Petition to get all children back to school

[ILoveMyMonkey]

Found this petition online calling for all children to be back at school, thought I'd share the link for those who are interested...

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/305525/signatures/thank-you

@Russell19
We're a huge primary, all staff were given new roles, some of us are WFH dealing with online learning and answering emails for the year groups still at home while other teachers were placed into bubbles. It's not about volunteering to cover a bubble - I was more than ready to go into school and send my son back to his but was told I was needed at home. It will to be reviewed if more children return and therefore more staff are needed for bubbles or when the government extend provision to more year groups.

@Swallowsareback

I'm not fed up of entertaining my child thank you very much. There are multiple threads on Mumsnet right now about people feeling that schools should be opening back up for everyone in September and I simply posted a petition I found that would support that view.

I love spending time with my son and we've done all sorts these last few weeks but when your 7 year old lays on the sofa crying saying he wants to go to school and see his best friend - well it's kind of sucks!

www.google.com/amp/s/www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1293683/coronavirus-news-schools-reopening-lockdown-end-children-latest/amp

Sorry as per above post forgot to pop it in. Link above shows more likely that children are struck by lightning than die of covid

@Packamack
Good one!
I thought this was an online chat room 🤔. I didn't realise I had to properly construct my writing to meet the high expectations of someone online.
I promise to try harder, just for you!

And yes, I have been a fully qualified teacher since 2008 - would you like to see my certificates? 🙄

Signed.

Well I just hope nobody working in your school is vulnerable or has vulnerable family members while you are at home wanting to be in school. That would be annoying.

Unless I’m really mistaken Lockdown will be completely broken by September, there are those few that will stick to it; but with shops, pubs, even zoos and theme parks opening how can it continue and if it does. The job losses after this will be horrendous. Poverty, late identified cancers etc and mental health issues will kill far more than covid.

Signed- if people can mass protest, if primark can open, then children (the lowest risk group in this whole saga) can see their friends and get an education.

So we all have to send our kids back because yours is having a tantrum about not seeing his bestie? Can’t you just arrange a play date?

@Swallowsareback

As per my post : Yesterday 12:06 : anyone anxious about catching the virus should stay indoors and let everyone else get on with life.

@Russell19

I'm very sorry about people who are vulnerable and afraid of what will happen if they catch the virus, but why do those of us, who don't need to shield, have to stop living? People should manage their own risk for their personal circumstances.

@Ilovemymonkey if that’s what the experts are suggesting then We should follow that rule but it’s not so accept it.

@Swallowsareback
My son was not having a tantrum, he was sad and upset. He was not screaming and shouting or rolling around on the floor or stamping his fists like kids do when having a tantrum. He was lying quietly on the sofa, crying. Children are capable of expressing their emotions too you know.

@Tadpolesandfroglets
"Experts" - I think most agree that's laughable.

Swallowsareback wow what a vile post- I forgot the only people in society who should feel anything during this pandemic are the over 50s

@AlternativePerspective

I totally agree with you about resilience. In fact our LA has spent a lot of money on giving the education sector specific training on this.

I'm in childcare not school but I have noticed a very worrying trend from a lot of parents towards children never experiencing a difficult emotion. I've been told that I must call them if their child cries. Not wanting to leave their child if they are crying even after months of this when they know (with photographic evidence) that the child stops as soon as they do leave and is instantly distracted by a toy. Parents not bring their child because "he said he didn't want to come today" even when said child is almost 5 and starting school in a few months.

I have friends who are incredibly risk averse, terrified that a child might go a bit higher on a swing at the age of 6.

I know this is a really different situation we are in right now but I cant help but see some of the talk about children's mental health as parental anxiety that their child might be sad or lonely. We would be better helping them to deal with those emotions when they arise rather than removing the chance of them happening.

If he’s upset take him to see his friends, there’s nothing preventing you from doing so but other than that we will have to wait until the government sorts out the directives schools need in order to function properly and you will have to live with that I’m afraid. The virus sadly just hadn’t disappeared,

@CarrieBlue It’s precisely because ikea and other places are open that schools should stay shut. Schools are workplaces and staff should not be put at risk by having to mix with up to 150 + people per day with no social distancing or ppe.

I'd like schools to open, but understand if that can't happen just yet or needs to be part time. However, arguments like the above don't make sense. IKEA is also a workplace and employees there mingle with far more people per day, also with crap social distancing and no PPE, and mostly with adults who have been shown to spread covid far more than children? It makes no sense to prioritise shops over schools - both for the childrens' education and support, and from an economic standpoint, because many people cannot work with young children at home.

The virus sadly just hadn’t disappeared it was never intended to disappear- covid is something we live with not halt life until it goes. We have to crack on and children should be the priority

@Stuckforthefourthtime I doubt many ikea assistants spend hours with a customer less than 2m away wiping snot on them. There is still no conclusive evidence that children are less likely to spread the virus. I totally agree that prioritising shops over schools is wrong but since they have schools can’t just open as before whilst people are mixing in shops and bbqs

@OnlyFoolsnMothers I don’t know what you are not understanding, there was always going to be a phased set of directives to get us all back to a semi-normal way of living and that’s what is happening. Slowly places are opening including schools. It’s not difficult to comprehend.

@ILoveMyMonkey yes take you child to see a friend; it’s just like taking them to the zoo. When shops, pubs and theme parks open. How do people return to these jobs if they are at home with children. They need to check these restrictions are still necessary and get on with it, the virus won’t disappear.

@Swallowsareback

There’s only a couple of weeks of school left, not going to make a huge difference surely to your child’s mental health. When the experts say it’s fine to go back that’s when we should listen, not just when some random on mumsnet gets fed up of entertaining her child at home.

Do you really think that's all it is?

This site is becoming horrible.

05pinkazing

@ILoveMyMonkey yes take you child to see a friend; it’s just like taking them to the zoo. When shops, pubs and theme parks open. How do people return to these jobs if they are at home with children. They need to check these restrictions are still necessary and get on with it, the virus won’t disappear.

I can't tell if you are agreeing with me or not.

I agree the virus won't disappear so we just need to get in with it.

Can't go to the zoo - they're all shut at the moment.

Playdates are all well and good but you need other people to agree to that.