The Seventh Republic - the debate rages on but for some it is half term!

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What year 9s chloe??

Typo! 10s and 12s-oops!

Phew.

Are you back on site then?

Maybe the secondary guidance will land on Bank Holiday Monday....

Denmark pays high taxes in exchange for excellent public services and they invest heavily in these. As I recall they also have low net wage differences between workers therefore people do the jobs/professions they are drawn to rather than some being high status and others shittily paid and unable to attract quality candidates. That would include childcare and teaching.

There is literally nothing meaningful to be compared from such totally different systems.

If they want Denmark quality schools and childcare and adaptability they need to pay Denmark levels of taxes. Much like if you want private school standards you need to pay the fees.

Strawberry I didn't read that bit as meaning they had to stay in squares!
No I didn't mean it like that either. But when you explain to your class that you've had to measure out their classroom in squares to make sure everyone can SD, there will be some that take that absolutely literally and ask which one is theirs. I've had a (lovely!) Y1&2 class that would have taken the squares as absolute rules.

I took the numbers to mean bubbles of 8 and no more than 16 children within the setting. In other words two bubbles of 8 I’m one eyfs room.
3-5 yr olds have always needed 2.3 m squared/per child so each bubble will need 8x 2.3 m squared.
I do think it is very open to interpretation though and I can very much picture our eyfs fearing head taping off individual squares.

Saying that our plans to date have five bubbles of ten sharing the same space so maybe not!

Yay : John Gordon Sinclair sticking up for us on Twitter! I love him!

Are you back on site then?
Head wants us back in to ‘prep’ from 1st June but in stages (so couple of faculties in one building having meetings, whilst other faculties help prep classrooms in another building and swap the next day etc to help with socially distancing. Head was hoping for more guidance by now and is happy to alter the plans during that week if and when they do come through.
From 8th June, wants to have 10s in mornings and 12s in afternoon (won’t have to worry about lunch/canteen socially distancing) but again, could change if guidance says it should. Idea is that when you are not with 10s or 12s, you are doing what you can with remote learning of 7s to 9s.

Maybe the secondary guidance will land on Bank Holiday Monday....

Ha ha, ain’t that the truth!

Caring for any child is obviously reasonable. Surely any teacher would want to ensure they are safe at all times. Politically motivated attacks on good teachers is discreditable, yet it didn’t stop your hypocritical cronies
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Jacob Rees-Mogg

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· 23 May
Caring for your child is obviously reasonable. Surely any parent of a three year old would want to ensure they are safe at all times. Politically motivated attacks on a good father are discreditable.

Haha love it piggy.

My gosh, every last tiny bit of respect I had for BJ has just gone. Heaven help us England 😔

The lack of wraparound care really is a pain for us. Although it does amuse me that our school aren't providing it when the same kids who attend keyworker care are also the same ones who attended breakfast club. I thought it might be down to the staff who ran breakfast club maybe being shielding members of staff, but they are the ones who will be running the keyworker bubble from the 1st so I might approach the school and ask if or when they think breakfast club might reopen. Nothing to lose by asking. Currently DH is going to be going in to his work late on days where he isn't in charge in the morning so I can be at work on time. My school has agreed a late start and early finish but it does make a huge difference as the pupils I am there for have had half an hour without support before I get there and it can be problematic to get them on task. Heaven knows what I will do if work insist I finish on time and there are either no after school clubs or relaxing of lockdown enough for my usual friend to collect the children.

What's he done now? Is it the briefy?

So, suddenly he says June 15th!!!

I guess I shall have to tune in to the daily briefing @SleepymummyZzz

Briefing

Piggy what is June 15th?

Fuck OFF Boris! There has been NO consultation about secondaries!!

What does 'up to 1/4 even mean!!?

That's 200 kids in my school.

Boris talking about schools on the briefing atm.

Piggy June 15th

Nice distraction though Boris! Bravo.

June 15th for yrs 10 and 12

15th june date for Y10/12 to go back- so schools planning 1st June/8th June will be pushed back.

June 15th is date for Years 10 and 12.

Some secondary heads will be fuming right now.

Confirms June 1st going ahead for EY, YR, 1, 6 (what happened to Thursday 28th?)

And June 15th for Y10/12.

Some schools may not be able to open (words to that effect)