Will schools close as the Queen has died?

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I feel I should keep my child at home. Going ahead with ordinary activities feels wrong.

That is just teachers skiving

Do you honestly believe the teachers will have had any say at all in the school's decision?

School closure decisions are made by the governors and the headteacher. The teachers have no say in the decision. The teachers may well be still in, or still given directed hours to complete, depending on the headteacher.

This is a joke surely

So they can have a day in front of screens while I work from home as its too late to sort anything else and the weather has been rubbish all week? I really can't see what purpose that would serve. It was always going to be sad, the end of an era but at 96 years old it was going to happen at some point and its not like they knew her personally and need time to grieve. Closing the schools doesn't need to be the response to anything out of the ordinary happening.

Surely not?

Oh for goodness sake. Of course life should go on as normal. My kids went to school when my dad died (though an hour late as I needed to give them a bit of things to talk about it as I heard after they'd gone to bed the night before). And having established that there was nothing I could do at that point, I went to Tesco and my dental appointment.

Even after a close family bereavement, keeping to normal stuff and normal routines as far as possible, helps. To have life stop in its tracks for someone you've never met is just self indulgent sentimentality.

A bit of time, even

Queen Elizabeth was the head of the church of England and spoke about her religious faith - she gave the strong impression in what she said over her lifetime that it wasn't just a 'ceremonial' title to her.
Apparently the Anglican communion represents about 85 million people worldwide. I believe there will be quite a lot of people who experience this loss as relevant to their faith.
I would like to take my child to church tomorrow, if possible to our nearest cathedral to sign the book of condolence and attend a service.
He finds church and prayer meaningful and is sad about the Queen's death.
The school he attends is a C of E school. I have absolutely no objection to schools remaining open and fully appreciate the difficulty last minute closure would have for many parents.
For those of us with faith prayer seems a reasonable response. I understand it is not everyone's way.

Why on earth would schools close tomorrow?
(a) the funeral is not tomorrow; and
(b) our children have not been invited to the funeral.

If there is some kind of community mourning/remembrance then my children will be far better off experiencing that in their actual community that sitting on the sofa playing Roblox again.

8 weeks off for summer. One day back at school. If school shut on the second day I would not be very impressed!

Closing schools would be ridiculous. Kids have just had two bloody years of disruption and uncertainty. They absolutely do not need any more time lost, fgs.

No, I'm not joking. I'm sort of surprised but it is actually how I feel - not when I first heard but once the news had sunk in a bit.
I can see why you ask, it probably seems very odd if this loss means nothing to you🙂.

I bloody hope not

I had a huge amount of respect for the Queen and I'm saddened that she has died. It's the end of an era. My kids still need an education however and dh and I need to work.

I just found the other school thread , I did look for one but didn't find it so started this. Will decamp unless asked a question directly. Apologies for duplication.

The woman literally worked till the day she died, not sure skiving is a fitting tribute really.

You can take your child to church after school.

Ask yourself what the Queen would want. I bet she'd rather your kid got his education and a bit of normality. Whatever anyone thinks of the royal family, they seem a down to earth stiff upper lip bunch.

Prince William's kids went to school even though Granny was dying..

Indeed!

You do as you please.
but my children have missed enough school.
And I would be annoyed if they miss any more.