doulikefish Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/16/revolt-over-easing-lockdown-spreads-as-poll-slump-hits-prime-minister 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 10 minutes ago, throbber said: I can’t believe Adele has lost that much weight, she looks fairly pumpable. Reported for sizeism 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendan Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 1 hour ago, marty_j said: Yet on a day when Covid-19 death toll in the UK alone was more than eleven 7/7s, more than six Hillsboroughs, four-and-a-half Aberfans, three Herald of Free Enterprises, 12 Marchioness's, twenty Kings Cross fires I think most people just aren't going to see it in those terms- partly because it's a disease and partly because it's affecting mostly the very old and sick. If children were dying in large numbers the response would be very different. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendan Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 1 minute ago, oaksoft said: It might end up being delayed a little and teaching unions will bleat about it but schools will open. Parents wanting to get back to work will demand it. The schools will open (in England), loads of kids will be absent, but probably most kids back after summer holidays. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dundee Hibernian Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Plan being circulated to open schools in Scotland on August 11th, a week ahead of the end of scheduled summer holidays. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 1 minute ago, oaksoft said: Are any of these areas anything other than Labour controlled? Does it matter?Or do you think they are playing politics with kids lives? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super_carson Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Plan being circulated to open schools in Scotland on August 11th, a week ahead of the end of scheduled summer holidays. My understanding is this would be for staff only to prepare for any new arrangements. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumigoo Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Plan being circulated to open schools in Scotland on August 11th, a week ahead of the end of scheduled summer holidays. My guess is that if that happens it would be mainly for staff to get in and prep for the ‘new normal’ and possibly to assist in transition between P7 and S1 for those young people. Think most teachers would like some time in school before the kids come back, to prep the actual classrooms etc, given that most school buildings have been completely shut to staff about two months now. Our hub is a primary school building but I think most school sites have been out of bounds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Are private schools going back in June? The answer lies in thatWe must hope so, otherwise the UK may not have Olympics squads in future. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 2 hours ago, dirty dingus said: These folk are mental. Careful. Could be some P&B posters amongst them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendan Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 11 minutes ago, stumigoo said: Think most teachers would like some time in school before the kids come back, to prep the actual classrooms etc, given that most school buildings have been completely shut to staff about two months now. Our hub is a primary school building but I think most school sites have been out of bounds. Couldn't that be done (safely) in June? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super_carson Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Couldn't that be done (safely) in June?Depends on the council, but some schools have been open. I've been into mine a couple of times to do the odd job, gather resources etc. Teachers could quite easily be in school and socially distance once restrictions are eased. My concern is the number of meetings that management will insist on having in that time, that ultimately are just a waste of time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistermark 75 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 2 hours ago, dirty dingus said: These folk are on a permo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumigoo Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Couldn't that be done (safely) in June?Possibly. I assumed that we would be asked to go back in June for a week but that hasn’t been talked about yet. Much depends on where each authority is in terms of cleaning schools and ensuring that they have put in appropriate measures. Don’t know where Dundee is with that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 My guess is that if that happens it would be mainly for staff to get in and prep for the ‘new normal’ and possibly to assist in transition between P7 and S1 for those young people. Think most teachers would like some time in school before the kids come back, to prep the actual classrooms etc, given that most school buildings have been completely shut to staff about two months now. Our hub is a primary school building but I think most school sites have been out of bounds.All the schools are open around where I live for staff to go in, although only the hub has any pupils attending. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumigoo Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 All the schools are open around where I live for staff to go in, although only the hub has any pupils attending.Maybe different depending on authority. Ours has only been open once, for teachers to collect materials, and even then the staff had to book in and be given a slot. Shut the rest of the time apart from the cleaning and janitorial staff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 27 minutes ago, Granny Danger said: Careful. Could be some P&B posters amongst them. Completely mental, then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 (edited) Eton isnt opening until September so look on the bright side the future leaders will be fine Edited May 17, 2020 by doulikefish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 It seems the Tories mantra of “we have to get the economy back on track” is rubbing off. Hopefully workers in both the private and public sectors will demand more than the traditional ‘profits before people’ approach. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/coronavirus-scotland-despite-8500-people-22039844.amp?__twitter_impression=trueIs this true then? Hard to see a way out of lockdown for us until the contact tracers are there. The much maligned Westminster government has 17,000 hired, apparently. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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