The Thirty-eight republic - Covid Carnage - Schools still waiting for test kits

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You are most welcome to this school staff support thread to get us through stressful times. It is meant for school staff only – a sort of room of requirement. Baiters, haters, goaders, and bashers can jog on somewhere else.

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Other requirements for staff room entry include the ability to find the staff room, the ability to find a clean mug in the staff room, knowledge of the photocopier codes, and the ability to sniff out where the booze is stashed - Thirsty Tuesdays, Fizz Fridays now in operation.

If you come with a stick to goad us then that is not allowed in the staffroom and you will receive a detention

Just shocking how the DfE are able and willing to blatantly lie about test accuracy. There seem to be no limits to how low the government will go.

I wonder if January exam students attend means that those taking real, external exams e.g. BTEC will attend for their exam? That's what ours are doing -just attending in person for the exam.

@starrynight19

Chloe maybe they won’t get their bonus now

But someone has been sooo busy tweeting pointless messages about how safe schools are all through the holidays-I’m sure they’ll be demanding their extra cash!!

Thanks for the new thread

Hi and thanks!

We’re having January exam students in for any lesson before their exam - so I’ll see my BTEC group on Tuesday as they have an exam on Wednesday.

My friend who works in a 6th form said hes in Mon,Tues for exams then remote learning for wed. Cant believe our government forgers entire schools (middle schools) or qualifications (BTEC). Just shows a level of incompetence and assumption that every school is like a private school.

Had a nice chilled day today just trying to ignore the idea of being back at work on Mon.

53,000 cases today
613 recorded deaths

53,285

Various reports today of an 8 year old child who has died from Covid

@Cracklefraggle oh God

That poor poor child

So will BTEC pupils also be in for their normal GCSE timetable? I suppose so due to transport issues.

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@Cracklefraggle

Various reports today of an 8 year old child who has died from Covid

Oh god. This is so sad and frightening.

@Cracklefraggle

Various reports today of an 8 year old child who has died from Covid

Oh that’s awful. Poor kid and poor parents

@starrynight19

Is this version 4 ?

January exam students back next week now ?

I do wish the DfE would put version numbers on their publications so that there can be proper tracking of what was issued when, Maybe Meg could bring this up next time she meets with Head of DfE seeing as she seems to be one of the few people with balls in Parliament

That's without Wales, Scotland or NI reporting today! Or are tomorrow's numbers likely to be lower because of that?

Poor child

I'm having huge anxiety about masks on all in classrooms. I'm OK with it in corridors and most staff shout at me or don't mind if I need stuff repeating. I'm really going to struggle hearing the kids though. I already do with the few that wear them now. Sorry this is such a stupid whinge when my rational head knows masks are best for the safety of us all.

Starry is that different to the one they did about 3pm yesterday? Lemme check twitter!

Not stupid at all herc

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But then everyone would know how many changes there have been.

Not a stupid whinge. None of this is easy on teachers.

Those saying 98% accuracy is a lie, it isn't technically a lie it is getting the statistics to say what you want them to say. They are 98% accurate if you have a positive result, as in if you have a positive result there is a 98% chance you do actually have covid. Unfortunately they also give a high number of false negatives - they only pick up between 3 - 50% of positives.

My DD is 8. Feel physically sick at the thought of her going back on Monday. Feel sick at the thought of primary colleagues going back to 'normal' on Monday.
to everyone feeling the same.

Oh my goodness, an eight year old.