Order of returning to school

[CaitlinEJ]

Am I reading this right, reception and year 1 will return before year 10. My year 10’s need to return to school more than my son in reception, reception will very easily catch up to where they should be, year 10 and 12 won’t as easily.

That's what he said.

R, Y1 and Y6.

Presumably because of childcare needs.

I'm a year 2 teacher with kids in y5 and y1. I'm not happy to send my youngest in when I won't be or my eldest.

Because reception and yr1 are the hardest took look after when they want parents back to work.

Secondary school kids can stay home alone.

Don't really understand year 6 though.. only a month left in England and Wales... I would have gone for yr2

I doubt they'll force you thirty.

@disorganisedsecretsquirrel I'd say nursery children are the hardest in terms of childcare but they've not been put on the roadmap

True... I admit I missed that .!

Thirtywon, I reckon we will still have to continue key workers childcare so you might be able to use that if you were stuck also I wonder if they will split up Y1 and Reception across Eyfs and ks1 and y6 across ks2 classrooms and staff.

I think it's to support early reading (y1 and R).
My own child is in y2. I teach y1. I will have to send her to school.

Does this mean these teachers will be back full time? Or will it be shared? I'm presuming we will be teaching again

Might be because they are so incredibly difficult to social distance without the 'discipline' of school

Thirtywon you don't know yet that you won't be in - they surely need to space out those classes I can't see how they could just have their regular teacher. And will still have keyworker children in too.

And YR and Y1 will be the LEAST likely of all the year groups to understand or be able to social distance.

What about pregnant or vulnerable or shielding YR, Y1 and Y6 staff - what then?!

I presume us in other year groups will continue remote teaching

For nursery/childminders I mean.

I'm Y1 but I think we will be having a rota so it may be not me all the time.

It’s likely only a week between other years returning, that was the original plan that was being discussed.

So likely reception year one year six on the first of June, then year two and three on the 15 June, then four and five on the 22 June, and then secondary from the start of July.

YR and Y6 are the two year groups that would be best back at my particular school.

I'm wondering how I'm going to teach Y5 remotely and Y6 in the school though...

'What about pregnant or vulnerable or shielding YR, Y1 and Y6 staff - what then?!'

Presumably the non-pregnant, non shielding staff will have to cover those year groups that are in school.

nursery children are the hardest in terms of childcare

Nurseries and childminders tends to follow that of reception class - they won't have been specifically mentioned because attendance at nurseries is not compulsory and not every parent who has a 3 year old relies on them whilst every parent who has a 4 year old relies on a school?

Year 10 and 12 would require far larger numbers of contacts with other students and with staff. They aren’t in the same class all day and are taught by different teachers for each subject. They are also more affected by the illness than younger children. If you had half a class of reception children in (say 14-6) they would only interact with each other and their teacher/TA. In secondary year 10 students would be in different classes of 15 for each subject in most cases and would have different teachers for each subject. That’s before you account for the da t that many arrive to school on public transport.

I'm at an independent school. I can't see us teaching other classes. I think those who are in are in and the rest of us will continue remote teaching.

Bluntness that would be an end to staying 2m apart then wouldn't it - which is still applying in work places etc.

Thirtywon If we are having smaller groups, there will need to be more staff in- unless all tas are in and teachers teach remotely

We have 3 tier system. Yr 6 is in middle school...

Maybe @carrottopper but our average class size is only 12 as it is.