Schools closed until February? (part 3)

jester77

vid36 wrote: »

I am not sure will the government play this game until next weekend. Better to announce plan on Monday and allow time to prepare. I think February 1 is a realistic date. Even Germany is extending school holidays.

Germany is not extending holidays. They pushed the mandatory return of children back 1 week, the children have the option to attend school or study from home.

Icyseanfitz

jester77 wrote: »

Germany is not extending holidays. They pushed the mandatory return of children back 1 week, the children have the option to attend school or study from home.

Are Germany's hospitals circling the drain like ours?

deiseindublin

KerryConnor wrote: »

It makes the DES pig headedness over 21/22nd December seem daft

It always seemed daft, now it seems a resigning matter.

C__MC

Norma Foley gone into heading again I suspect

jester77

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

Are Germany's hospitals circling the drain like ours?

Nope, they even take in patients from other countries. Then again, health insurance is mandatory here, everyone in the public system contribute 15% of their salary. I have private insurance, and one of the cheaper ones, and I pay well over €600 a month just for myself, my kids are extra on top and dental is not covered.

khalessi

C__MC wrote: »

Norma Foley gone into heading again I suspect

She has gone to find her hide and seek trophy to put on her easel

combat14

C__MC wrote: »

Why not close the schools for a month as holidays ?
Work the Month back in june , alter jc and lc exams for july. I wouldn't have an issue with this.
Online learning just dosent work

online learning does work it just has to be planned properly and students do the work given as well

byhookorbycrook

combat14 wrote: »

online learning does work it just has to be planned properly and students do the work given as well

Teacher here . There’s a reason schools aren’t online all of the time . It works for about 80% of the school population, but isn’t successful for others due to issues like parental support , broadband issues and the age of the child . Given the rampant Covid figures right now , online is the only show in town , but it’s not a silver bullet either .

Bananaleaf

khalessi wrote: »

She has gone to find her hide and seek trophy to put on her easel

She will have to remove some of those drawings she asked the primary school kids of Ireland to send in to her a few weeks back when he was giving out no homework passes, yknow, to make room

beggars_bush

Clouron wrote: »

Because workers need to work. That's the bottom line really. Kids at home all day means no work done.

Schools need to be safe for staff and pupils

I wonder will they open on a county by county basis? Depending on the virus rate in the community?

Icyseanfitz

beggars_bush wrote: »

Schools need to be safe for staff and pupils

I wonder will they open on a county by county basis? Depending on the virus rate in the community?

not a hope, too much work, it will either be all in or all out

wirelessdude01

beggars_bush wrote: »

Schools need to be safe for staff and pupils

I wonder will they open on a county by county basis? Depending on the virus rate in the community?

That would take some effort on their behalf which I sense is severely lacking in our DES.

jrosen

beggars_bush wrote: »

Schools need to be safe for staff and pupils

I wonder will they open on a county by county basis? Depending on the virus rate in the community?

This has me wondering. I think in one sense its a good idea, why have schools closed or do remote if community levels are low. Keep them open while its safe to do so. On the other hand I think is it fair to have some schools be able to maintain a standard that others simply cant if they are closed.

I do think we have areas in Ireland where people are far more compliant and then would be concerned that we would see the same schools closed for longer periods than others.

beggars_bush

jrosen wrote: »

This has me wondering. I think in one sense its a good idea, why have schools closed or do remote if community levels are low. Keep them open while its safe to do so. On the other hand I think is it fair to have some schools be able to maintain a standard that others simply cant if they are closed.

I do think we have areas in Ireland where people are far more compliant and then would be concerned that we would see the same schools closed for longer periods than others.

It might force people to stick to the guidelines to get the kids in their households back to school!

khalessi

jrosen wrote: »

This has me wondering. I think in one sense its a good idea, why have schools closed or do remote if community levels are low. Keep them open while its safe to do so. On the other hand I think is it fair to have some schools be able to maintain a standard that others simply cant if they are closed.

I do think we have areas in Ireland where people are far more compliant and then would be concerned that we would see the same schools closed for longer periods than others.

What happens if teachers live in different county to school?

alroley

jrosen wrote: »

This has me wondering. I think in one sense its a good idea, why have schools closed or do remote if community levels are low. Keep them open while its safe to do so. On the other hand I think is it fair to have some schools be able to maintain a standard that others simply cant if they are closed.

I do think we have areas in Ireland where people are far more compliant and then would be concerned that we would see the same schools closed for longer periods than others.

Wicklow has the lowest rate in the country. Many teachers in schools there live in Dublin and Wexford which have much higher rates.

jrosen

khalessi wrote: »

What happens if teachers live in different county to school?

If their county also had low numbers then I cant see why they could not travel for work. They would have no reason not too.

Edit to add, if they have high numbers in their home county then maybe testing for those teachers might work?

JTMan

Hospital admissions in children 5 years old & under in the UK is surging ...

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1345448767928066049

Icyseanfitz

JTMan wrote: »

Hospital admissions in children 5 years old & under in the UK is surging ...

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1345448767928066049

Damn it, i thought the talk of children and this new strain was bs, covid, the ****ing gift that keeps on giving :mad:

Messi19

If schools are back on the 11th it'll be interesting to see what the attendances are like. I mean people not sending kids back, not absence from isolation

khalessi

Messi19 wrote: »

If schools are back on the 11th it'll be interesting to see what the attendances are like. I mean people not sending kids back, not absence from isolation

A lot of parents on other sites saying they wont send kids back when numbers so high.

Messi19

khalessi wrote: »

A lot of parents on other sites saying they wont send kids back when numbers so high.

Couldn't criticise any that do tbf

khalessi

Messi19 wrote: »

Couldn't criticise any that do tbf

Neither could I or most teachers tbh.

Stateofyou

JTMan wrote: »

Hospital admissions in children 5 years old & under in the UK is surging ...

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1345448767928066049

faaawwk

Locotastic

Messi19 wrote: »

If schools are back on the 11th it'll be interesting to see what the attendances are like. I mean people not sending kids back, not absence from isolation

Most are expecting that date to be extended, probably be online learning (aka not much learning) until 31st January then back to normal hopefully.

It'll likely be the same as when they went back intially in September and people were nervous to begin with.

khalessi

Locotastic wrote: »

Most are expecting that date to be extended, probably be online learning (aka not much learning) until 31st January then back to normal hopefully.

It'll likely be the same as when they went back intially in September and people were nervous to begin with.

Well if what Feigl-Ding above is reporting I am not surprised

jimmytwotimes 2013

Think I'll be keeping my kids at home for a couple of weeks and see how numbers go

Locotastic

khalessi wrote: »

Well if what Feigl-Ding above is reporting I am not surprised

I think his charts have been found to be incorrect just looking at the comments on the tweet. A lot of paediatric consultants have debunked this theory today.

Spanish Eyes

Teachers and kids and their families need to be protected now.

According to reports Covid is RAMPANT now, and sure FGS that will be solved by kids going back to school. OK. Tell me otherwise.

I do realise that key workers are doing a stellar job, but I do not want to patronise them either. LUAS and DB, HSE you get the drift. But the fewer interractions they have the better. This third wave sounds ominous.

khalessi

Locotastic wrote: »

I think his charts have been found to be incorrect just looking at the comments on the tweet. A lot of paediatric consultants have debunked this theory today.

Hence I used the word IF