Bubbles

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Ds's school sent home a letter saying students will be kept in bubbles with 1/2 members of staff, and the bubbles will not be allowed to mix. How will this work in reality? What about shared toilets?

Keyworkers kids in 2, 3, 4 and 5 will be in their own bubble.

We couldn't do it at my secondary SEN simply because our school is tiny and just won't allow for it, plus the kids can't be/won't be kept in one place for long (SEMH).

Thoughts on bubbles?

We can't make our secondary bubbles fit. It's not just doing English for year 10, it's doing the same book. And then one is higher history and one foundation. Have yet to find a way to do this.

I'm not sure how the bubbles work if children and adults in the same family attend different schools. In mine, I teach, DH teaches, DC1 is Y10 and DC2 is Y6.

If I'm exposed to a child who shows symptoms, I have to self isolate/be tested. Am I right in thinking DH and my DC do too? If DH has symptoms and tests positive, the four of us would have to isolate as would the classes he's taught and colleagues he's worked with. Would the children I've taught and those in DCs' classes have to isolate too, at least until it was confirmed that the other three of us have tested negative? Everything I've read seems to be based on an assumption that school staff live alone so there's no danger of their work bubble being burst by housemates.

We can't make our secondary bubbles fit. It's not just doing English for year 10, it's doing the same book. And then one is higher history and one foundation. Have yet to find a way to do this.

My secondary has accepted this is impossible- so we're offering it as a "support session" rather than taught sessions. Work will still be set online by class teachers, but Y10 can come in one session a week and get some support from a teacher.

We're still trying to figure out a way to make this meaningful for Y12, though.

@SansaSnark think we are heading for the same model.