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God help us, there's a lunatic on here claiming schools aren't safe places & wants them to remain closed for a third time inside 2 years.

Calving

All masked, no close playing in playground

Could it be due to exposure to viral load?

My Niece's partner is a doctor working in A&E in a busy hospital. He got Covid a week or so before Christmas even though he was double vaccinated + booster but he had to be admitted to hospital. Thankfully he was allowed home during the week. My Niece is also a doctor, she tested negative on PCR's tests even though they live together. She works in a maternity hospital where I understand the Covid protocols are far more strict.

I was chatting with a young farmer that I know during the week and we were talking about Covid and I asked him if he was going to any party's for the New Year. He was emphatic and said that he didn't meet up with his friends over Christmas because he had 100 odd ewes at home that were due to start lambing in the next week or so and who could he get to lamb them if he wasn't up to it. A shrewd lad 👍️

They can't close schools no more than they can close hospitals, if they can keep going they should.

I've no faith in WFH, apparently they think you're working if your computer is turned on, sounds fairly naive

both our kids got on great with remote learning last time, it’s no big deal but they are old enough to be at home alone. For a working family with small kids schools closing is a logistical nightmare amd if they leave it to the last night before returning its even worse.

personally unless there’s further changes in rules there won’t be the staff to open them so decision is made for them in that case.

Government seem asleep at the wheel at the moment, surely they war gamed all these scenarios and have stuff at least half prepared. Schools should have been told to be prepared for both online and in face teaching after the holidays.

In houses were 2 parents are working /working from home ,home school is a nightmare both for parents and kids …proably worse for kids as no structure …no friends …they can get away with bit more from parents etc

kerping kids at home may in some circumstances cut spread but in others it’ll be worse …especially in towns etc where kids will be out and about mixing more …unregulated …

what I see happening is schools staying closed till Monday week in the hope parents ,kids and teachers cut there contacts and cut this at source back to manageable levels ….primary school and exam students have missed far too much school

As with all jobs some teachers went above and beyond with the home schooling others went missing in action

The opportunity is there for it to happen with WFH. some parents too wouldn't open a book either which is important for homeschooling younger ones....... well so people who know tell me

Schooling from home is not the answer and that's from the perspective of a parent and someone with a number of teachers in my extended family .

Young lad loves school and doing grand there .He looks forward to going and what he missed most both times was the social interaction .He would of course talk to his friends on XBox ,snapchat etc and we never at any stage stopped him meeting his friends .Actually encouraged it to be honest as that sort of seclusion is not good for anyone , esp a teenager .

The big issue was that no matter how good a teacher he had ( and in my opinion they all seem very interested and committed ) its very difficult for a teacher to remote teach and its also difficult for a pupil to sit for 4 or 5 hours in front of a screen .He got on OK but asked him tonight and he told me that he really hopes school resumes next week .

From a teachers point of view a number of children either interact only sporadically or some never at all .Brother got all the stories of "sir my camera ain't working " "my laptop is faulty " "Broadband is out again " etc etc etc .

Some were logging on in the morning and going back to bed .Some kids got into a very summer teenager style routine of up all night and sleep all morning .Hard when both parents gone to work and teenage John or Mary hops back into the scratcher by 9am .