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Grast_girl Jan 2021 6:36pm, 8 Jan 2021 1,859 posts	Quote Pin Grast_girl Wow Cyclops, do you want to hazard a guess at how many "should" be there?
Cyclops Jan 2021 6:47pm, 8 Jan 2021 4,271 posts	Quote Pin Cyclops There was a maximum of 22 pupils in the whole school in the first lockdown - about 8%...
Grast_girl Jan 2021 6:53pm, 8 Jan 2021 1,860 posts	Quote Pin Grast_girl The new expanded rules are having a big effect then.
LouiseRuns 🌹🇬🇧 🇪🇺 Jan 2021 7:45pm, 8 Jan 2021 193 posts	Quote Pin LouiseRuns 🌹🇬🇧 🇪🇺 We have 104 out of around 610 in my primary. The all-through I'm a governor for has just had it's first bereavement in the community, the father of a year 8 and 2 primary pupils. And now the mother has tested positive too.
Special*K Jan 2021 8:01pm, 8 Jan 2021 148 posts	Quote Pin Special*K The numbers in school are huge this time. Something like 270 out of 400ish at my primary school said they were eligible and a lot are taking up their place. A letter went out today asking parents to only send their child on days they really need to...
Rosehip Jan 2021 8:14pm, 8 Jan 2021 19,189 posts	Quote Pin Rosehip The school bus that stops outside my back garden deposited 4 children from the senior school today Usually, about 12 catch it in the morning, so 1/3 of usual intake. Have offered my services as an unpaid TA or sci-tech or whatever they need (to the business manager who employed me at our previous school) , but haven't heard back.
LouiseRuns 🌹🇬🇧 🇪🇺 Feb 2021 7:51pm, 15 Feb 2021 216 posts	Quote Pin LouiseRuns 🌹🇬🇧 🇪🇺 So our lateral flow tests have picked up a Positive. Only the PE chap, who sees practically the whole school. And I had to chase him for his result, and then alert SLT because he didn't do that either...
LindsD Feb 2021 7:54pm, 15 Feb 2021 45,024 posts	Quote Pin LindsD
Grast_girl Feb 2021 12:30am, 16 Feb 2021 1,995 posts	Quote Pin Grast_girl Oh cripes LouiseRuns. I have my first trip into a teaching lab tomorrow, so I need to get a rapid test (first one ever). Not sure what will happen to the practical I'm running on Friday if I come back positive (would be really weird if it did). The setup at work is should be totally fine. When you're in a lab with 15 fume cupboards running at a time the number of air changes per hour is probably well into double figures, it's probably the safest place to be if you want to meet with other people. I'm less happy about how I'll manage with masks, walkie talkies and being 15 ft away from everyone, but hopefully I'll be able to test that tomorrow.
LouiseRuns 🌹🇬🇧 🇪🇺 Feb 2021 1:12pm, 16 Feb 2021 218 posts	Quote Pin LouiseRuns 🌹🇬🇧 🇪🇺 Hope all goes well, Grast_girl. Fortunately, with it being half term, most of the year groups involved will only miss a couple of days, and our remote provision is fairly good now.

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There are enough educators on here that I thought it might be nice to have somewhere supportive to rant and problem solve.

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DHE guide for primary schools:
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HE survey supporting staff wellbeing:
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