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BB2’s school has just sent a (very badly worded) letter to all parents, the second paragraph of which says no school for years 1 & 2 for the remainder of this academic term. So just reception kids in and BB2’s year two mob have basically now left the school. No mention of bump up days for their new schools or anything. Not told her yet, half of her buddies are going to a different junior school to her, which she’s cool about, but she did want some time with them before school ended. We’d bought a load of red summer gingham dresses for her just before the plague came, five of the buggers, never worn. Her new school colour is green :snarl:
 
chilango said:
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My last post on this (as Ska says it's for another thread really)

The above taxonomy shows the value placed on A level subjects by Russell Group universities. Obviously the languages are a specific anomaly but beyond that it's fairly depressingly predictable....
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Back in 2013 the Russell Group’s actual admission data showed that this list was bullshit, and that in practice one of the most commonplace supporting A level subjects for students selected by Russell group unis was Theatre Studies (economics was also popular). The RG finally in summer 2019, stopped giving the list as guidance (though of course they never actually admitted that this preferred list was some weird political agenda).
 
Looking like an absolute shitshow now. Likely only a small number of schools opening up for only a slightly larger number of pupils than were already eligible to go in. Mass absenteeism likely in those (usually academy) schools still toeing the line. Revolt in some academy schools where they are going ahead but local authority schools locally have been advised to remain closed to all but key worker/ vulnerable kids. Many urban areas across England have councils blocking or advising against Govt plan, Devolved nations not playing either.
Expect Cummings’ blonde puppet to either cast it as sabotage by lefties and unions hurting parents who want to work and vulnerable kids; or else say that the plan all along was total flexibility and laisse faire....
 
Partner’s (academy run) primary and nursery school having to tell parents they will open on Tuesday rather than Monday as haven't received all relevant signage and equipment. Teachers and Teaching Assistants have been told Academy group policy is no PPE in the classroom.....🤬
 
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Was wondering about experience of any teachers here or parents of the first day back.

My partner does not have to go back. School confirmed it on Friday.

For reasons I cant go into here.

I have friend who is not sending his children back. One is in high risk category. I can tell its starting to stress him out. The Tories giving impression that lock down is ending. Like he said hospital still says risk is high and his child cant go out so why is lockdown winding down? Why are people not wearing masks in supermarket? I can see his point.

Impression I got is that staff and parents who can't go back have not got clear guarentees from central government over their rights.

Nor am i clear. Do they have gaurentee of home schooling? Can schools not in future not make staff redundant who didn't come back in June?

Despite the push by Tories to get staff and school children back they haven't been clear imo on what happens to those who can't or don't feel safe to do so.

Reading the press today and get the impression in England this is like an experiment. If cases go up its failed.

I sadly also think, seeing the alteration in peoples behaviour in my area in last week, that some people have become inured to the high death toll.

For others in higher risk category it has not gone away.
 
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I had a letter from the head of my kids' high school saying they were currently expecting to reopen on the 11th of August but only to have about a third of the school in at any one time. No mention of how that's going to work yet, which year groups might be in together or anything.
 
Academy running primary where partner works have now supplied PPE, but only to be used during first aid or “toilet accidents” - which are frequent in nursery and reception! Still not supposed to be wearing PPE at any other time. Nursery and reception and years 1 & 6 all supposed to be in today after 1day delay.
 
My 7 year old is back from tomorrow. He has autism and is already past the point of ever catching up with his age group. However, he will be in a classroom, just him and his 1-2-1 ABA tutor, actually learning.
 
On the comments about exams at GCSE in Drama and 'A' level Theatre Studies to get the top grades you need to get around 98% in the exams. A much higher threshold than many (most) other subjects.
That is a very tough ask probably because some see those subjects as soft or easy.
If you meet a person with the high grades in those subjects I would suggest they jolly well earned them and are likely to be very capable people.
I also think those subjects are valuable and very often misunderstood.
 
Anyway, about this r number.

