Bumble Posted January 9, 2021 Report Share Posted January 9, 2021 3 hours ago, AVB said: The list of jobs defined as 'critical' and therefore children of parents in the jobs can still attend school is massive. I think you would be hard pushed to find a job not on the list! From the Gov.UK website: Critical workers Parents whose work is critical to the coronavirus (COVID-19) and EU transition response include those who work in health and social care and in other key sectors outlined in the following sections. Children with at least one parent or carer who is a critical worker can go to school or college if required, but parents and carers should keep their children at home if they can. Health and social care This includes, but is not limited to, doctors, nurses, midwives, paramedics, social workers, care workers, and other frontline health and social care staff including volunteers; the support and specialist staff required to maintain the UK’s health and social care sector; those working as part of the health and social care supply chain, including producers and distributors of medicines and medical and personal protective equipment. Education and childcare This includes: childcare support and teaching staff social workers specialist education professionals who must remain active during the coronavirus (COVID-19) response to deliver this approach Key public services This includes: those essential to the running of the justice system religious staff charities and workers delivering key frontline services those responsible for the management of the deceased journalists and broadcasters who are providing public service broadcasting Local and national government This only includes those administrative occupations essential to the effective delivery of: the coronavirus (COVID-19) response, and the delivery of and response to EU transition essential public services, such as the payment of benefits and the certification or checking of goods for import and export (including animal products, animals, plants and food), including in government agencies and arms length bodies Food and other necessary goods This includes those involved in food: production processing distribution sale and delivery as well as those essential to the provision of other key goods (for example hygienic and veterinary medicines) Public safety and national security This includes: police and support staff Ministry of Defence civilians contractor and armed forces personnel (those critical to the delivery of key defence and national security outputs and essential to the response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and EU transition) fire and rescue service employees (including support staff) National Crime Agency staff those maintaining border security, prison and probation staff and other national security roles, including those overseas Transport and border This includes those who will keep the air, water, road and rail passenger and freight transport modes operating during the coronavirus (COVID-19) response and EU transition, including those working on transport systems through which supply chains pass and those constructing or supporting the operation of critical transport and border infrastructure through which supply chains pass. Utilities, communication and financial services This includes: staff needed for essential financial services provision (including but not limited to workers in banks, building societies and financial market infrastructure) the oil, gas, electricity and water sectors (including sewerage) information technology and data infrastructure sector and primary industry supplies to continue during the coronavirus (COVID-19) response key staff working in the civil nuclear, chemicals, telecommunications (including but not limited to network operations, field engineering, call centre staff, IT and data infrastructure, 999 and 111 critical services) postal services and delivery payments providers waste disposal sectors It’s quite laughable, especially with some schools with 75% of the cohort in. I’m not sure how that is in anyway breaking the chain of transmission, as intended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClemFandango Posted January 10, 2021 Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 21 hours ago, AVB said: I pay close to £30k per year for each of my children to be taught (in addition to the tax I pay) so I expect a lot from the school and it’s teachers. Yes covid is unfortunate but it’s been around for nearly a year now and schools need to have been planning for it. This lockdown was coming (and my children’s school started working remotely in December) and yet they still say that this lockdown came as a surprise! We are currently arguing over how much the fees should be reduced to reflect the reduction in service. They are doing an OK job but still less than what I am paying for. What? You pay your school £30k and they weren't prepared for a global pandemic? What a bunch of useless *******. My kids school had a risk assessment for just this occasion worked up decades ago. You should see the one they have for alien invasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ttfjlc Posted January 10, 2021 Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 Our youngest son's teacher is doing the best he can, he's got several key worker kids in his class along with the majority of his class studying at home. He honestly must have the patience of a saint, the 'Microsoft teams' software they are using is fairing quite well thanks to him being able to set it up and then help us parents use it, we've been impressed with our son's teacher along with many other parents so are clubbing together to get him something as that's the least he deserves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampwick Posted January 10, 2021 Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 1 hour ago, ClemFandango said: What? You pay your school £30k and they weren't prepared for a global pandemic? What a bunch of useless *******. My kids school had a risk assessment for just this occasion worked up decades ago. You should see the one they have for alien invasion. 