Opening schools a national priority, says government
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Schools Minister Nick Gibb says schools and families will have two weeks' notice for reopening.
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Gibbs the education departments answer to Grayling. Anything he says should be regarded with suspicion. He is more concerned with a political position that the well being of children and staff in school. He made a statement in an almost empty chamber well socially distanced unlike schools!
The national priority should be to control the spread of CV19, and children are very good at spreading it.
The Government's own stats have shown that schools and Universities were prime spreaders, so no it doesn't make sense to reopen them again any time soon.
The Government's own stats have shown that schools and Universities were prime spreaders, so no it doesn't make sense to reopen them again any time soon.
Well hang on a second here, don't you want to continue to destroy the lives of these kids, just to give your elderly voters a few moments longer in their lifespans, just a little bit longer?
So you would cut short the life of people, who made you God?
For a little longer, read up to 1-5 years!
For a little longer, read up to 1-5 years!
Seriously? Quite pathetic.
Imagine being like Johnson and having 6 children to try to home school? Well, 6 that we know of. And he's only with the mother of the latest one. And I don't expect he has much to teach them, unless they want to know about being repeatedly sacked for lying in which case he's probably an expert in that field given that he was too dishonest to cut it as a journalist.
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I'd be interested if Bojo's 6 kids have ever been in the same place at the same time, let alone with him in charge!
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What great moral standards the tories have
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Are they? I see. You must be very wise.
They say it, but what they mean is "nothing matters except Covid". Schools are not important. Children are not important. They can wait, despite the effect this will have on them. They are just not a priority.
No they mean education is more important than schooling vested interests which is but a poor lowest common denominator method, not actually education itself. Out of date and era, schooling will die out like high street shops. First adapters win.
Well hang on a second here, don't you want to continue to destroy the lives of these kids, just to give your elderly voters a few moments longer in their lifespans, just a little bit longer?
Are we really still running with this story because a few Tory MPs on the right wing of the party have stamped their feet?
Schools open and then people die. What's difficult about this?
Listen to the 'moderate' Tory voices - Hunt, most of the Cabinet etc and they're all clearly saying staggered opening after Easter or we're into lockdown number 4.
Schools open and then people die. What's difficult about this?
Listen to the 'moderate' Tory voices - Hunt, most of the Cabinet etc and they're all clearly saying staggered opening after Easter or we're into lockdown number 4.
Perhaps people will appreciate teachers more now they've gone without for a bit....although I doubt it
By Easter, 99% of the at risk will have been vaccinated. All schools should be opened by then.
Would Hunt have been a better PM during this crisis? I would like to think so. Just heard Boris blustering again on TV. Why doesn't he resign - he probably wants to. He sounds more and more like Trump, no real clue but happy to say government has done all it could - track and trace a disaster not the world beating system he promised; delays on lock down etc etc the list grows. A one term PM
Well hang on a second here, don't you want to continue to destroy the lives of these kids, just to give your elderly voters a few moments longer in their lifespans, just a little bit longer?
As usual everyone moans and complains
But never give a solution - What would you do?
But never give a solution - What would you do?
I'd re-open the schools. I wouldn't have shut them to begin with. If teachers or anyone else has someone vulnerable at home, then they should shield, but shutting every school down just to protect the few is complete overkill.
Easy close all schools. Nurseries, too. For a whole school year at a time until there is no more virus issue. That way all get the same professional central made lessons. Making it fair to all. Put the school staff on UC. Remote education is easy to deliver, by tv, internet, to older dvd, or books!
Move from 4.5 hours teaching for all children over 5 days a week for 39 weeks a year to 2.5 hours a day, spread over 8.00am to 6.00pm over 6 days a week for 45 weeks a year.
Class sizes thus reduced from ca 32 to ca 6. Pay teachers more for the additional hours worked. Fewer pupils in class so less stress too.
Solved (and suggested in March 2020). Could be in place for Monday.
Class sizes thus reduced from ca 32 to ca 6. Pay teachers more for the additional hours worked. Fewer pupils in class so less stress too.
Solved (and suggested in March 2020). Could be in place for Monday.
