The Thirty-Third Republic - End of term and DfE threats- cheers all!

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Just reading that the DFE are considering delaying the start of the Jan term. I can't get my bloody breath!

Wow... apparently in my county cases in U19s went up 336%.

Not in my school! Nothing to see here!!

The news also said all parents are being urged to sue home testing kits. Again, I ahve not heard this.

That's 336% IN A WEEK.

name so sorry to hear that. Hope you can put your feet up and be looked after

Sorry to hear that @namechangedyetagain I hope you feel better soon

Geoff is on now! Hi Geoff!!

Am actually so so pissed off. My local news says all kids, staff and someone else(families I think) can and should get home test. Neither my school nor DS's have communicated this to me.

@oddsbodkins

Just reading that the DFE are considering delaying the start of the Jan term. I can't get my bloody breath!

Where is this?

@oddsbodkins

Just reading that the DFE are considering delaying the start of the Jan term. I can't get my bloody breath!

I just came to post that.

www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.tes.com/news/exclusive-dfe-considering-delay-start-next-term%3famp

@Piggyinblankets

That's 336% IN A WEEK.

Not caused by schools, no no no.

Cases in our area have nearly doubled in a week. When we went back to school, we were at 12 per 100,000. Now we're not far from 200 per 100,000. Wonder why...

@oddsbodkins

Just reading that the DFE are considering delaying the start of the Jan term. I can't get my bloody breath!

Where are you seeing this?

Gov is going to announce this TOMORROW?
When is our time to plan remote lessons??

Do any of you have a classroom like the one pictured in that TES article?

How would delaying start of term work - we have students with actual exams the first week back (BTEC exams).

About to read the article, but what would that mean for Y11s (eg my DD!) who start mocks on 5th Jan??

It's a very short article! If it's just so that we can all be trained to swab students, not impressed (although it will help with infection rates of course).

No - two chairs at each of those desks and two rows of two desks pushed together against the walls with a small gap up the middle for getting to seats in some classrooms. Or two desks pushed together for the middle row and single desks against the walls with gaps between mid block and side rows for egress.

Just realised I basically work in the environment of a budget airline. No emergency exits though.

Oh goodness grief, government! They are going to um and ah all holiday then announce Sunday 3rd Jan aren’t they!?

I think I will cry with joy if there is a later start. Just had a little cry on DH about the stress and worry of it all. He has been amazing. I'm only part time so at least I have breathing space but he teaches so many year groups (well, all of them) I've been so worried. I really hope they give schools a bit of a circuit break in January to lower the numbers. Mocks can be moved a week later I guess, not so sure about the Btec situation though...

Hope your all doing well, only 2 days left and getting tired now! Our head sent 3 yr groups home earlier this week so i am much happier in school this week.

Finally got my reply from my MP, this sentence was the only interesting bit

However, it is acknowledged that remote learning may become necessary again. As such schools have been required to prepare high quality remote education, so that children can continue to make progress even if they are not attending in person.

Just realised I basically work in the environment of a budget airline. No emergency exits though.

Or drinks cart

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^That's my most common lay out. In science just three long lines of desks pushed together.

That's not what I drew!

First week back in Jan before mocks is way more bloody educationally important than last week before Christmas.

I am negative Honey. The result I was given is my PCR result and not the LF result of a relative in the same hospital whose manager has my test result and absence paperwork. Nobody is admitting how it got mixed up.