The Twenty-third Republic - school attendance not great - half term to be renamed circuit break?

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I’d guess 2/3 of the students I teach are 17+. All the fuss about universities and it’s like colleges are invisible.

I was shouting st the car radio "But there are 17 and 18 year olds in schools!!!"

That feels like a manipulation of data from their perspective. But then again apparently we’re still clear of this as a school so 🤷🏻‍♀️

I got frustrated at a student today. Work set. Planned, prepped, scaffolded. So much help. We’ve spent a week on this. Didn’t what was actually asked. My fault apparently as they had no help. Didn’t look at anything provided.

I’ve developed a sore chest and sporadic cough. Not Covid symptoms so no need to isolate unless I get worse according to doctor.

I’ve just posted this on another thread and the more I think about the more suspicious I become.

The BBC are reporting that Whitty said the rate of transmission among children is not changing very much. That’s the R rate, isn’t it? So numbers of infections could actually be growing very quickly if the rate is >1.

Also, the graph broken down by age group was for the test positivity percentage which is presumably the number of tests carried out which give a positive result. This is pretty meaningless without the figures for the number of tests by age group - if loads more children are being tested the positivity rate may well be low.

The only graph that tells us about the number of infections in children are the estimates of infections per 100,000 of the population, and these do seem to be showing increases, albeit from a lower base.

Also, the graph broken down by age group was for the test positivity percentage which is presumably the number of tests carried out which give a positive result. This is pretty meaningless without the figures for the number of tests by age group - if loads more children are being tested the positivity rate may well be low.

Very good point

@HipTightOnions

I’ve just posted this on another thread and the more I think about the more suspicious I become.

The BBC are reporting that Whitty said the rate of transmission among children is not changing very much. That’s the R rate, isn’t it? So numbers of infections could actually be growing very quickly if the rate is >1.

Also, the graph broken down by age group was for the test positivity percentage which is presumably the number of tests carried out which give a positive result. This is pretty meaningless without the figures for the number of tests by age group - if loads more children are being tested the positivity rate may well be low.

The only graph that tells us about the number of infections in children are the estimates of infections per 100,000 of the population, and these do seem to be showing increases, albeit from a lower base.

Ahhh, that makes more sense.

I think you should post that on all, ‘yay, Boris says schools aren’t hotbeds of infection like teachers have been warning for months!’.

Tired. Still no positives in our school. Year 8's getting worse. They are a nightmare but I also feel bad for them because they've been stuck in the shittest block in school which has the smallest crappiest classrooms and is always messy and noisy even outside of covid.

Poor trainee in today - she was in one of my lessons and was meant to be in another later but managed to go to the wrong lesson instead. She is very, very quiet and apparently very nervous. Allegedly meant to be teaching one of my groups within a few weeks but we'll see.

MN still not working on chrome on my phone - has anyone had this? I get bad command messages and nothing loads. Wondering how to tackle it.

Looks like we have our second case in school, different year group. Kids all whinging it’s freezing. I am telling them to wear a t shirt under their shirt, and get a school jumper, other staff are apparently ignoring the instructions and closing the doors and windows 😳

Is there anyway to see the slides from the briefing?

@RigaBalsam

Is there anyway to see the slides from the briefing?

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/923117/2020-09-30_COVID-19_press_conference_slides_.pdf

Just had a car accident on the way home 😫 someone rear-ended me as I slowed for an ambulance at traffic lights.

And we have another case.

Oh no! How are you?

Hope you are ok

Thanks hip

and Oh no salty

@SaltyAndFresh hope you are not too shaken up

I think from covid summary
Under 20
Jun29 to now total 17075
Last 2w 7187
Difference 9888

Oh gosh, hope you're OK. Just anothrr faff you don't need.

Hope you are ok salty.
Take care with your neck

Sorry to hear that, Salty.
Hope you're OK.

@SaltyAndFresh hope you are ok

www.thesun.co.uk/news/12811683/coronavirus-rapidly-rising-17-21-warnings/

The red tops jump on it. Ugh!

Hope you're ok Salty. Look after yourself tonight.

No idea about cases in our school but no staff as of yet but I'm exhausted with the added mental load. Not to mention my back has gone so that's an added fun to the week (especially challenging with a very active child I support).

I agreed HipTightOnions, that's a very carefully selected set of graphs, isn't it? The one that we want to see (actual cases broken down by age) isn't there.

Hope you and your car are ok, salty I hate having to deal with insurers.

Hope your ok Salty
That’s very true about the report on cases in children and makes much more sense. I just couldn’t work out how they could say cases weren’t rising in children. It’s a constant in / out at my dc schools of kids isolating.