Covid in Schools

Sorry for the typos I am trying to eat a sandwich!

Yep, asymptomatic students spreading the virus. All schools should switch to online learning, otherwise these lockdowns make no sense at all. They keep banging on about disadvantaged children need to be in school. Identify them and make provision for them, instead of doing something as ridiculous as ‘renting laptops’ and then taking them away from the kids at the end of term. If these people are struggling to pay rent why make them pay for a computer only to hand it back? Usual Tory tricks. They’re not interested in any families struggling to cope. Someone elderly I know had a COVID positive test. Went into hospital 2 days later. Had their poo tested. Told didn’t have CoVid. Told poo test more reliable than nose and throat test. Who knows what’s going on. But where has ‘normal flu’ gone. My daughter is a nursing sister and she said there is no sign of the usual flu admissions. Not a dickey bird. Weird.

No, Gavin Williamson hasn’t been asleep. This is a populist government and need people (parents) to still go to work. It’s cheaper to send kids back to school than pay furlough to their parents for taking time off work to look after their kids. So kids are the sacrificial lambs if you like - most don’t suffer symptoms. It’s the people they spread it to who do. The government are using the reason that ‘disadvantaged kids’ need to be at school. So instead of identifying the disadvantaged kids and making special provision for them, they use it as a blanket excuse. I am speaking as an ex home educator whose daughter spent most of her time learning online. And did extremely well!

My two gs coming to me tomorrow aged 13 and 23. My eldest daughter works at a school, her 2 children go to different schools, I'll be seeing them Xmas day. So that's 4 different schools - will definitely keep my mask on!

My gd as been isolating twice since September once teacher had covi d second time a child who was in her bubble .Dd works for several schools says it's chaos .

School my GC go to have 10 cases of Covid.

My husband who is a teacher has been sent home due to a student in his class tested positive for COVID. My daughter is a teacher in the same school & lives with us but has not been sent home. There doesn’t seem to be any logic to this. It is how each school interprets the rules.

I think it would be better if all children were at home and every child given a laptop or tablet to have online teaching. Parents were moaning about their children not being at school. Now everyone is moaning about the children bringing covid home.

These two press reports sum up the problem. This is what schools are having to deal with
www.theguardian.com/education/2020/dec/12/down-two-maths-teachers-head-maths-almost-tears-diary-headteachers-week?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

And this is what the government is doing about it
www.theguardian.com/education/2020/dec/12/minister-threatens-school-heads-over-pre-christmas-online-lessons?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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My DD just called, GS in isolation for 10 days, school have 2 cases, but t&t has notified so many staff to isolate, even with no contact. DD has to stay off too, she works there, no t&t to her, but he’s 7.

I think that the probable reason there appear to be fewer flu cases at the moment is that the precautions recommended to us all prevent infection from COVID-19 also apply to ‘Flu. All though they are not adhered to by all, they would certainly make a difference, if you add to that those who have been sheltering you can see where the deficit might arise.