What have you done if all positive apart from one child?

Im2022 · 2022-01-31T08:15:51+00:00

Dd is continually negative whereas everyone in te family is positive. She’s showing light symptoms like headache and sore throat. What do I do? Can we leave house to take her to school? I wouldn’t be able to pick her up as we have to outside the classroom. Or do I keep her home?

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Im2022 · 31/01/2022 08:20

Bump please.

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AlexandraEiffel · 31/01/2022 08:21

We put plans in place for friends family/neighbours to take him.

Siameasy · 31/01/2022 10:17

Get someone else to take them. This is what I did when I had Covid and DH was at work

EnolaL · 31/01/2022 10:31

You can't leave the house to take her unfortunately. Our primary school has a zoom option for children at home. My Dd did this and she then tested positive the next day.

OliveTree75 · 31/01/2022 10:53

This has happened to a few children in my class and the parents have kept them off. They have then themselves turned positive after already having a week off and then miss another week. So I would try and get someone else to take them if you can

mindutopia · 31/01/2022 12:29

Our school and nursery requested that we keep them home if we can if household contacts. As we were home anyway, that made the most sense and minimised the risk to anyone else.

ollobololo · 31/01/2022 12:32

I had this happen. LP and no way of getting DS to school! He had had it prior so already missed 8 days of school. Fortunately I got ill on the Thursday. I kept him off on the Friday. School were really useless, I arranged a taxi but DS is 8 and was too scared to go in it. School said it would be marked as unauthorised. In the end from day 5 I walked him wearing a mask and being very careful to avoid other people as apparently outside transmission is next to zero. I didn't really have a choice given how school refused to show any understanding. I don't feel I had much of a choice and it was shit but it was that or miss another week of school and get marked unauthorised.

ollobololo · 31/01/2022 12:33

PS I had gone out of my way to ask others and been declined. I was negative from day 6 so it wasn't too long of walking him in.

ollobololo · 31/01/2022 12:34

I've just realied your kid has symptoms? Definitely keep them off in that case. Not all negative cases are really negative.

MoonriseKingdom · 31/01/2022 12:35

My children are stuck at home this week as me and DH are positive and we have no one who can take them and pick up each day. We’ve had some work from school. After speaking to school this morning sounds like we’re not the first in this situation.

RedCandyApple · 31/01/2022 12:38

My kids had to stay off loads back when You had to isolate simply if someone in the class tested positive I’m a lone parent so had no way of getting my other kids to school, school told me to keep them all off

Gizlotsmum · 31/01/2022 12:42

We kept our son off. School provided work and as soon as one of us got the 2 negatives (and he was testing neg all the way through) we took him.

KKslidoff · 31/01/2022 12:46

What have the school said? I'd be asking them for advice first.

If she has symptoms, I'd keep her home. We have one positive who has had symptoms. Other child is negative with no symptoms. So he's gone in today after checking with the school. Will be waiting to see how we all are the rest of this week though.

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 31/01/2022 12:50

Headache and sore throat plus negative LFT would require a PCR to return at DDs school.

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Im2022 · 31/01/2022 12:51

She has symptoms: headache, runny nose, stomach ache and feeling sick on and off. This is exactly what her siblings had.

I’ve kept her home today. We don’t have anyone we can rely on to take her in. Neighbours all go to different schools. I might have to drop her around the corner and ask school to bring her out to my car, or ask for work at home if she gets better without a positive test this week.

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ZippyZap · 31/01/2022 13:44

I'd order a postal pcr and keep her off saying she doesn't feel well enough to go in... Like the times pre covid!!

EnolaL · 31/01/2022 16:08

@ollobololo

I had this happen. LP and no way of getting DS to school! He had had it prior so already missed 8 days of school. Fortunately I got ill on the Thursday. I kept him off on the Friday. School were really useless, I arranged a taxi but DS is 8 and was too scared to go in it. School said it would be marked as unauthorised. In the end from day 5 I walked him wearing a mask and being very careful to avoid other people as apparently outside transmission is next to zero. I didn't really have a choice given how school refused to show any understanding. I don't feel I had much of a choice and it was shit but it was that or miss another week of school and get marked unauthorised.

That is shocking. Our school mark any child that can't attend school m due to covid reasons with an X, which doesn't affect their attendance record.

Sloughsabigplace · 31/01/2022 16:28

my 7 year old stayed at home.

We had no one else to take her in.

Xmasbaby11 · 31/01/2022 16:44

She sounds unwell so she's better off at home regardless of covid status. She may well test positive in coming days anyway. I wouldn't really care about being marked unauthorised absent - my dd is 8 and never gets 100% as she gets a lot of viruses. It's never occurred to me to be bothered about it.

greenlynx · 31/01/2022 17:42

I think she’s got symptoms so should stay at home. Maybe you haven’t done her test properly, it’s difficult with kids.