Schools
When schools start going back could there be:
Thermometer checks at gates
Social distancing
1 way systems
Fewer children in class
More classes online, live with teacher
Less days at school
Staggering of children attending school
Cleaning of desks after each lesson
Constant reminders of hand washing
Wearing of facemasks by pupils and teachers
Thermometer checks at gates
Social distancing
1 way systems
Fewer children in class
More classes online, live with teacher
Less days at school
Staggering of children attending school
Cleaning of desks after each lesson
Constant reminders of hand washing
Wearing of facemasks by pupils and teachers
Why the contribution is important
We, as parents need to be as absolutely certain as we can be that our children are safe at school and that everything possible is being done to this regard.
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needs to be done to the highest of standards with very strict "rules" in place.
Some teenagers think they are invincible and it does not apply to them so there needs to be very close monitoring to make sure all apply for the safety of everyone.
This
needs to be done to the highest of standards with very strict "rules" in place.
Some teenagers think they are invincible and it does not apply to them so there needs to be very close monitoring to make sure all apply for the safety of everyone.
by fionaosborne on May 05, 2020 at 03:43PM
Posted by Laraanne May 05, 2020 at 15:49
For safety, vulnerable children may need to go back sooner, if social distancing, temperature checks and proper measures are in place.
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Posted by MairiM May 05, 2020 at 15:49
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Posted by ryantravers May 05, 2020 at 15:55
Furthermore, even the surgical masks when worn perfectly have been shown to only reduce the transmission of viral particles by 50%. This was assuming a person was wearing the mask without any movement of the mouth and done under laboratory conditions. If the average cough were to produce 10,000 viral particles and 5000 viral particles managed to get through the surgical mask (assuming it is worn perfectly) then this is still multiple times the number of viral particles needed to cause an infection. So both ideas to use thermometer checks and masks to control the spread will be mostly ineffective.
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Posted by ryantravers May 05, 2020 at 15:59
So far from 1st January to 24th April only 2 people (both females) under the age of 14 have died of Covid-19:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/[…]/weekending24april2020
Hence why I think it is hysterical to talk about "children being unsafe at school".
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Posted by micaela87 May 05, 2020 at 16:23
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Posted by JohnMorton May 05, 2020 at 16:48
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Posted by LauraMcLelland2 May 05, 2020 at 16:50
home and trying to homeschool a P3 and pre-schooler. I can’t help but feel the teachers could be helping us out more if they engaged more in online learning. Teaching online isn’t new (I work in education myself - it’s common place in the private sector) but there seems no drive towards getting it established in Scotland. I understand the attainment gap and the risk that online learning increases that, but continuing as things are increases the risk that people can’t work, pay taxes, contribute etc because they need to homeschool. I read a message on the school chat board the other day in which a teacher replied to a pupil who has asked if she was having a good day by saying ‘yes, just about to do some housework then I’ll pop back online later’. Surely (given the recent pay rise, constant calls for more recognition for the work teachers do) that ‘housework’ time could be spent learning more about how to deliver classes online? I repeat that I work in education myself, have done for 12 years so I’m not out to get teachers, I just wish they were being more innovative and forward looking in the current situation.
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