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

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NAHT letter is ace. They are considered quite sensible, so maybe will be taken seriously. I'm very happy about it.

The NEU are convinced that the NAHT will be giving advice to the members that means they will be sympathetic/supportive to those sending the letters... it does feel as it something is finally happening.

Yes it does.

@RuleWithAWoodenFoot

NAHT letter is ace. They are considered quite sensible, so maybe will be taken seriously. I'm very happy about it.

Could we see a screenshot please?

I just mentioned to Dh that ours kids primary school might be shut on Monday.

“Nonsense” he says “they would have told us by now.” bless him. I don’t think it’s hit home with him just how shit this government is.

Headline 1 on R4 - unions call for school closures

Headline 2 - hospital staff call for greater measures / lockdown

(Headline 3 - vaccine boosters argument)

Headline 4 - Covid testing centres for lorry drivers staffed by military opening at service centres to try and stop delays at Dover.

@WhenSheWasBad

I just mentioned to Dh that ours kids primary school might be shut on Monday.

“Nonsense” he says “they would have told us by now.” bless him. I don’t think it’s hit home with him just how shit this government is.

I think there's a lot of people like your DH.

Can't think why they didn't just send a webinar link to the Costa / Country Casuals staff and get them to set it up.....

Watching bbc parliament- very interesting

I'm in the NEU and it does feel a bit underhand somehow to present a letter to my head. She's so supportive generally and would let me stay off if I felt I needed to with my cev DH.

I just hope it doesn't come down to that.

@Monkeytennis97

Watching bbc parliament- very interesting

What’s going on?

My telly has too many children watching crap on it for me to change the channel!

NAHT letter linked here, Salty www.mumsnet.com/Talk/coronavirus/4123208-Headteacher-unions-begin-legal-proceedings-against-DfE

Love the ICT mr P video. Hear hear!

@MrsHerculePoirot

The NEU are convinced that the NAHT will be giving advice to the members that means they will be sympathetic/supportive to those sending the letters... it does feel as it something is finally happening.

I really hope this is true!

Seeing the NAHT letter definitely makes me feel more able to join in with a section 44 walkout if it does go ahead.

[quote noblegiraffe]NAHT letter linked here, Salty www.mumsnet.com/Talk/coronavirus/4123208-Headteacher-unions-begin-legal-proceedings-against-DfE[/quote]
Thank you.

Looks like NEU aren't saying anything about secondary schools.

I don't think I would strike either. It just feels the wrong move at this time. To strike you need the support of the public and with so many people in dire straights at the moment, teacher's striking would not go down well.

As a teacher and also a parent of primary and secondary I see the fears and anxieties on both sides.

Secondary schools are already online next week so no need for immediate action.

Well, except for the fact that heads form that very same union and ASCL are forcing employees in to workplaces...

Knowledge based teaching as opposed to what? This is as bad as peddling low stakes assessment like questioning as something new when it's a good chunk of the backbone of teaching.

Are we doing magic 8 ball teaching? Luckiy dip teaching? Ffs.

They'd love to make qts a level 3 nvq

The minute the gov treated primaries/ AP and SEN teachers, and secondary teachers as if they were doing entirely different jobs with different pay and conditions, they were on a sticky wicket.

This isn't a strike though. It's a section 44. If it were a strike I eould do it. As a section 44 it appears i'm.the only one in uks2 in my school who would which leaves me rather exposed. I wish they would strike!

I've just realised we have a LTF centre less than 1km from our school.

Would it nto make more sense to send all the students there, than create our own centre?

I'm afraid I don't know the difference between a Section 44 and a strike. off to Google

In other news, DH and I have decided not to send DS to nursery for the next few weeks. DH is getting more and more worried about me returning to work, but I've said the alternative is me not getting paid. Mine is the only wage.

Just not sure what to do. I'm sat here feeling sick about it, when I should be planning for a return on Monday as usual. (I'm not NEU.)

OMG!

THIS is a Tweet form Alasdair Munro, the paediatrician poster boy of U4T

*It’s [ debates abou tclosing schools] been done in numerous other places

The concern is the new variant has increased risk of school transmission to an extent it is no longer feasible

Difficult to tease out, but I think we can all agree things aren’t going well*