NASUWT advice re school closures etc

[noblegiraffe]

Some much welcome and comprehensive advice from the NASUWT www.nasuwt.org.uk/uploads/assets/uploaded/09f46f4e-4971-4be4-aa87fbc8792942eb.pdf

Including advice for vulnerable staff members who may need to stay off work, pay around self-isolation and so on.

Importantly - if the schools close, teachers should not be required to go in, especially not to ‘help with deep cleaning’ (as suggested on another thread ), potential issues around safeguarding and recording of online sessions etc.

And “There should be no attempt made to split or double up classes or increase class sizes to accommodate teacher absence. If this is proposed in your school then contact should immediately be made with the NASUWT for advice.”

Schools are disgusting. The most infectious places in the world. Snot, spit, slobber, used tissues. And we deal with this with no protection or training?

That’s the issue for staff. Unhygienic work places and students.

I'd happily go to my nearest school across the road and babysit there. That would solve my childcare problems. I'd happily leave my year 7 ds and dd at home if I was over the road. My current school is a good 20 -30 min drive and I would not leave them all day in that situation. Problem is I can't go across the road even if they decide to pool LEA staff as i'm academy.

Plus i'm currently trying to set up a safe room for my mum who is high risk and lives with us. If my kids continue to go to school it will constantly reintroduce possible infection. If I can keep them at home, me over the road and her in her annexe, there's a chance.

Sorry but work in the EYFS and would hope in some ways things can go on as normal but I am sat here pondering things such as

Sand - do I restrict it as a breeding ground at the best of time?
The toys - sorry but scenario of say the Lego......touched by many hands.
Fruit and snack station........does it stop?

I myself have 'issues' with my health. Part of me thinks would this make me any more vunrable at school as opposed to how I lead my life say in the holidays.

Parent packs for EYFS children when it's a "play" led curriculum?

Trying not to stress or over think as have a DD who has complex needs and I am surviving on minimal sleep as it is causing her to be in simple terms 'mitheted.' Hard for her to cope with the fact food that she usually eats is not in the shops.

I suppose EYFS packs would have to be games to play, books to read suggestions of themes for junk modeling. A bit of ordering things by size just the activities you usually put out, some phase 2 and 3 phonics based games. But yeah difficult.
I am a 1-1 TA the child I support is on an individual play based curriculum and this is what I am sending.

Yes LooseGoose29 exactly the same lines as I was thinking.
It's just really similar to what we already ask parents to do to be supportive and parents as partners.
I think for some as sad as it's sounds just to sit and spend much valued time with their child.

Teacher ROAR shared this: onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=23997CF606754FB0!7048&ithint=file%2cdocx&authkey=!ABQMNbfCCb60Xzs

Friends SN school now closed. Majority of children are in the vulnerable 12 week group anyway but they were too short on staff due to the vulnerable staff staying home.