Well hang on a second here, don't you want to continue to destroy the lives of these kids, just to give your elderly voters a few moments longer in their lifespans, just a little bit longer?
As usual everyone moans and complains
But never give a solution - What would you do?
But never give a solution - What would you do?
Are we really still running with this story because a few Tory MPs on the right wing of the party have stamped their feet?
Schools open and then people die. What's difficult about this?
Listen to the 'moderate' Tory voices - Hunt, most of the Cabinet etc and they're all clearly saying staggered opening after Easter or we're into lockdown number 4.
Schools open and then people die. What's difficult about this?
Listen to the 'moderate' Tory voices - Hunt, most of the Cabinet etc and they're all clearly saying staggered opening after Easter or we're into lockdown number 4.
No. I suspect people are realising how tiny the amount of time any individual child gets one to one with a teacher when they start experiencing it directly. A few mins each a day. That is what schooling is. Utterly useless at educating individuals. It is only valued as free childcare as shown by those using it currently.
My students did thank me for marking their recent mock papers so quickly. I started at 9am on a Saturday and finished after 9pm on the Sunday.
Another typically lazy teacher!
Another typically lazy teacher!
Haha that is hilarious
At least be honest and say you want cheap childcare back as soon as possible!
Be more convincing if they talked about education rather than schooling: schools are social institutions and as such would be something you would want to avoid!
There are growing calls for the govt. to review where we are and deal with it another way! They have stalled the broadband roll-out so that cuts down options!
Be more convincing if they talked about education rather than schooling: schools are social institutions and as such would be something you would want to avoid!
There are growing calls for the govt. to review where we are and deal with it another way! They have stalled the broadband roll-out so that cuts down options!
As usual everyone moans and complains
But never give a solution - What would you do?
But never give a solution - What would you do?
And how would you run the school effectively, with staff off shielding?
OK, but what about all the students and staff who have to be sent home to self-isolate every time there’s a case in their bubble? Many kids will simply end up spending more time at home than in school this way. This was happening in December up and down the country and will happen again if schools go back in the same conditions. We need properly thought through solutions!
If this lockdown is to be the last we can't afford to make the same mistakes of the past. Children may well be safe from this virus but their carers, parents and grandparents are not guaranteed a free pass from the effects of Covid 19. Too many lives, jobs and futures lost to mess up now. Save the NHS, Save Lives and invest in the education of our children in order to catch up later in the year.
Vaccination for teachers and back to school for children is a must.
Are we really still running with this story because a few Tory MPs on the right wing of the party have stamped their feet?
Schools open and then people die. What's difficult about this?
Listen to the 'moderate' Tory voices - Hunt, most of the Cabinet etc and they're all clearly saying staggered opening after Easter or we're into lockdown number 4.
Schools open and then people die. What's difficult about this?
Listen to the 'moderate' Tory voices - Hunt, most of the Cabinet etc and they're all clearly saying staggered opening after Easter or we're into lockdown number 4.
Really
Well hang on a second here, don't you want to continue to destroy the lives of these kids, just to give your elderly voters a few moments longer in their lifespans, just a little bit longer?
Imagine being like Johnson and having 6 children to try to home school? Well, 6 that we know of. And he's only with the mother of the latest one. And I don't expect he has much to teach them, unless they want to know about being repeatedly sacked for lying in which case he's probably an expert in that field given that he was too dishonest to cut it as a journalist.
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"Children" are not a separate chunk of the population that are any different from others. Children, and the adults who take them to school or spend time in the classrooms with them, don't stop being susceptible to COVID just because some other people have been vaccinated. Look at the graph of cases after schools & unis went back in September, compared to lockdown restrictions lifting in July.
By the time schools went back, so much of society had reopened that it was no longer possible to attribute true sources of transmission. People had been told by the government to relax and they did. Also, recall the sudden and huge pressure on testing as teachers and children were told to get multiple tests = more infection identified.
Lumping all schools and universities together is illogical. We know younger children are much less likely to get C19, university students are adults and I think we can safely assume have much wider social contacts than younger children.