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted January 10, 2021 Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 1 hour ago, ClemFandango said: What? You pay your school £30k and they weren't prepared for a global pandemic? What a bunch of useless *******. My kids school had a risk assessment for just this occasion worked up decades ago. You should see the one they have for alien invasion. Yea the global pandemic that started a year ago so unlike you I expect companies I am giving my money to to be better prepared now than a year ago. “Due to covid” is just a convenient excuse for some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted January 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Ttfjlc said: Our youngest son's teacher is doing the best he can, he's got several key worker kids in his class along with the majority of his class studying at home. He honestly must have the patience of a saint, the 'Microsoft teams' software they are using is fairing quite well thanks to him being able to set it up and then help us parents use it, we've been impressed with our son's teacher along with many other parents so are clubbing together to get him something as that's the least he deserves. I'm just grateful that the mrs is well clued up with it all, the couple of days I've had to do have been interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100milesaway Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 On 09/01/2021 at 13:49, AVB said: Like any business I am sure there are some teachers working hard and there will be the lazy ones that don't. My gripe isn't specifically about the teachers themselves, any more than my moans about the NHS aren't directed specifically at nurses, but rather the general mismanagement of these organisations. The problem is that the more we accept a reduction on service "due to covid" it will become the norm and we will never get service level returned. How many time do you ring up an organisation to be told, by recorded message, "due to reduced staffing levels your wait time will be longer". My children's school isn't providing meals, isn't running 10 periods of sports per week (therefore sports teachers could be furloughed), isn't heating the classrooms etc. but no attempt to pass on these savings to parents paying the bills. Let alone providing fewer zoom lessons than they would normally get face to face in a classroom. Tell them that as they are all on holiday now, they won't need their normal summer holidays. There wouldn't be a school in the UK lacking all of its teachers present now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted January 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 34 minutes ago, 100milesaway said: Tell them that as they are all on holiday now, they won't need their normal summer holidays. There wouldn't be a school in the UK lacking all of its teachers present now. Sorry but they aren't on holiday, my wife is actually doing more hours than normal looking after the key workers kids, while our kids still go to their school, you guessed it with other teachers. Its faff far easier for teachers to teach face to face rather than through zoom etc. Especially when some of the kids are at home doing no work because the parents aren't doing it with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Neal Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 1 hour ago, 100milesaway said: Tell them that as they are all on holiday now, they won't need their normal summer holidays. There wouldn't be a school in the UK lacking all of its teachers present now. Teachers haven't all gone home and put their feet up in front of the telly! If anything, lockdown is making them work harder. My 4yr old's reception class teacher has been sending out emails at all times of the day and night, providing a constant stream of information and tasks, evolving the home-schooling curriculum as each day goes along.... whilst also working her way through zoom meetings with each child & parent(s) to check in and keep them on the right course. I'd say she's more than earning her salary this academic year, when you factor in the extra hassle since September they've had to face, and it's not going to get much easier very soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 I am amazed at the level of stupidity (or trolling) that still exists on this subject 9 months later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 4 hours ago, WalkedUp said: I am amazed at the level of stupidity (or trolling) that still exists on this subject 9 months later. I enjoyed a good laugh at the comment about the ‘University of Life’ graduates thinking they could do a better job running the schools 🤣 They’ll be the same ones they could sort out social care funding, The NHS, military and Brexit all over an afternoon. 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumble Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 22 hours ago, 100milesaway said: Tell them that as they are all on holiday now, they won't need their normal summer holidays. There wouldn't be a school in the UK lacking all of its teachers present now. It’s a funny old holiday I’m having then. Normally I put my feet up & quaff wine somewhere sunny, but this one sees me arriving to work much earlier than normal & getting home much later, with no bottle of white at lunchtime but a lot more emails, phone calls & staring at a Teams screen than holidays normally involve. I must be going wrong somewhere. 15 hours ago, Lloyd90 said: I enjoyed a good laugh at the comment about the ‘University of Life’ graduates thinking they could do a better job running the schools 🤣 They’ll be the same ones they could sort out social care funding, The NHS, military and Brexit all over an afternoon. 🤣 Normally by bringing back National Service & completely disregarding any normal conventions of spelling, punctuation & grammar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strimmer_13 Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 21 hours ago, Jim Neal said: My 4yr old's reception class teacher has been sending out emails at all times of the day and night, providing a constant stream of information and tasks, evolving the home-schooling curriculum as each day goes along.... whilst also working her way through zoom meetings with each child & parent(s) to check in and keep them on the right course. I'd say she's more than earning her salary this academic year, when you factor in the extra hassle since September they've had to face, and it's not going to get much easier very soon. Same, I'm still getting emails and updates for tomorrow's lessons at 10pm. Fair play to them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.