Gove says ‘schools are safe!’- UK Govt advice “if child develops #COVID19 symptoms at school “they must be sent home...If a child is awaiting collection, they should be moved, if possible, to a room where they can be isolated behind a closed door-Thread👇🏽
..depending on age of child & with appropriate adult supervision if required. Ideally, a window should be opened for ventilation. If it is not possible to isolate them, move them to an area which is at least 2 metres away from other people🙈gov.uk/government/pub…
If they need to go to the bathroom while waiting to be collected, they should use a separate bathroom if possible. The bathroom should be cleaned & disinfected using standard cleaning products before being used by anyone else.
Do you have #PPE for the cleaners or teachers?
What do you do with a child who is 5 or 6 ? Terrified they have COVID19 lock them in a room or now have a teacher whose natural instinct is to protect a child stay in the room ( with no PPE)
Do you test and trace the rest of the class, teachers ?
Michael Gove says he's confident "children and teachers will be safe" when schools open, provided the right measures are in place- what are you throwing your “protective ring” round them ☠️
#Marr: How do you make classrooms safe?Gove says children will have to be distanced, arriving in a staggered fashion, with staggered breaks, and we will "cap classes at 15" REALLY
The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), which represents most primary school heads in England, said proposals were not feasible & it was an insult that teachers would be expected to make their own DIY masks for protection in the absence of proper #PPE
How do you keep fifteen 5 years old separate? Or sitting at desks, follow a one way route, not touch, hold hands, hug- have you ever been to a school @michaelgove - try applying that to teenagers - how can teachers enforce this? Have you ever been in a school when bell goes?
If there is only one teacher to 15 pupils in a class what about teaching support? What about those with learning difficulties, language needs, spectrum related conditions, special needs ? Why no guidance for them?
If you impose 2m #socialdistancing it means in an average class of 30 it could require at least 5 separate rooms & separate teachers- are you recruiting ?
Without testing, contact tracing, without PPE for pupils & staff schools will be a “petri dish” for #COVID19 this is just reimplementation of #HerdImmunity now any teachers that die will be #FrontLineHeroes 💔