31m ago12:12
A primary school in Derby has temporarily closed after reporting that seven staff members tested positive for Covid-19.
Arboretum primary school is due to be shut for a week with all affected parties instructed to isolate for 14 days.
Derby Diocesan Academy Trust (DDAT), which runs the school, said four members of staff tested negative for the virus.
DDAT added that the affected staff had only suffered mild symptoms and were recovering well at home.
In a statement, the trust said:
Following one member of staff reporting symptoms, the school quickly identified any other members of staff, parents/carers and/or children who may have been in contact and instructed them to isolate for the government’s recommended period of 14 days.
Since then, six members of staff have tested positive and four members of staff who were in contact have tested negative.
There have been no reports of parents/carers or children displaying symptoms.
In line with guidance, the school has closed this week to allow a deep-clean to be completed and will reopen next week, initially to children of key workers and vulnerable children.
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A Derby city council spokesperson said none of the seven staff members who tested has “been in touch with children”.
“The school will re-open on Monday June 8 and all of those adults who may have been in contact with the affected staff have been informed,” they added.


That went well.
 
planetgeli said:
Anyway, about this r number.

31m ago12:12
A primary school in Derby has temporarily closed after reporting that seven staff members tested positive for Covid-19.
Arboretum primary school is due to be shut for a week with all affected parties instructed to isolate for 14 days.
Derby Diocesan Academy Trust (DDAT), which runs the school, said four members of staff tested negative for the virus.
DDAT added that the affected staff had only suffered mild symptoms and were recovering well at home.
In a statement, the trust said:

A Derby city council spokesperson said none of the seven staff members who tested has “been in touch with children”.
“The school will re-open on Monday June 8 and all of those adults who may have been in contact with the affected staff have been informed,” they added.


That went well.
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I was going to post that. I'm assuming that total's built up over the last few weeks. It's not good news for Derby schools & hope all those staff make a good recovery from this nonsense.
 
Sounds odd that they were all staff who hadn't been in contact with children. Maybe they were working together in school though, setting home learning etc. Or some were younger teachers house sharing :confused:
 
My wife's school, has spent weeks figuring out some system to handle distancing, 'teaching bubbles', parent coralling, as well as shifting furniture out into storage, and laying down miles of tape and signage. They had a proper mathematics expert work out the logistics to conform to guidelines and apply them to the actual layout of the buildings. The head produced a video showing parents what the return-to-school would mean for the kids, the distancing involved, etc.

First thing this morning was an email from a parent suggesting that the school start a car-sharing scheme for bringing the kids to and from school.

:facepalm:
 
Derby thing is interesting- apparently school is on way to (relatively badly affected) Derby Royal Hospital. Not sure if it has not been a “hub school” for key workers kids, with other schools locally sending their key workers (and staff?) in? If affected staff were in last week doing set up for this week’s return they may not have been in contact with kids, but with a) teachers who have been with key workers children and b) environments where these children were recently being taught c) with each other, and it would only take one infected member of staff to infect the others
No doubt tracking and tracing will be employed, no? 🤔
 
Jeremiah18.17 said:
Derby thing is interesting- apparently school is on way to (relatively badly affected) Derby Royal Hospital. Not sure if it has not been a “hub school” for key workers kids, with other schools locally sending their key workers (and staff?) in? If affected staff were in last week doing set up for this week’s return they may not have been in contact with kids, but with a) teachers who have been with key workers children and b) environments where these children were recently being taught c) with each other, and it would only take one infected member of staff to infect the others
No doubt tracking and tracing will be employed, no? 🤔
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It had pupils from a number of schools within the MAT from what I gather.
 
philosophical said:
On the comments about exams at GCSE in Drama and 'A' level Theatre Studies to get the top grades you need to get around 98% in the exams. A much higher threshold than many (most) other subjects.
That is a very tough ask probably because some see those subjects as soft or easy.
If you meet a person with the high grades in those subjects I would suggest they jolly well earned them and are likely to be very capable people.
I also think those subjects are valuable and very often misunderstood.
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Yeah. My point was not about the actual merit of these kinda subjects (I was an Art teacher for years) but more about their perceived and presented status amongst different bits of the population.

I don't want to derail the thread too much on this, but I find the deployment of curricula as classed signifiers interesting, sorry!
 
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