First theres the Guidence for Covid app but its got a 16+ age limit, and turns out you can't log NHS tests on it. Schools and colleges will have to write a policy around this guidence. More about this later this weekend.
2/ RSE statutory guidence which says we have to talk about cancel culture and deplatforming while at the same point banning 'victim narratives' and a range of other things that seem odd to squeeze into RSE
3/ Then there are changes to the remote learning guidence which have so far been eclipsed by concerns with the other guidence updates.
It appears the Government has ended the laptop offer for disadvantaged students
4/ Main question, many schools didn't recieve the full quota of laptops and routers they were promised. If they are still waiting will DfE honour that promise or is it just tough luck if they didn't get them?
5/ Laptops will be made available if you have an outbreak, I hope they deliver this time, if schools have to wait 2 weeks the laptops will arrive after the isolation time is over.
Also why aren't 6th formers included? Nearby school just put the whole of year 12 into isolation
6/ If you didn't get the laptops the DfE failed to deliver dont worry.
You can use the catch up money to plug the gaps in their broken promises.
So the moment they provide more funding they are already suggesting to divert it to make up for previous inadequacies
7/ Update: how does the RSE guidence about speaking out against law breaking square with the proposal to allow certain government agencies to break the law? bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-54…
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🧵Oh what a suprise, Together Declaration are part of this network, and members of the Exec like UsForThem founder Kingsley accused anyone who said they were a hard right political project of smears and defamation
2/ Founded as anti-lockdown but going straight into anti-vax talking points, Together then switched to anti Ulez, anti net zero heading towards climate change denial
3/ They have been one of the main groups peddling nonsense about the WHO pandemic treaty, starting two years ago with Farage then becoming the leading face of a new astroturf group
While much of the media claims the inquiry is accomplishing nothing, its slowly revealed the gov knew transmission occurs in schools and causes harm to a not insignificant number of children
2/ The bill gives the Secretary of State the power to add to the list of interests that can access your childrens data through secondary legislation avoiding parliamentary scrutiny
3/ The Bill also permits 14-18 year olds to be targeted with political marketing
3/ More and more evidence emerges of the long term harms caused by covid, but the UK govs preferred paedatricians continue to peddle claims that with enough infections children will develop lasting immunity
Said this would occur after 1 infection, what is it now? 5? 7? 10?🤷♂️
🧵Cass Review
Not had a chance to read the whole thing yet, but have had time to look through the main points
What positives can be taken from it? The time spent on waiting lists was identified as a major issue, all children's services are massively underfunded at the moment
2/ I would like to think that this will lead to an investment in all children's support services like CAHMS, more pastoral support in schools etc
That would be a positive outcome, regardless of what else is included in the review, unfortunately real terms cuts are the reality
3/ What matters is how government interprets the review and what it chooses to implement, additional funding for children isn't going to be prioritised over tax cuts to appease RW papers
Imagine if the billions from last round of tax cuts had instead been invested in children