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Foundation Stage 2 reopening 1st June

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trisher Thu 21-May-20 12:01:41

It won't be possible to provide proper education for the children under those circumstances. It will in effect be a form of baby sitting. It might be useful for a child to see their friends and maybe be there for an hour or so but spending a whole school day sitting in one spot will be torture for some. My 5 year old GS finds it hard to sit still for 10 mins. I'd like to see some sort of open air activities organised which parents could take their children to. I know some schools don't have outside space but if parks/football fields and even golf courses were to be used it might be possible to provide some social contact at safe distances outside.

JenniferEccles Thu 21-May-20 11:59:43

Perhaps they should return to how most of us were taught with separate desks spaced apart and we had to sit at our desks until we were told we could move.

None of the wandering around or sitting in huddles chatting as happens now.

vampirequeen Thu 21-May-20 11:52:14

I don't see how the FS curriculum which is largely based on free movement and choice of activity can be reorganised.

Oopsadaisy3 Thu 21-May-20 06:29:43

Many parents aren’t going to send their children back, but I think that the same problems will still be there in September, we have to get the children back into some kind of education and if that’s what it takes to keep everyone safe then we will all have to get used to it, possibly for a couple of years.
Children are adaptable and it will soon become a normal way of doing things, not ideal but better than being ill.

vampirequeen Thu 21-May-20 06:24:24

Two of my grandchildren are in the group that are supposed to be returning to school on 1st June but they're not going because the school has explained how social distancing will work in a Foundation Stage setting. Each child will have his/her own 'bubble' of space and they will remain in it all day (even eating their lunch in it). The teacher will also be in a 'bubble'. There will be no group activities or playing with friends. Equipment will be cleaned several times throughout the day. Seems a bizarre way to educate 4 year olds.