The Twenty-second Republic - the DfE have no idea, Gav MIA, bubbles in and out

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Give me strength. The man is a fool.

Pop over to the data thread for my fun lesson on individualistic vs collectivistic culture. BoJo has had his Spi-B briefing.

He knows school closing is inevitable but yes he will blame the public. My God we are so exposed to this thing- sod this.

Loads of schools missing from that map in my city.

Schools missing from my area too. God and the map already looks terrifying with the data it has.

What was Boris saying? I'm doing bedtime. Just read a Winnie and Wilbur, which probably makes more sense than our esteemed leader....

Honestly.... what did Boris just say? There was no information in that briefing just a telling off and paving the way to blame people.

Oh god I better watch

Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing...

BBC website had an article today saying 87% attendance, 4 x as many schools have closures as previous week. It might have made headlines if it hadn't clashed with everything else today!

@Piggywaspushed

Pop over to the data thread for my fun lesson on individualistic vs collectivistic culture. BoJo has had his Spi-B briefing.

I've found it fascinating! Love that shit.

Someone on my year 12 thread had her DS test positive...with a bad cold

It was a week before my school made it onto that Brtus (sp?) map.

What did Boris actually say though? He'd clearly had a lesson in how to try to sound a rallying "tally ho" cry to the flagging troops, but what else? The new measures had already been leaked.

The local paper is reporting schools and those are going onto the map.

However I know of so many more with bubbles closed, including my own! It's just that there's nothing on websites so there's nothing to corroborate.

This Newcastle school is my biggest worry. "Most of the children are asymptomatic." Newcastle schools only went back exactly 2 weeks and 1 day ago.

I'm trying to remember if I actually know the head, who has a young family herself if so.

Is it worth listening to Boris. Not sure I’m up to doing it twice in one day.

I love Winnie and Wilbur.

I'd bet there's more sense to be read there tbh.

Btw just found out oxford reading tree have two sets of stage 5 and 6 W and W books specially written for them!

One of my friends from secondary school went to that primary in Newcastle. Obviously a lot has changed in the 30 years since then, but she has very fond memories. Sad for them to have so many cases! ☹️

I love Winnie and Wilbur too. Unfortunately, dd2 is now far too old for them and her books of choice are things like Jacqueline Wilson, or David Williams. I'd quite like to go back to picture books tbh.

Last week of August the daily average in Newcastle was under ten.

Schools went back 7th/8th. We started averaging 30-40 per day.

Exactly two weeks after schools go back and we've been hitting around 90-100 for the last 3 days.

That can't be a coincidence.

Aw really mrsA? that is sad. Yes it's supposed to be a lovely school.

I really feel for the staff, and the kids. They won't all be better by 5th October. And risk having passed it on to their own dependants, who will need looking after.

I believe they may have done that weird phonics thing for a bit in the army 80s though?! Someone once told me!

I bought the entire Winnie and Wilbur series during lockdown . Love them! We really suffered from the library being closed - we are now up to series 11 of beast quest for the older 2, and the oldest has now moved onto my Terry Pratchetts.

Loved your graph Piggy. Very interesting - especially the Japan outlier!

I'm finding the emotions about working in school at the moment has stages, a bit like the 5 stages of grief.

1. Denial/disbelief
2. Fear
3. Bravado
4. Resigned to whatever fate may come...

I'm moving from 3 to 4 currently.

Why yes that's exactly where I'm at. I had the realisation yesterday and found it unnerving. I don't like it.

Re Winnie, I love them too! Bought some of the reading books for ds as he likes them (in case of lockdown!)

Actually on that score. He's not allowed me to read him any fiction since mid March. Tonight gave me two and asked for some from both!

Oh I've been at 4, but am now back a bit around 1. Not as strong as last time though.

I've just noticed the awful grammar in my sentence.

Please forgive a mere science teacher, oh gurus of the English language

Ohthegoats - don't tell me it's bloody cyclical thing?!