Our Govt are pretty much run by our media. Whatever appears on the front page of the tabloids seems to become policy very quickly. Open schools again now and we will be in trouble again
Many people talk of children and the impact of lost education. Some talk of the psychological needs of children, some focus on the vulnerability of children. What about the impact of losing family members to Covid 19 and the lost support of older more experienced relatives who's value rarely has a £ sign next to it and is more a lesson in compassion. Society needs everyone not just the lucky few
When schools are open , the virus gets out of control. It’s isn’t rocket science to work out that the virus spreads anywhere there are people in a social setting. To stop the virus you need to stop social settings. Unfortunately that means that in order to keep the virus under control you need to keep schools closed , along with every other social setting!
The infection rate among teachers who, as Office for National Statistics figures showed yesterday, are no more at risk from Covid than many other walks of life.
And yet, in France and Germany and the rest, they're at school?
"Children" are not a separate chunk of the population that are any different from others. Children, and the adults who take them to school or spend time in the classrooms with them, don't stop being susceptible to COVID just because some other people have been vaccinated. Look at the graph of cases after schools & unis went back in September, compared to lockdown restrictions lifting in July.
Not enough chimneys need sweeping, blame central heating and gas boilers. lol
It is true and nothing to do with the eu
Typical brexiter who read only the headlines
Typical brexiter who read only the headlines
Hmmm...schools are not closed - one of my grandchildren (in London) and one of my sons (Chesterfield) are both teachers and are both working every day...
Well said. All schools are open for key workers and vulnerable children. Also all teachers are still teaching everyday, mostly live lessons especially in the secondary school. Still contacting parents and students, still marking and giving feedback and still getting GCSE pupils prepared for the exam which might or might not go ahead.
Up to half of parents are claiming to be essential workers to dump their child in the schools. They are neither open nor properly closed as they should be. Worst of all worlds to pacify child dumping parents.
"Tirelessly" no doubt. They're failing though aren't they? I know of no parent able to say their children are getting even an hour's work a day, a certainly not a hour's tuition of any sort. After 10 months of planning.
The whole education industry has been shown to be practically useless.
If our supermarkets had been as useless we would all literally have starved.
The whole education industry has been shown to be practically useless.
If our supermarkets had been as useless we would all literally have starved.
NHS staff are working flat out, when this is over they will require a considerable period of time to "land" and to deal what they have coped with. They have their noses to the grind stone and don't dare look up at present. That will only be possible if the infection rate in the community is on the floor, Children and School will not even be a consideration if our NHS can no longer function well .
Again, deluded. Front line staff are above magnificent. Elsewhere massive proportions of NHS staff are absent. We need to be able to distinguish. If anything good was to come out of this tragedy it would be to sack 80% of the office wasters and spend every penny of the savings on front line recruitment and equipment. But we won't.
Whilst it is everyone's interest to get schools back to normal this shouldn't happen until the virus is no longer a threat. I advocated that the last week prior to Xmas all schools should be closed in Scotland, they weren't and my 8 year old granddaughter tested positive for Covid after one her class mates got it which ruined her Xmas.
If you want the virus gone lock every thing down. Full stop
If you want the virus gone lock every thing down. Full stop
9 out of 10 hospitalisations are over 80. Almost all of these have now been vaccinated. I am therefore confidently predicting that hospitalisations will have fallen dramatically in about 2 weeks and won't rise again no matter how many younger infections we get.
So, we should be preparing to completely reopen all schools and universities in about 2 weeks time: no ifs, buts, or ,maybes.
So, we should be preparing to completely reopen all schools and universities in about 2 weeks time: no ifs, buts, or ,maybes.
Vaccination for teachers and back to school for children is a must.
First it was the MP's and media were crying out "close all schools now, their super spreaders"
Now it's " open up the school's now they were safe and the children are at no risk"
So if they open them and numbers increase they'll be blaming the government and saying why did they open schools to early.
Now it's " open up the school's now they were safe and the children are at no risk"
So if they open them and numbers increase they'll be blaming the government and saying why did they open schools to early.
9 out of 10 hospitalisations are over 80. Almost all of these have now been vaccinated. I am therefore confidently predicting that hospitalisations will have fallen dramatically in about 2 weeks and won't rise again no matter how many younger infections we get.
