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Jan 2021
7:21am, 28 Jan 2021
1,300 posts
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Totriornottotri
8 March earliest
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Jan 2021
7:55am, 28 Jan 2021
3,626 posts
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Elsie Too
So I guess if they are saying that is the earliest the schools will open, are they saying that is the earliest that any of the lockdown restrictions will change because they have always said that schools will be the first thing to open up?
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Jan 2021
8:40am, 28 Jan 2021
10,363 posts
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lammo
Yes Elsie, that's my understanding.
Anybody got a time machine?
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Jan 2021
8:49am, 28 Jan 2021
3,629 posts
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Elsie Too
 I just want to be able to get out of the house more than once a day. I might have to start borrowing the neighbours dog so I can take it for a walk.
My son is pretty down about it all at the moment as well. We are watching star wars in chronological order - again - we did that at the start of the first lockdown.
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Jan 2021
9:11am, 28 Jan 2021
10,364 posts
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lammo
It certainly feels a lot tougher this time round.
Aided by something happening at my work in February we are going to be prioritising getting our everyday in February. Something we talk about but aren't as good at as we should be.
Hopefully some day light and fresh air will benefit us all.
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Feb 2021
6:48am, 15 Feb 2021
1,366 posts
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Totriornottotri
Half term this week and we can pay to get them out the house (the irony)!
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Mar 2021
11:03am, 19 Mar 2021
3,803 posts
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Tav H
I guess in some ways, in the long run, touch wood, my daughter has perversely benefitted from lockdown. She is on fluoxetine which meant she was mostly able to attend school and keep up a reasonable attempt at her GCSEs. She's also got dyslexia but her above average underlying ability somehow kept her mostly on an even keel. However I think going through year 11 in any normal year may have caused her and us great harm. Her engagement was 0% during lockdown, and evidence of psychosis started to creep in. She's now also on a low dose of anti-psychotics, and luckily this has coincided with some luck at work resulting in the "spare" cash to send her to the local Steiner school and have her start a year behind where she was. Expectations will be off her for a year or so, and in fact we are all finding the prospect very encouraging.
In a strange way I think it could be worse for students whose parents still expect great things from them, there must be an awful lot if kids who are feeling obliged to go through this nightmare year as if nothing had happened. My only hope is that most parents are taking the pressure off their kids. Well done to those who are, it is very tough.
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Mar 2021
12:58pm, 19 Mar 2021
1,584 posts
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Totriornottotri
Don’t cough at the wrong time. Ours got sent home yesterday. He hasn’t coughed since. Tests back in less than 24 hrs - negative (obvs). Waste of time. Anyone with half a brain would realise. So angry. I have no patience for this now. Numbers are so low, the vulnerable ages are largely protected through vaccines - it’s time to play!
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Mar 2021
2:22pm, 19 Mar 2021
52,148 posts
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DrPhleecingD
I’m glad your daughter is ok, tav. Personally I think GCSEs should be abolished, having seen the stress ds1 went through and how miserable he was, I’m so glad ds2 missed out on this. He’s been quite happy at home though missed his friends, but the amount of pressure put on kids for GCSEs is nuts. Replace them with at most an English and maths exam and then make the rest more coursework based and school assessed. Teaching to a test is such a nonsense in today’s world
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Mar 2021
3:37pm, 19 Mar 2021
3,805 posts
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Tav H
Thanks, yes I just hope she is able to be happier more often. I see a lot of concern from some parents about "falling behind" etc. which I think is misplaced anxiety. One of the nicest things my parents ever did for me was not to put any pressure on me when I nearly crashed out of Uni.
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