Coronavirus: Johnson on all pupils returning to school

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Coronavirus: Johnson on all pupils returning to school

The PM says quite a few European countries have no pupils at school "but we have quite a few back" and he wants them all in class in September.

Source: Coronavirus: Johnson on all pupils returning to school

Maybe he should have gone on to say. But not until we have filled the pubs up first.

Who is really stopping kids returning to school? Is it parents reluctant and thinking there is too much risk? Or is it the teaching staff who can't see how to maintain distances?

Imposing distancing is the problem. The kids have more chance of being hurt by measles than Covid. The teachers problems have to be addressed ,as do all other working situations, that's unavoidable. The parents are fearful because they are confused, mainly through being badly  advised in particular with regard to the risks their children are faced with. Advice has to come from the top in this type of situation. And a solution has to come from the top.

Also many parents are not good at assessing risks and are overly protective of their children about highly emotive and highly reported risks, when the real risk level is lower than other things they don't pay any attention to like crashing in a car.

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My family lives out in the sticks and have the broadband problem, but they use the parents' phones.

Where I live is still a "not spot" for mobile phones, which is more common that people think.

[Good old]

Even their music lessons have been done on Zoom. Is that so impossible in the state system? Where there is a will there is usually a way.

The problem is that all school age children don't have access to the internet and IT at home, then there are rural areas with no or slow broadband.
If the internet and broadband is necessary to educate the nations children they should have access to it.

The problem is plain and simple , the best chance of a good solid education comes with privilege . Not being able to afford the Internet is at this moment tantamount to not being able to afford text books .
Those that can afford the privilege of a first class education, should have grasped   enough  knowledge  to know how little gets done when the funds are not available in any situation.

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Even their music lessons have been done on Zoom. Is that so impossible in the state system? Where there is a will there is usually a way.

The problem is that all school age children don't have access to the internet and IT at home, then there are rural areas with no or slow broadband.
If the internet and broadband is necessary to educate the nations children they should have access to it.

My family lives out in the sticks and have the broadband problem, but they use the parents' phones.

[papasmurf]

Even their music lessons have been done on Zoom. Is that so impossible in the state system? Where there is a will there is usually a way.

The problem is that all school age children don't have access to the internet and IT at home, then there are rural areas with no or slow broadband.
If the internet and broadband is necessary to educate the nations children they should have access to it.

[T00ts]

Who is really stopping kids returning to school? Is it parents reluctant and thinking there is too much risk? Or is it the teaching staff who can't see how to maintain distances?

My local grandchildren are nearly 9 and 5 years old. The older child cannot return to school as they have opened up the schools to pre-school, reception and year 1, also year 6.
So older grandchild, in year 4 gets left out.
Mum won't send younger one to school, because the 2 kids help to entertain each other at home and she can't be asked to walk the mile.
Nothing to do with the virus in their case.

Isn't the school sending work home in any form either online or hard copies? My grand-kids are at private school but have had a full online timetable since after the first week of lock down. My grandson's common entrance papers were hand delivered - with instructions not to touch them for 72 hours, invigilated at home and returned for marking. It's not easy since Dad is working from home and their broadband isn't brilliant, so the kids are using parent's phones to manage to attend classes.  Even their music lessons have been done on Zoom. Is that so impossible in the state system? Where there is a will there is usually a way.

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Who is really stopping kids returning to school? Is it parents reluctant and thinking there is too much risk? Or is it the teaching staff who can't see how to maintain distances?

My local grandchildren are nearly 9 and 5 years old. The older child cannot return to school as they have opened up the schools to pre-school, reception and year 1, also year 6.
So older grandchild, in year 4 gets left out.
Mum won't send younger one to school, because the 2 kids help to entertain each other at home and she can't be asked to walk the mile.
Nothing to do with the virus in their case.

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. And a solution has to come from the top.

If "the top" is Bojo The Clown we really are in trouble.

[Good old]

Coronavirus: Johnson on all pupils returning to school

The PM says quite a few European countries have no pupils at school "but we have quite a few back" and he wants them all in class in September.

Source: Coronavirus: Johnson on all pupils returning to school

Maybe he should have gone on to say. But not until we have filled the pubs up first.

Who is really stopping kids returning to school? Is it parents reluctant and thinking there is too much risk? Or is it the teaching staff who can't see how to maintain distances?

Imposing distancing is the problem. The kids have more chance of being hurt by measles than Covid. The teachers problems have to be addressed ,as do all other working situations, that's unavoidable. The parents are fearful because they are confused, mainly through being badly  advised in particular with regard to the risks their children are faced with. Advice has to come from the top in this type of situation. And a solution has to come from the top.

[T00ts]

Coronavirus: Johnson on all pupils returning to school

The PM says quite a few European countries have no pupils at school "but we have quite a few back" and he wants them all in class in September.

Source: Coronavirus: Johnson on all pupils returning to school

Maybe he should have gone on to say. But not until we have filled the pubs up first.

Who is really stopping kids returning to school? Is it parents reluctant and thinking there is too much risk? Or is it the teaching staff who can't see how to maintain distances?

[Good old]

Coronavirus: Johnson on all pupils returning to school

The PM says quite a few European countries have no pupils at school "but we have quite a few back" and he wants them all in class in September.

Source: Coronavirus: Johnson on all pupils returning to school

Maybe he should have gone on to say. But not until we have filled the pubs up first.

[GBNews]

Coronavirus: Johnson on all pupils returning to school

The PM says quite a few European countries have no pupils at school "but we have quite a few back" and he wants them all in class in September.

Source: Coronavirus: Johnson on all pupils returning to school