/01/2022 19:57

Frankly, I hope you get fined. Are you also stopping your child going to parties, after school activities, seeing friends, seeing family, going to kids activities at the weekend? I bet you aren’t. And if you are, well, your poor kid. I can’t imagine how you’ll cope when they do eventually catch it .. they’ve quite likely already got it if that many kids are testing positive.

You can find your people though, there’s a bonkers group of parents on social media who think covid will destroy their children. One hasn’t sent her kids to school since March 2020 yet is kicking up a fuss because school are now refusing to keep them on register..

beentoldcomputersaysno · 25/01/2022 20:11

@InCahootswithOrwell well said.

Username3092997 · 25/01/2022 20:12

I would absolutely be sending mine in in this case. There's outbreaks at their school. It could go on for a while so can't keep them off for weeks.

A mother I know kept her off due to the outbreak but took him out every day whilst off school. If she was that worried, she would have kept him fully at home!

I appreciate that some people will be more affected by covid than others. For us it was mild and my kids were barely ill as were most kids I know who've had it.

What's the point of the jabs if people are still going to be hysterical over the virus?

You could keep them off school and they could go back and catch it. They could catch it out of school. It is everywhere!

Remmy123 · 25/01/2022 20:40

@HSHorror don't be angry - maybe they want to make sure it is completely safe before they let our young kids have it when, quite frankly, they don't need really need ut.

OP you can't pick and choose when you send your child in like a yo-yo, it's not fair on the teacher or the child. Covid isn't going anywhere.

As you as se an ex - teacher and don't work, how about remove him from school and home-Ed? You sound very paranoid about covid so might help with your anxiety around it.