The Sixty-Sixth Republic - Who will be the medal winners on Results Day? Grade inflation predicted again

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Are LFTs not carrying on? (missed that).

Don't forget PCRs for close contacts, that'll get some asymptomatic cases.

Not after the end of September, Herc (probably, that's when it's up for review).

What was the previous line on remote education that this is softer than?

@Hercisback

Are LFTs not carrying on? (missed that).

Noble mentioned it will be reviewed at end of Sept.

Some of the work I’ve set for cover when I’ve been ill has been really poor - how on Earth is that better than just keeping some measures to prevent staff becoming ill?

I hate setting cover.
If I'm on a course or whatever, I set work that they can do (with the answers). 8/10 times it's not done for some spurious reason.
If I've got my head down the loo, I can't set good cover. We have detailed schemes of work. Surely it should be enough to say to one of the 4 people with TLRs in the dept "we're up to here" and let them sort it?!

Wasn't it something about it having to be high quality and the same as what students in school were doing. Or does that line about "remote education direction" imply the same standards apply? I'm confusing myself now.

Hadn't registered that LFTs were until end of Sept for staff as well as kids. That's interesting. I may stash some.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/coronavirus/4332208-To-think-unvaccinated-secondary-pupils-must-remain-masked-all-day

This person can’t be a teacher surely???

Probably the same poster as 'yours scenically'.

Lots of buttons pressed in that OP.

Thread’s been taken down as they’re a known troll.

Kids not being allowed in school or somehow segregated until they're vaccinated is an U4T hot topic. Remember Molly Kingsley's excruciatingly bad article about 'The Dirties' who were shunned by all the other kids and their teachers for being unjabbed?

They really do make up shit don’t they?

Shamelessly.

@motherrunner

Now I keep reading about waning immunity after vaccines. I had my second vaccine in March (school staff were given the ‘spares’ in my LEA) but I won’t qualify for a booster. I worry about my immunity level come winter.

Similar position, motherrunner. Had my second by April add is CEV, but won't get a booster

As dh, not add

@noblegiraffe

So not even setting cover?

We plan as a team, so planning would be done by someone else - it's already done for most of term 1 for example, on the system for us to tweak as we want. It would be more useful to work on some future planning - foundation subject stuff.

Today is planning day 1 of 3, I've had an eye test, been to the gym, eaten a nice breakfast.. yet to even locate work bag in amongst the building site that is my house.

Person on radio just now being reassuring about waning immunity - vaccines should still protect well against serious illness, other than in the old and immune compromised.

Also said we should vaccinate 12 years +.

Ravi Gupta on R4 just now saying he was worried (among other things) about the return to school.

But he clarified that the waning immunity is to catching COVID (and is only a fall of about 10% so far) NOT against developing serious illness, which you’ll still be well protected against. This needs shouting loudly because ppl will be, like you, worried by today’s headlines AND it’ll otherwise feed into the anti vax stuff.

Snap, born!

It’s pure logistics, not vaccine weariness, you utter, scheming twerps!!!!

That’s a relief!

Scottish dep first minister starting to sound like governments last autumn - the very last thing we want to do is close schools again.... retaining masks was a good idea (hear hear!).

www.tes.com/news/we-want-avoid-school-closures-all-costs-dfm?fbclid=IwAR14eGmBjx7ZVpLaZ_5Z8c2DwJVNIK7nJrELAZKrBif_joEqSbfawqt1Vks

The continuity direction for remote learning says “ The expectations on the quality of remote education expected of schools remain those set out in the guidance for full opening published in July 2020.”

So still high quality same as in school blah then.

HSHorror I think your point on the ‘Schools Predictions?’ thread is good/ not one I’d thought of:

^I predict
Running out of testing within 3w. Especially as you should get a pcr as a contact^