schools open during summer holidays
If schools are able to be open, then they should be . Most people (teachers included) will not be going on holiday this year and so it would be a brilliant time to get back up to speed and counteract the school closures so far.
Why the contribution is important
It will allow children to be at the same standard as previous years. Also, the attainment gap will be less of an issue if as many kids as possible are in school. They've been off anyway. An extra 7 weeks for summer is not necessary at all
by Mariamcewan on May 05, 2020 at 09:08PM
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Posted by HTMM May 06, 2020 at 07:58
Additionally, teachers aren’t actually paid for the summer holidays. We receive salary payments throughout the school year, but this is because our roughly 10 months salary is split over 12 months. I am well aware this will be an unpopular comment because of this, but any change to requiring teachers to work during the summer holidays would have to take this into consideration.
The other factor then becomes term length for the next school year.
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Posted by Nicnaw12 May 06, 2020 at 08:16
New ELC has seen massive increase in children, 40- 60 under fives in some settings.
Open smaller childcare settings first childminders have smaller ratios, open settings with 8 children first. Childminders have three children under five years, three over five years. Much easier to manage the social distance measures and extra hygiene procedures, door step policy, can stagger drop off times give parents a time slot.
Limited to two key worker families the now, gradually increase this to help some parents return to work, this could be voluntary.
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Posted by Daddy_Daycare May 07, 2020 at 16:02
My suggestion would be to open the summer holiday clubs that are registered with the Care inspectorate and therefore will follow the COVID-19 operating guidelines. Only a small percentage of the children in Scotland attend summer holiday clubs so it is a low risk move and if the settings were made to use the track and trace app sickness could be monitored and dealt with promptly to avoid spread. Summer holidays are 7 weeks long which is plenty of time to gather information on what steps work and what doesn't, feedback which could then be given to schools to ensure when they open they are as safe as possible.
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