Extend the school day
Extend the hours of the school day to 9-5 with children split into groups attending either Monday and Tuesday or Thursday and Friday. Wednesday would be used for deep cleaning schools. Children would have work to do at home on the two days they are not attending physical school.
Teachers that cannot physically attend school would run online classes and support, while teachers who are physically able would manage the in-school time.
Teachers that cannot physically attend school would run online classes and support, while teachers who are physically able would manage the in-school time.
Why the contribution is important
Enables schools to reduce the number of pupils attending on a single day.
Establishes a fixed pattern of schooling to help families develop a routine which is goos for everyones mental health and allows planning for returning to work.
Increases hours available when pupils are at school which provides more time for lessons but also to vary break and meal times during the day.
Allows for deep cleaning between groups.
Establishes a fixed pattern of schooling to help families develop a routine which is goos for everyones mental health and allows planning for returning to work.
Increases hours available when pupils are at school which provides more time for lessons but also to vary break and meal times during the day.
Allows for deep cleaning between groups.
by Slaurand on May 10, 2020 at 08:37AM
Posted by EleanorM May 10, 2020 at 08:53
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Posted by JulieColl May 10, 2020 at 08:55
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Posted by petermuir79 May 10, 2020 at 08:58
Would allow us to get into a rhythm and kids learning again.
However kids get tired and would be a long day.
Perhaps 9 till 4
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Posted by Sarahj May 10, 2020 at 09:31
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Posted by bluebird19 May 10, 2020 at 09:36
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Posted by Sooziniz13 May 10, 2020 at 09:45
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Posted by gw09garciachristine May 10, 2020 at 09:55
Having only one cohort of pupils per day is best to avoid cross contamination on a large scale between 2 different large groups of pupils and staff.
One week on and one week off might work better? With a deep clean at end of the week/weekend?
It's important to note with caution, any proposals which would necessitate a change to any persons current working conditions/days ...these are not times to be piling more stress on people.
Some people may wish to volunteer for such changed work patters IN THE SHORT TERM...none of the practices adopted for short term, acute relief of covid response, should be viewed as a permanent change to the education system. Reassurances to this effect would perhaps enable people to be more confident in participating and volunteering in the interim period.
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Posted by CitKat1 May 10, 2020 at 09:56
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Posted by Lawmonkey May 10, 2020 at 10:26
I think that staff should be on a rota to suit their children’s school shifts and to then provide relevant online teaching to their own class. Teachers know how to provide continuity for their own class, having someone else ‘who cannot physically attend’ doing that is not the way forward. Teachers know their own class and children.
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Posted by EleanorM May 10, 2020 at 13:29
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Posted by InglishTeecher May 10, 2020 at 18:33
The weekly working hours for a teacher are 35 (although many go beyond this each week, voluntarily). This is made up of 22.5 hours class contact time (in front of children), 7.5 hours preparation and correction time (marking, setting work, making resources) and 5 hours of collegiate time (developing courses, carrying out other work as decided by the school improvement plan, etc).
Almost all primary teachers and the majority of secondary teachers are at their maximum class contact time every week, and those that aren’t are often asked to cover for absent colleagues, taking them up to maximum.
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Posted by CitKat1 May 10, 2020 at 19:49
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Posted by InglishTeecher May 11, 2020 at 17:40
The other issue I see is break and lunch times - who is supervising these and how would you get half a school through a lunch queue while socially distancing in the space of a lunch time? Also on lunches, many secondary schools are now built without the capacity to be able to serve all pupils at the same time, banking on the fact that they will leave the premises for lunch, which is another thing to consider.
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