So, we should be preparing to completely reopen all schools and universities in about 2 weeks time: no ifs, buts, or ,maybes.
So, we should be preparing to completely reopen all schools and universities in about 2 weeks time: no ifs, buts, or ,maybes.
Funny how upset people get at truths they don't like.
Vaccinate teachers and staff first
No, vaccinate those most likely to die first.
Vaccinate teachers and staff first
Opening schools a national priority, says government
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Closing schools a national priority, says teacher unions
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Closing schools a national priority, says teacher unions
It is the government that decided to "close" schools not the unions. Surely the Government are not scared of a few leftie teachers? I know the prime minister is scared of one union: The 1922 Committee.
So are schools going to be open instead of having the long summer break? If all these open schools advocates who also go on about childrens' education is so vital, one would hope so. Watch all the teachers start to moan if that happens!!
Unions don’t want to close school but want to make school safer for teachers and children. Imagine 1600 kids in a large secondary school, 30-32 crammed in small classrooms sometimes without ventilation. Now add Kent variant in the mix, you get a recipe for a disaster. One child can give it to 100s as no social distancing in schools snd then they go and spread in the community
oh just let's get on with it, there's so much talk day after day this and that schools need to open there friends and wellbeing, and lockdowns can't go on. let's get them back in and just live with this so called virus, just like any other. parents out there are on wits end. we need normality back not living like this.nobody what they say are super spreaders, it's goverment scientist scaremongers
Tell that to the relatives of the 100000 who have died
Absolutely. How did we get so soft? We missed the opportunity to control it. Now we have to do what's right for our young people and livelihood. We're saddling ourselves with a billion in debt every day with this half in half out approach that doesn't work and never did.
Do you know why people like you are known as covidiots
If not look in the mirror
If not look in the mirror
I am teaching remotely and in the last two days have spent hours speaking to parents and putting in plans to support pupils who are just not coping with lockdown learning. The open university is not a fair comparison, they are adults who choose to study for a degree at home. Teenagers need social contact. This doesn’t make me a Covidiot. It is just explaining a consequences of this route.
My partner works in early years, over 60% of early years staff, since End of the first lock down have contracted the virus. Children may not suffer but are spreaders. Schooling is important, so shut them and add on a year. School used to finish at 16, now its 18.
I agree much is said about lost education and yet few can say how much education has been lost some children will have been behind before the pandemic some will have been ahead, add on a year both groups win.
School still finishes at 16 for most
They have a choice to stay on fur A levels, go to college, some other form of training or start work if they can find it
https://www.gov.uk/know-when-you-can-leave-school
They have a choice to stay on fur A levels, go to college, some other form of training or start work if they can find it
https://www.gov.uk/know-when-you-can-leave-school
Exactly Peter. There is already an extra two years schooling for children nowadays. (2014 leaving age raised to 17, 2015 it was raised to 18) They need another year off before they are missing out as much as anyone who left in 2013.
And it used to finish at 4, now it's in time for a late lunch.
Thank god that’s not true - otherwise we’d still be in the EU !
My daughter is in school, everyday without PPE or social distancing.
A doctor was on the radio saying she would not work in a school so close to children without PPE and that the original "research" about schools being safe was based on a very small sample before the new variant had been identified. Recent research does not mention TAs who often work closely with children, including toileting!
A doctor was on the radio saying she would not work in a school so close to children without PPE and that the original "research" about schools being safe was based on a very small sample before the new variant had been identified. Recent research does not mention TAs who often work closely with children, including toileting!
My partner works in early years, over 60% of early years staff, since End of the first lock down have contracted the virus. Children may not suffer but are spreaders. Schooling is important, so shut them and add on a year. School used to finish at 16, now its 18.
Imagine being like Johnson and having 6 children to try to home school? Well, 6 that we know of. And he's only with the mother of the latest one. And I don't expect he has much to teach them, unless they want to know about being repeatedly sacked for lying in which case he's probably an expert in that field given that he was too dishonest to cut it as a journalist.
