#LockdownVoices
"I’m a Headteacher with over 1,000 students… schools need to be open now…"
"As a Headteacher of a secondary school with over 1000 students we have no in-school transmissions and yet we remain closed...
"I’m a Headteacher with over 1,000 students… schools need to be open now…"
"As a Headteacher of a secondary school with over 1000 students we have no in-school transmissions and yet we remain closed...
"Situated in an area of high deprivation our child protection numbers (already high) have doubled compared to what they were last year.
So many staff and parents are paralysed with fear due to hysterical media headlines which don’t reflect their stories.
So many staff and parents are paralysed with fear due to hysterical media headlines which don’t reflect their stories.
"I worry that children next year will have weakened immune systems. How will they cope with flu next year when it returns?
I worry that there will be more obesity (we have already noticed this amongst our children) and that all those ‘lost’ children will never return.
I worry that there will be more obesity (we have already noticed this amongst our children) and that all those ‘lost’ children will never return.
"We know what level our Year 11s are capable of sitting next year and so it’s sad that we are not preparing them for the skills they will need (including literacy and numeracy) for their qualifications next year...
"...rather than trying to spoon feed them knowledge (they don’t necessarily need) for qualifications this year which will have no credibility in future years.
"And when schools are open what do all the younger children think when they see all these people walking about with masks and forced to walk around schools festooned in yellow and black warnings, or worse still forced to stay in classes all day?
"The vast, vast majority of kids are safe with regards to the virus and there is growing evidence to support the notion that if they do transmit it is a small payload and that there is very little evidence to suggest they transmit to adults.
"All of this is not caused by the virus, it is our response to the virus that needs to be considered.
Schools need to open now.
It will be interesting to see how children today, judge our responses in the future."
Schools need to open now.
It will be interesting to see how children today, judge our responses in the future."
'Lockdowns' come with terrible costs, not least to our young people. Covid 19 is serious but we believe the 'cure' is far worse than the disease.
If you haven't already, join our campaign now to back a better way, at: timeforrecovery.org
#ReopenSchools #UsForThem
If you haven't already, join our campaign now to back a better way, at: timeforrecovery.org
#ReopenSchools #UsForThem
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