Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[Bruce Wayne]

Do you honestly think this will work with 600 under 12s ,and all done between lets say 8.45 and 9 am

Again, you're creating problems rather than looking for solutions. Many schools seem to operate breakfast club type things, so staggering start times for children would not seem that difficult to achieve. Similarly, the data from the teaching app suggests that a big reason for the reduced workload of many teachers is the lack of extra-curricular stuff they have to do, so again, spreading the day out wouldn't extend the workload beyond what was previously true, but you'd provide time. My in-laws have a similar problem squeezing 12 family members round a 4-seat table at Christmas. They just take it in 3 shifts, before we retire to the living room and get pissed.

 

[Brisan123]

Again, you're creating problems rather than looking for solutions. Many schools seem to operate breakfast club type things, so staggering start times for children would not seem that difficult to achieve. Similarly, the data from the teaching app suggests that a big reason for the reduced workload of many teachers is the lack of extra-curricular stuff they have to do, so again, spreading the day out wouldn't extend the workload beyond what was previously true, but you'd provide time. My in-laws have a similar problem squeezing 12 family members round a 4-seat table at Christmas. They just take it in 3 shifts, before we retire to the living room and get pissed.

The whole idea of getting the kids back to school has nothing to do with the child's education but rather allowing the parents get back to work
Don't kid yourself Bruce that BJ gives a dam about mick and Sharon's from the council estate education
Therefore a rota will not be acceptable

 

[Barnfred 55]

koff I am 6ft ,you are the shortarse around here lol
To answer your question probably can. but the company have gone to unheard of expense to keep the plant open and staff safe
Seemingly the 2 products with the biggest upswingin sales in Britain since the lockdown is wine and chocolate

I can vouch for that I'm afraid to say

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

It wasnt that bad if im honest, it said to do the tonsil 1 for 10 seconds, it seems as tho my gag reflex is quite high cos I only managed a second, spat all over my daughter who was doing the test by mistake and wouldnt let her stick it in my mouth again.

The nose 1 just tickles.

So I suppose if you do the tonsil thing correctly it would be quite horrific.

I’m the same mate with my gag reflex, I would be gagging even before the swab actually went in my mouth!

 

[Bruce Wayne]

The whole idea of getting the kids back to school has nothing to do with the child's education but rather allowing the parents get back to work
Don't kid yourself Bruce that BJ gives a dam about mick and Sharon's from the council estate education
Therefore a rota will not be acceptable

I'm not talking on behalf of the government, and I've outlined my reasoning in terms of the long-term success of the children, and the safeguarding of vulnerable people. If children are going in for breakfast clubs and staying late for football or whatever, then the school day is already elongated past purely classroom times. Staggering start times to allow kids to be 'prepared' on the way in would not be a big deal when all extra-curricular activities are shut. That would also allow for staggered break and meal times. 1 year starts at 8, 2nd year starts at 8.30, 3rd year at 9, 4th year at 9.30.

 

[Brisan123]

I'm not talking on behalf of the government, and I've outlined my reasoning in terms of the long-term success of the children, and the safeguarding of vulnerable people. If children are going in for breakfast clubs and staying late for football or whatever, then the school day is already elongated past purely classroom times. Staggering start times to allow kids to be 'prepared' on the way in would not be a big deal when all extra-curricular activities are shut. That would also allow for staggered break and meal times. 1 year starts at 8, 2nd year starts at 8.30, 3rd year at 9, 4th year at 9.30.

And you still have 30 kids in a class and parents who want their kids in school at 8.45 so they can be in work at 9

 

[LinekersLegs]

koff I am 6ft ,you are the shortarse around here lol
To answer your question probably can. but the company have gone to unheard of expense to keep the plant open and staff safe
Seemingly the 2 products with the biggest upswingin sales in Britain since the lockdown is wine and chocolate

*starts hunt for the hidden camera in our house

 

[Tubey]

Bruce, every single teacher knows the critical importance of early years development - they study it; Piaget, Vygotsky et al. In fact they're utterly obsessed with the notion of it.

They aren't saying don't send kids back to school because they don't think it's important ffs.

What do you think their motives are here? Ask yourself that question. They're not just skiving off work for a few months.

 

[Brisan123]

It's been like that since they dared to suggest they close in the first instance. A complete lack of respect towards the profession - particularly primary schools where the public have treated them like babysitters.

Teachers I know have been working their arses off doing lesson plans, video content, uploading to Tapestry every day, terrified of schools opening prematurely and the virus spreading, them and the kids taking the virus home and killing their parents/grandparents.

But of course, the government needs their babysitters to get the economy moving again.

Disgusting.

This

 

[LinekersLegs]

I'm not talking on behalf of the government, and I've outlined my reasoning in terms of the long-term success of the children, and the safeguarding of vulnerable people. If children are going in for breakfast clubs and staying late for football or whatever, then the school day is already elongated past purely classroom times. Staggering start times to allow kids to be 'prepared' on the way in would not be a big deal when all extra-curricular activities are shut. That would also allow for staggered break and meal times. 1 year starts at 8, 2nd year starts at 8.30, 3rd year at 9, 4th year at 9.30.

Tbh if you are talking about staggering I think the ”one week on/one week off“ has a lot of merit, especially as you ease into opening up.

Opinion | 10-4: How to Reopen the Economy by Exploiting the Coronavirus’s Weak Spot

People can work in two-week cycles, on the job for four days then, by the time they might become infectious, 10 days at home in lockdown.

www.nytimes.com

If we cannot resume economic activity without causing a resurgence of Covid-19 infections, we face a grim, unpredictable future of opening and closing schools and businesses. We can find a way out of this dilemma by exploiting a key property of the virus: its latent period — the three-day delay on average between the time a person is infected and the time he or she can infect others. People can work in two-week cycles, on the job for four days then, by the time they might become infectious, 10 days at home in lockdown. The strategy works even better when the population is split into two groups of households working alternating weeks. Austrian school officials will adopt a simple version — with two groups of students attending school for five days every two weeks — starting May 18.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

And you still have 30 kids in a class and parents who want their kids in school at 8.45 so they can be in work at 9

Bruce, every single teacher knows the critical importance of early years development - they study it; Piaget, Vygotsky et al. In fact they're utterly obsessed with the notion of it.

They aren't saying don't send kids back to school because they don't think it's important ffs.

What do you think their motives are here? Ask yourself that question. They're not just skiving off work for a few months.

Maybe they should study having a 'can do' attitude more?

 

[Jebus_lives]

 

[Brisan123]

Agreed. I wouldve thought smokers would have it worse. Although I believe that study is just likelihood of testing positive/getting the disease, not outlook once you get it. Still pretty interesting

It seems smoking helps stopping you getting covid ,but once you get it its worse

 

[NorthernBlue]

Again, you're creating problems rather than looking for solutions. Many schools seem to operate breakfast club type things, so staggering start times for children would not seem that difficult to achieve. Similarly, the data from the teaching app suggests that a big reason for the reduced workload of many teachers is the lack of extra-curricular stuff they have to do, so again, spreading the day out wouldn't extend the workload beyond what was previously true, but you'd provide time. My in-laws have a similar problem squeezing 12 family members round a 4-seat table at Christmas. They just take it in 3 shifts, before we retire to the living room and get pissed.

Got slated for same thing. People not interested in any solutions. Just want to build walls.

 

[LinekersLegs]