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Are secondary bubbles still a thing?

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Theimpossiblegirl · 27/02/2021 21:38

Please may I get some opinions on the lateral flow consent forms from dd's school? I think they've sent outdated info but I'm not sure.
Am I correct in thinking there will be no isolating of close contacts? Or have the school sent out old info?
Point 11 of the lateral flow consent form says that I consent to DD attending school if she is a close contact of a positive case and that she will be tested every day for 7 days, only sent home if she tests positive.
I thought close contacts would still isolate and bubbles would close with 2 cases.
I'm getting myself into a bit of a tizz, it's enough trying to reconcile the risk I pose to my family, teaching in every bubble in my Primary.
I don't want to send dd back if this is correct. It also feels desperately unfair on school staff.

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katiemumma20 · 27/02/2021 22:24

In the school I teach, close contacts will still be isolating but I’m not sure if that’s official guidance or just our schools. I thought the government decided the alternative (7 day serial testing of close contacts) were a bad idea in January and so reverted back to bubbles isolating?

Theimpossiblegirl · 27/02/2021 22:35

I did too, but I've asked around and this is not unique to dd's school. I'm hoping just paperwork overload.

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katiemumma20 · 27/02/2021 22:54

I hope so too as LF testing without isolating is worse than just isolating! Would feel safer with bubbles isolating and nothing else than just lateral flow testing! When they first suggested serial testing without bubbles isolating at our school I got in a panic! Now we are doing both together at least that an improvement on what we had before Christmas x

cardibach · 01/03/2021 15:35

Email the head and ask. If it’s a mistake they’ll want to know, and if it isn’t, parents will want to know (and quite possibly teachers)!

LunchWithAGruffalo · 04/03/2021 12:31

I questioned my eldest school a couple of weeks back, as they still had the test rather than issolation on the consent form.

I was told that close contacts would still be isolating, the testing option had been withdrawn, but they were still using the old form rather than try to get everyone whod already filled it in to do another. Not sure why they couldn't take that bit out.

The guidance for the 8th opening also says contacts will need to isolate so I'd certainly question any school that was still going ahead.

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