The Twenty-first Republic - All back but for how long? Why is Big Gav still in post?

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Have I missed something phlebas, you’ve got a kid off with confirmed covid in your class....but the bubble hasn’t been sent home?

We use paper! Old skool.

We were told in our all staff inset meeting that only close contacts would be told to self isolate - which would not include us teachers as obviously we will have kept 2m distance at all times.
So I don't think our bubbles will be sent home.

I haven't been told this explicitly, but I figured X was just the code for anything potentially covid related so it's counted differently to usual absence, a couple of my foreign students who only arrived back in the country in the past week are down as X for quarantine. This may be totally wrong, but that seemed the most likely!

@WhyNotMe40

We were told in our all staff inset meeting that only close contacts would be told to self isolate - which would not include us teachers as obviously we will have kept 2m distance at all times. So I don't think our bubbles will be sent home.

This has happened at ours. Only the 8 kids around them are isolating.

He has it but he's not been in yet so bubble ok. Although his cousins from the same traveller site are in!
Our trust is now also saying it's ok to swap between classes for maths if we have a three class bubble. Why even fucking bother?

@noblegiraffe

Have I missed something phlebas, you’ve got a kid off with confirmed covid in your class....but the bubble hasn’t been sent home?

We have 2 cases different years. Only about 20 kids having to isolate no teachers. We have been in squashed corridors. I am worried.

@RigaBalsam and @WhyNotMe40 do you think it's because of variables like ventilation, room size, length of time etc, or just different health officials' approaches?

No idea. Maybe because we are in a low incidence area so they can be more conservative? Just a guess.
I have no idea if we have a confirmed case yet though, and if we do that what we have been advised will happen, will actually happen!
I hate being this clueless

Two of the rooms I'm teaching in have rubbish/little ventilation. One is quite good. The rest are middling.

Do you think we will be told if there is a confirmed case?

I feel very cry-y tonight. No real reason. Just drained by it all. SLT tried to do a nice thing today but some staff mistook the gesture and it all feels too too much.

[quote Augustbreeze]**@RigaBalsam* and @WhyNotMe40* do you think it's because of variables like ventilation, room size, length of time etc, or just different health officials' approaches?[/quote]
I think it's because its just one case so not classed as an ' outbreak' yet.
Low area too.

@WhyNotMe40

Do you think we will be told if there is a confirmed case?

We have had a standard letter ( same as others I have seen) after both cases.

@MrsHamlet very unmumsnetty hugs 🤗 Nearly the weekend....

@RigaBalsam hopefully that's standard procedure! Thanks

Have a neat gin and dilute it with your tears. I am just creased with tiredness

There is gin. I'm trying to stay awake until bedtime to avoid being awake at 3am!

The other schools look to be sending home all the bubble. Or at least thats what it is saying in newspapers

I feel very guilty for not having been in for two days and still no results for DS. At first I felt I was overreacting by pulling them out because he had a cough (it's a cold) then the head said they're not allowed back without a negative test ... I suspect that there are others with coughs but if parents don't admit it they're just going into school.

Then of course I'm not in front of my own classes and DD could very well have the same cough next week. It's a real no-win situation.

Quite a few Xs and others missing today.
Hand sanitizer is undoubtedly flammable but since atm we aren’t even allowed to do demos it’s irrelevant.
Other science teachers on here, what are your schools permitting please?
It all seems so inconsistent, food tech are cooking, pe are dipping balls in milton between lessons and we can’t even demo because anything has to be quarantined for 72 between different staff usage. 🤔

Anything and everything

Does anyone who uses Go know what the register code PD means? None of my colleagues seem to know and it’s not in the drop down code box.

I have students with that across the day as you would. I know the codes for isolating and covid related illness (whatever that means). Now worried it means positive diagnosis.

What are primaries doing for 'remote learning' in the case of isolation?

We're definitely not providing work for children who are isolating while the rest of the class is in. If the teacher is in class, then they can't be asked to provide work. The end. Apparently.

Anyone planning on trying live lessons on Teams or whatever? For tiny kids?

@Kashtan

Quite a few Xs and others missing today. Hand sanitizer is undoubtedly flammable but since atm we aren’t even allowed to do demos it’s irrelevant. Other science teachers on here, what are your schools permitting please? It all seems so inconsistent, food tech are cooking, pe are dipping balls in milton between lessons and we can’t even demo because anything has to be quarantined for 72 between different staff usage. 🤔

We are only allowed to do demos for the year group that is zoned in the block that has the labs. No practicals and no other demos.

My DC's primary isn't providing work. I have set some for a quarantining year 10. There's no way I could justify setting nothing - there will be massive gaps in their knowledge of exam texts. I do object to having to do it for quarantining kids but it's no skin off my nose to make the lesson resources available on our online platform.