The Sixty-Second Republic - Pop da pop pop, the beat don't stop until the break of term

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Pop! Year 8 went today.

We only have 7 and 10 left (12 are on study leave). It's like a ghost town.

I've got induction at my new school tomorrow. Followed by year 7 parents evening (ugh) via teams (oh shoot just realised I need to send invites for that!)

I had that thought Born - like maybe that was the number they were handed and that was what they printed unquestioningly as they're not confident with Maths themselves. 1 in 1250 or 0.08% of positives is tangible to most people. Randomly mentioning ratio in the sentence before then sticking in 0.08 of cases in the next sentence just isn't clear.

Don't many publishers try to use language fitting to someone with a reading age of 10 or some such? You'd think they might apply the same approach to data and stats.

Can't believe the difference between schools numbers! Literally not had to have anyone isolate due to an in school case since we went back in March

I think whoever advises us is being more cautious now. There is only one case in year 8. In Autumn we'd have used seating plans to just send home 'close contacts' but this time they've said to just send them all home. Possibly because year 9 are already out? Or they've realised its airborne? Or that they all mix at break? I dunno.

Oh, Javid has clearly been sent out to create a change in tone. Back to the Tory playbook.

Right you clever lot.....help me argue with the new behaviour lead who wants us to go "full Dix".....

Suggest some fact finding visits to schools that have been dixified. Engage in evaluation with staff there

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9733615/Girls-young-12-taught-pelvic-floor-exercises-school-watchdog-recommends.html

Something else to add into our school day!

Oh and Yr 12 were sent home today.

Fuck sake

I can imagine us in PE lessons insisting all the girls do pelvic floors and just sitting serenely for 10 minutes. Could be quite restful if no boys are about...

Another year gone today too. Down to two years left.

See.. it's going to be November again. Already is November again.

Weather feels like November too.

The more that girls know about their reproductive anatomy in these confusing times when biological sex seems to have been abandoned in favour of gender the better, IMO.

@motherrunner

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9733615/Girls-young-12-taught-pelvic-floor-exercises-school-watchdog-recommends.html

Something else to add into our school day!

I will add it the list every growing list. Maybe something to do in afternoon registration.

Am trying to sit on my hands so I don’t post on any other threads tonight, I think. ‘The rules’ around isolating school bubbles are clearly starting to get to some people .

I have all my kids at home this week!

Well it's the unions fault you see appu!

Im pretty sure they paused the AZ childrens trial.
So only moderna or pfiizer.

Im surprised there arent more than 100k kids who didnt go back to school as its so unsafe

@Frlrlrubert

I think whoever advises us is being more cautious now. There is only one case in year 8. In Autumn we'd have used seating plans to just send home 'close contacts' but this time they've said to just send them all home. Possibly because year 9 are already out? Or they've realised its airborne? Or that they all mix at break? I dunno.

As far as I’m aware public health know which contacts of cases end up testing positive. My guess is they are seeing something about the spread in delta which is making them more cautious. Even if nobody else will admit it.

@Piggywaspushed

Well it's the unions fault you see appu!

Well, quite!

I think there are a swathe of people who want all kids at school without masks and running sports days, open days, clubs, shows, transition days and assemblies completely as normal-with all maskless parents to attend. Then no testing at all in schools as it tends to result in those pesky positives!

They’d probably still like to be WFH though-many people like that bit of covid.

We've also gone back to whole bubble closure at ks3 when it was previously close contacts only. Definitely a more cautious approach than before.

Yeah but then were FUMING when a school event in a posh Edinburgh school led to a whole load of cases!! I think they are pulled up when they see cases are actually real.

Just looked at the Covid figures 22,000

I just feel impending doom. So sorry you have all had bubbles pop.

Scotland has its highest number of daily cases ever!

Javid obviously going for 19th July. I did just hear Prof Paul Hunter saying we have to do it at some point and better in summer than winter, which I think is the one sensible argument. And that schools will be closing then so that will help with transmission! He also said that this will ‘peter out’ (the interviewer’s phrase) once all children have been exposed and all adults backed. Remaining infections should be just like the old coronaviruses, ie a cold. Didn’t mention Long Covid.....

Yes Appu Viner (the Fail article) is one of the worst lot, Barrington Declaration etc.

Boys have pelvic floors too although they tend to stay stronger for longer!

*backed should read vaxxed