The Forty Fourth Republic - primaries sort of in, secondaries out, Gormless Gav says two weeks notice

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It's reception, and a child case.

Unpossible surely? Children don't get it....

@MrsHamlet

Guess what?! I'm more blind than I used to be. Optician suggested less screen time.

Bugger. Not really sure what to suggest on that one.

Sorry about another bubble going rule

• “kids don’t catch it” I know a few primary teachers who are pretty certain they caught it from a child (they can name the child - not in a blaming way, they just know).

The prime minister has confirmed that there is more news to come later today, though.
Hotel quarantine is likely to be only applied to "red list" countries and there will be an update on schools.

Hmmm ugh I feel the dread.

Another update?

I bet exams are back on.

Primaries back (staggered) after half term.

Possibly yr 11 and 13.

That's my guess.

It's primary going back after half term, I tell you...

PHE have said primaries are 'safe' for the community.

Although Johnson is skirting the issue of half term school staff immunisations in PMQs today, so maybe it's that.

@Stepawayfromtheminirolls

Well, I have to start live lessons next week - feedback from parents to SLT demanded it. I'm lucky in that it's only one hour per class, unlucky in that all 5 hours are on the same day! This is going to be fun...

If they demanded your first born's blood would the school have to implement it? (Actually don't suggest that to UFT!)

The fail are saying exam years that are die to be accessed and y1 and year 6. Use of the word could.

I just went to the Mail to see the latest flag flying and spotted this.

Maybe the announcement will be about a new type of testing programme in schools

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9192251/And-thought-nose-swabs-bad-China-begins-using-anal-swabs-test-Covid-Beijing.html

😆

I think that al he's going to say is that he'll tell us in Feb when the "roadmap" out is published.

So he's announcing that "sadly, alas, alack" .... toady to CRG /U4T .... "schools will not be able to return after half term as originally planned"

Eww not envy.

Dare I say it, he is sounding sensible at the moment

Plan to be announced on 22nd Feb I think

Not possible!

Not possible to open schools immediately after half term

He is thinking 8th March

Beginning to re-open from 8th March based on vaccination results actually sounds sensible.

8th March reopening... not sure who.

8 Mar may be date for beginning reopening schools

Oh great more of the wonderful catch up.. summer schools, Covid premium

... and a long term plan for the rest of this parliament (3 years)!

Invicta can do the summer school 👍

Tragically I have plans over summer and will be unavailable.

Make some puppets and do a puppet show - NO dd would have chosen this one first, and grabbed some socks to draw faces on as her puppets. There would be very minimal effort, but she would have fulfilled the brief.