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Good. Get to it. End lockdowns now. Who am I kidding? The gullible sheeple support it. Sacred little rabbits. Pathetic.
oh just let's get on with it, there's so much talk day after day this and that schools need to open there friends and wellbeing, and lockdowns can't go on. let's get them back in and just live with this so called virus, just like any other. parents out there are on wits end. we need normality back not living like this.nobody what they say are super spreaders, it's goverment scientist scaremongers
oh just let's get on with it, there's so much talk day after day this and that schools need to open there friends and wellbeing, and lockdowns can't go on. let's get them back in and just live with this so called virus, just like any other. parents out there are on wits end. we need normality back not living like this.nobody what they say are super spreaders, it's goverment scientist scaremongers
No, vaccinate those most likely to die first.
You sound like a Josef Mengele, look him up as you obviously are not the brightest coming up with rubbish like that, oh wait you sound like a facist so you may in fact know who he was. "They will die soon anyway" what a ridiculous callous statement. Somebody could be in their 20's, are vulnerable to covid and it could kill them but if they dont catch covid could live another 50 years.
Understanding? Lol! I empathise with those who are having their futures thrown away. That's where my sympathies lie. Not with the army of tory brexiteers who ruined this country long before covid. Snowflakes who demand the country sacrifices itself to save them. Nope I'll take my chances against covid for the future of my children and this nation. As should you when you locate your spine.
Education departments opened and the numbers went up they closed and the numbers went down full lockdown keeps the numbers down open it up again and the numbers go back up. It does not take a genius to work it out !!! Roll out the vaccine to all and then open it up otherwise we will be back in full lockdown again and again and again. we spread the virus and we die from the virus
My partner works in early years, over 60% of early years staff, since End of the first lock down have contracted the virus. Children may not suffer but are spreaders. Schooling is important, so shut them and add on a year. School used to finish at 16, now its 18.
School still finishes at 16 for most
They have a choice to stay on fur A levels, go to college, some other form of training or start work if they can find it
https://www.gov.uk/know-when-you-can-leave-school
They have a choice to stay on fur A levels, go to college, some other form of training or start work if they can find it
https://www.gov.uk/know-when-you-can-leave-school
Tell that to the relatives of the 100000 who have died
Good luck trying to motivate the kids to learn in a classroom environment after nearly a year of disruption. Home study and easy access to the fridge, means more needless obesity and parents who buy in to the whole package.
Only when you decide to work 12 hours a day on a Covid ward, idiotic comment
Understanding? Lol! I empathise with those who are having their futures thrown away. That's where my sympathies lie. Not with the army of tory brexiteers who ruined this country long before covid. Snowflakes who demand the country sacrifices itself to save them. Nope I'll take my chances against covid for the future of my children and this nation. As should you when you locate your spine.
Reading some of the comments on here, you would think that young people are like demons who as you walk past them twist their heads 180° and spit covid infested bile at you.
If you are that frightened then stay at home, which will give you plenty of time to reflect on the fact that you were once young, and what a carefree time you had at that age.
If you are that frightened then stay at home, which will give you plenty of time to reflect on the fact that you were once young, and what a carefree time you had at that age.
Oh dear
Why should people be afraid then again there are covidiits like you around who can only look backwards
Why should people be afraid then again there are covidiits like you around who can only look backwards
How has the Open University coped with distance learning over the past 40 years or so?
It's a fair point, but children need integration to learn valuable social skills and the discipline of order and time-keeping, something most OU graduates had already established.
Because they offer degrees that people do at a leisurely pace as a hobby.
Understanding? Lol! I empathise with those who are having their futures thrown away. That's where my sympathies lie. Not with the army of tory brexiteers who ruined this country long before covid. Snowflakes who demand the country sacrifices itself to save them. Nope I'll take my chances against covid for the future of my children and this nation. As should you when you locate your spine.
Reading some of the comments on here, you would think that young people are like demons who as you walk past them twist their heads 180° and spit covid infested bile at you.
If you are that frightened then stay at home, which will give you plenty of time to reflect on the fact that you were once young, and what a carefree time you had at that age.
If you are that frightened then stay at home, which will give you plenty of time to reflect on the fact that you were once young, and what a carefree time you had at that age.
