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When do you think schools and nurseries will actually re-open?

Thanks @WouldBeGood, I could weep for her. She’s far from the only one it’s happened to. She’s the type of student who doesn’t do great in prelims and aces exams.

Nat5 failed English and maths prelims and got As for both in the finals.

She worked so hard and it’s all been snatched away.

I really feel for her, and you.

I think after February half term. I wish they would just say so now though rather than all the reporting saying thought measures to come etc.

Please don't let them be off til May! Then they'll only have been in 4 months out of 14

@Jellycatspyjamas social work counts as key worker now if that's any help

But both parents need to be key workers in our authority area, so no school place for me sadly. There’s a certain irony of discussing neglect and abuse, and assessing quality of care while my own two are unsupervised and uneducated.

Sexnotgender that is so awful. My S6 DD did not achieve her potential last year due to being a slow burner and not putting in the work for her prelims. She should be awaiting a raft of unconditionals, she's not. And now crapping herself that the rest of S6 might be online but has older Dsis's doing uni work that way so is preparing herself for it.

That, obviously, is nothing compared to your DD and her heartbreaking experience. I have no platitudes.

For me, I will hope for the best. Prepare for the worst.

I know that remote teaching or blended learning or any model that is not 100% in 100% of the time will upset, anger, frustrate, dismay, confuse ...

I know that a typical class has ECV pupils, young carers, pupils with parents or siblings with chronic conditions and these are just the ones we know about. I have no desire for anyone to be put at risk if transmission continues to rise at a rapid rate.

My school had a small number of cases which were (as far as I know) handled really well. Still upsetting for all involved. DD's school has basically had cases constantly since August and coped admirably.

I will teach the best I can with what I have and in the parameters that I should work within for whoever wants to engage.

Thank you Lidlfix.

I will teach the best I can with what I have and in the parameters that I should work within for whoever wants to engage.

No one could ask any more of you than that, however they decide education will be delivered over the coming weeks.

I don't see it being May, but I've resigned myself to end of February-ish. 2 more months of vaccinations should be enough to start making a real impact and it'll be hard to argue why schools should stay closed after that. Especially after last summer and the blowup over the blended learning plan when we were down to really low cases.

I see there's going to be a statement about this tomorrow in Parliament? Maybe there'll be some clarity then at least about what they're thinking. I am so dreading going back to work next week knowing I've got to relive spring lockdown hell all over again It's hard enough being put in the impossible position of doing my job plus caring for toddler plus homeschooling primary, but my 6 year old in particular is going to be so sad and miserable if she can't interact with her friends at all. Spring turned her into a totally different child, it was horrible.

That is awful Sexnotgender. I hope things get better for your poor DD this year.

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That is awful Sexnotgender. I hope things get better for your poor DD this year.

Thank you.

Sending love @Sexnotgender

I've been anticipating a return after the February week since before Christmas. I'm less optimistic now and am considering it could be after Easter.

Hope your DD will be ok sexnotgender

Last time in our hub there was 110 children at one point all playing together. One child’s mum worked for the NHS in HR two days a week at home but branded she’d got him into the hub 5 days a week.

@Sexnotgender I’m so sorry, I hope you are all able to access support.

@sweetkitty 🤦‍♀️

Blended learning would only work for our family if provision continued being provided for us as key workers. In the summer when they were trying to go ahead with this my youngest 2 would have been in school the first 2 days of the week and the eldest there the last 2 days of the week so I would have needed childcare every day of the school week. They did say there was would be provision for the other days but they didn’t know where this would be or who would be manning it 🤷‍♀️

I see the Scottish Government Twitter account put out a tweet this morning saying that the plan was a return to F2F learning from the 18th, and then deleted it 15 minutes later.

I know these are Uncertain Times and all but after the mess they made of announcing childcare was closing, it’d be good if they could at least communicate clearly on this.

@AlaskaThunderfuckHiiiiiiiii

Blended learning would only work for our family if provision continued being provided for us as key workers. In the summer when they were trying to go ahead with this my youngest 2 would have been in school the first 2 days of the week and the eldest there the last 2 days of the week so I would have needed childcare every day of the school week. They did say there was would be provision for the other days but they didn’t know where this would be or who would be manning it 🤷‍♀️

I think that's an authority issue with blended learning. We (primary/nursery) were asked to coordinate with our local secondary so that siblings were all in school the same days. Still not ideal but better than parents or having any time.

STV journalist reporting that it’s likely to be extended to start of Feb, ‘under 2 week review’.

Anyone seen this?

I think it was deleted was it not?

Was deleted. Looked like a scheduled tweet someone set up a while back.

I would really like them to just TELL us stuff and not communicate via a combination of leaks and mixed messages on social media.

It may have been, I just saw it shared somewhere. Christ they're incompetent aren't they

Wonder if the cabinet will be agreeing to this?