Support thread for parents of teenagers
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Dec 2020
10:18pm, 2 Dec 2020
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kaysdee
Argh. So, D15 was sent home on Monday. She messaged me fairly early in the day, so I was surprised that she came home at her normal time. She was frustrated that she knew she was a contact but that they had a process of notification and due to the numbers involved, it just took that long to get to her. I can have both sympathy for the school staff and feel annoyed at the same time... received a call tonight to say she has additionally been identified as a close contact of a different child on Monday, who has also now tested positive and her self isolation clock resets. It will be some feat if she gets out of this unscathed. Prior to that, a received an e-letter that due to positive numbers in Y11, the entire year should now stay at home. That’s Y8 and 9 home due to staff absence and Y11 due to student cases. It’s an impossible situation at the end of the day, so I don’t blame them. This was always going to happen and I do get it, so I was pleasant enough with the teacher (who was so genuinely lovely during lockdown 1 and checked in with me a couple of times a week for my S13, who has Asperger’s and struggling) and it was also well outside of school hours. I felt sorry for him. He must have been getting some stick though as he sounded quite taken aback when I thanked him and said I completely understood. I could sense his surprise that I had no objections. I’m mean, it’s obviously so disruptive, especially in GCSE year, but it’s no fault of his. |
Dec 2020
8:45am, 3 Dec 2020
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It’sBeginningToLookALotLikeFleecy
Ds2’s school was supposed to go back today but now it’s going to be Monday at the earliest as they have lots of teachers off sick or quarantined. By the sound of the letter some teachers caught it via their own kids or are quarantined after their kids tested positive. Awkward all round but they had no choice but to close the school really since they had almost no students not quarantined and lots of staff off.
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Dec 2020
9:11am, 3 Dec 2020
21,359 posts
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Meglet
Blimey. The whole school is closed?
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Dec 2020
9:29am, 3 Dec 2020
51,487 posts
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It’sBeginningToLookALotLikeFleecy
The whole school will have been shut for nearly 3 weeks, sadly their online teaching is shit
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Dec 2020
9:29am, 3 Dec 2020
51,488 posts
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It’sBeginningToLookALotLikeFleecy
Some info on exams, sounds promising amp.theguardian.com |
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Dec 2020
9:31am, 3 Dec 2020
51,489 posts
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It’sBeginningToLookALotLikeFleecy
Ds2’s teachers were split 50/50 on parents evening over whether they thought GCSEs would happen or not. All of them advised working hard now (which is laughable when school is shut) just in case exams are cancelled. But if exams aren’t cancelled there will be a lot of burnt out kids 
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Dec 2020
10:32am, 3 Dec 2020
21,360 posts
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Meglet
I think those taking exams this year have it harder than last tbh. How many kids can work hard in a self directed way, without any of the nice things to distract/reward? And the massive disparity between schools in amount of missed time and quality of online teaching.
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Dec 2020
11:04am, 3 Dec 2020
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CStar
It's a tough one isn't it? As you know DD2 is on self-study at home to 're-'-sit 2 of her A-levels next summer. She's desperate to get to mocks in Feb, so that the school have something to asses her on in case things change. DS2 has been lucky in that since his 10 day isolation back in October, he has had no further disruption. In fact the school has not had an in-school case since before half-term, so currently they only have a few who are self-isolating due to Track and Trace notifications. On then other hand one of the other local secondary schools is completely shut due to teacher shortages. It does all seem a bit random. |
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Dec 2020
11:21am, 3 Dec 2020
51,490 posts
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It’sBeginningToLookALotLikeFleecy
I’m betting it’s not as random as it seems, some schools might have more cases because the parents do jobs where they can’t WFH (which are often lower paid jobs). Some kids barely have technology at home to access online learning (again the poorer kids). This is going to magnify the already huge socioeconomic disparities which exist in teaching and exam results.
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Dec 2020
11:35am, 3 Dec 2020
21,362 posts
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Meglet
It's quite fun to play an assisted game and make all the moves recommended by the computer. Turns out I'm not a naturally aggressive player
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