You are nothing for this so called nation and I see your level of mentality as low as any brexiter or little englander
More proof of your low mentality
Total idiot, how can any educational establishment be safe until every student from nursery to university and their teachers and tutors are vaccinated, until they are these establishments will be packed with superspreaders.
There is no plan, other than get them open, and get them back, hang the consequences.
There is no plan, other than get them open, and get them back, hang the consequences.
If any of that was true, why are the schools still closed?
Try engaging your brain before typing.
Try engaging your brain before typing.
And yet the supermarkets have never shut. How can anyone demand their workplace stays shut (whilst they remain on 100% of salary, not 80% or less) whilst taking for granted the plebs in the supermarkets and vans will carry on serving them?
How has the Open University coped with distance learning over the past 40 years or so?
Most universities are operating remotely. Cambridge set up to do it way back at the beginning, Edinburgh recent in bbc article going that way. Relative is at home as all content is remote in his uni too. Greed had them try on opening to grasp accommodation fees. Precious few ever need to be attended ever again, bar the few courses needing practical facilities.
Total idiot, how can any educational establishment be safe until every student from nursery to university and their teachers and tutors are vaccinated, until they are these establishments will be packed with superspreaders.
There is no plan, other than get them open, and get them back, hang the consequences.
There is no plan, other than get them open, and get them back, hang the consequences.
oh just let's get on with it, there's so much talk day after day this and that schools need to open there friends and wellbeing, and lockdowns can't go on. let's get them back in and just live with this so called virus, just like any other. parents out there are on wits end. we need normality back not living like this.nobody what they say are super spreaders, it's goverment scientist scaremongers
My partner works in early years, over 60% of early years staff, since End of the first lock down have contracted the virus. Children may not suffer but are spreaders. Schooling is important, so shut them and add on a year. School used to finish at 16, now its 18.
How has the Open University coped with distance learning over the past 40 years or so?
No child has ever needed any nasty school environment to get social 'skills'. Schooling has only existed a century or so, humans managed much better before they existed by living and playing locally with each other, and not is very nasty age segregated silos, gulags. Obedience and time keeping is taught in by parental discipline, not schooling dropped off and picked up on time by others!
Sorry, but discipline, timekeeping, basic social skills, use of a toilet, use of a knife and fork etc can and should be taught by parents well before a child goes to school. Why do many see that as the responsibility of schools? If teachers didn’t have to spend time and money toilet training little Johnnie then they might have time to actually educate and inspire the next generation.
Covidiots, brexiters, little englanders
Just like many with aka's on hys
Same bile and blinkered ignorance
Just like many with aka's on hys
Same bile and blinkered ignorance
I'm willing to bet you are not one of the people who has paid the price of this governments botched strategy or who has ever contemplated the future implications of our failure to control the virus. That you're someone who honestly believes BJ is just following the science. Swallow it whole little sheep. I'd like to talk to you a little about the Darwin effect.
Opening schools a national priority, says government
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Closing schools a national priority, says teacher unions
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Closing schools a national priority, says teacher unions
Opening schools a national priority, says government
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Closing schools a national priority, says teacher unions
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Closing schools a national priority, says teacher unions
You sound like a Josef Mengele, look him up as you obviously are not the brightest coming up with rubbish like that, oh wait you sound like a facist so you may in fact know who he was. "They will die soon anyway" what a ridiculous callous statement. Somebody could be in their 20's, are vulnerable to covid and it could kill them but if they dont catch covid could live another 50 years.
The safety of the children, their families and everyone else should be priority.
Over what? We should have furloughed teachers on a maximum of £2,500 a month with pension reduced to 3% and paid them £19 a day to isolate and THEN see how important it was to close the schools.
History suggests that this pandemic will last at least until spring 2022, the death toll is over 100k now, let's keep everyone safe and think about opening schools when it's safe to do so
Safe for who? Schools are closed and the problem hasnt gone away so why is closing them desireable? The teachers should be prioritised for vaccinations instead of people in their 80's who can easily stay home and safe, and then the schools should open.
Its not that long ago that 45,000 deaths were considered an bad figure, today 100,000 people have lost their lives, we should do everything to stop this pandemic. Solve the problems of childrens education, parents wages and lost jobs in order to save the NHS and Save Lives. Opening up society is not the only answer.The lockdown is the vehicle to carry us to safety the Vaccine will keep us there
Well said
Sadly it won't be long before we get the covidiots justifying these deaths because the uk count the deaths differently to others
Sadly it won't be long before we get the covidiots justifying these deaths because the uk count the deaths differently to others
Good luck trying to motivate the kids to learn in a classroom environment after nearly a year of disruption. Home study and easy access to the fridge, means more needless obesity and parents who buy in to the whole package.
Why not
Your opinion is irrelevant
Your opinion is irrelevant
oh just let's get on with it, there's so much talk day after day this and that schools need to open there friends and wellbeing, and lockdowns can't go on. let's get them back in and just live with this so called virus, just like any other. parents out there are on wits end. we need normality back not living like this.nobody what they say are super spreaders, it's goverment scientist scaremongers
I am teaching remotely and in the last two days have spent hours speaking to parents and putting in plans to support pupils who are just not coping with lockdown learning. The open university is not a fair comparison, they are adults who choose to study for a degree at home. Teenagers need social contact. This doesn’t make me a Covidiot. It is just explaining a consequences of this route.
Covidiots, brexiters, little englanders
Just like many with aka's on hys
Same bile and blinkered ignorance
Just like many with aka's on hys
Same bile and blinkered ignorance
I'm willing to bet you are not one of the people who has paid the price of this governments botched strategy or who has ever contemplated the future implications of our failure to control the virus. That you're someone who honestly believes BJ is just following the science. Swallow it whole little sheep. I'd like to talk to you a little about the Darwin effect.
You would lose any bet
Uk govt has botched many things over the last few years
Govts across the world are struggling but none as bad as bojo
You are known as a covidiot for a reason
Uk govt has botched many things over the last few years
Govts across the world are struggling but none as bad as bojo
You are known as a covidiot for a reason
Its not that long ago that 45,000 deaths were considered an bad figure, today 100,000 people have lost their lives, we should do everything to stop this pandemic. Solve the problems of childrens education, parents wages and lost jobs in order to save the NHS and Save Lives. Opening up society is not the only answer.The lockdown is the vehicle to carry us to safety the Vaccine will keep us there
Understanding? Lol! I empathise with those who are having their futures thrown away. That's where my sympathies lie. Not with the army of tory brexiteers who ruined this country long before covid. Snowflakes who demand the country sacrifices itself to save them. Nope I'll take my chances against covid for the future of my children and this nation. As should you when you locate your spine.
Look at the case rates. They are rapidly dropping down because the schools are closed. November lockdown when schools were open, cases only dropped slightly.
The schools are NOT closed!! They are just not open for ALL pupils. Key workers' children and vulnerable children have been in school since the very beginning in March. Those pupils not in school have (or should have) been receiving online education.
Sadly schools are not close to closed. Some as much as half full with child dumping parent's offspring. Let's actually close them and do some real good.
You need to think your first line through. Closing schools hasn’t solved the whole problem but that doesn’t mean it isn’t keeping infection rates and deaths well below where they would otherwise be. It is one of a package of measures aimed at preventing far worse than the already tragic 100k deaths. If you want to eradicate Covid then you best ask for a much harsher and longer lockdown.
How has the Open University coped with distance learning over the past 40 years or so?
The physical and metal safety of kids and schools should be a priority . Open the schools now .
A parents job not schools to look after their kids physical and mental health
Garbage. Schools are your 'nanny'? There are no real mental issues at all. It is a new made up fad for not having every second of every day exactly as you fancy, or ordinary life as it was called before the invention of pretend mental issues. Needy of people? Then you need practice in being alone until you grow out of it.
I'm willing to bet you are not one of the people who has paid the price of this governments botched strategy or who has ever contemplated the future implications of our failure to control the virus. That you're someone who honestly believes BJ is just following the science. Swallow it whole little sheep. I'd like to talk to you a little about the Darwin effect.