How will schools be able to go back in September? (Continued)

Sunday Sunday

xhomelezz wrote: »

Well you started informative addition to discussion by yourself. So I answered same way.

Nope I don't think schools should stay closed. They can be open in other safer ways for everyone. If you bother to read this thread, you might find some hints.

That last sentence of your post is just some kind of cheap bs I guess.

Schools have been closed long enough, we might never see the back of this virus so we have to go on.

To be honest I can't wait until we don't have a daily case count because it's nothing but scaremongering after the fact. I've stopped even looking at the news and I know many others who have done the same.

I don't care what the restrictions are, if I need to go somewhere or do something I'll check then and find out that way. The media bombardment adds to the pandemic fatigue.

Schools will open, some will have the odd case, some will have clusters, some will have to close others won't.

They can't stay closed forever and covid may just become yet another routine illness.

khalessi

Just got a lovely video from the kids principal, from him to all the children, explaining the new procedures, masks, visors, sanitizers which gates to enter and to go straight to the classroom etc. Nice clear and short.

road_high

Redordeadqwwer wrote: »

Schools are opening next week. I've just spent the past three weeks getting our ready.

Well done. Head teachers and Headmasters are to be commended for their efforts they’re putting into re opening.

iamwhoiam

khalessi wrote: »

Just got a lovely video from the kids principal, from him to all the children, explaining the new procedures, masks, visors, sanitizers which gates to enter and to go straight to the classroom etc. Nice clear and short.

Its nice to feel in the loop as a parent . Good on the principal . My daughter got a mail to say they are sending everyone a photo of the yard and details of the markings and of where the child is to stand . Little things like that matter to parents

am_zarathustra

Sunday Sunday wrote: »

Schools have been closed long enough, we might never see the back of this virus so we have to go on.

To be honest I can't wait until we don't have a daily case count because it's nothing but scaremongering after the fact. I've stopped even looking at the news and I know many others who have done the same.

I don't care what the restrictions are, if I need to go somewhere or do something I'll check then and find out that way. The media bombardment adds to the pandemic fatigue.

Schools will open, some will have the odd case, some will have clusters, some will have to close others won't.

They can't stay closed forever and covid may just become yet another routine illness.

I actually did provide an informative commentary on your flippant nonsense about Sweden which you ignored.

Edit: That wasn't you, apologies, I stand by the below still though.

Things can't be normal now even if we really want them to be. That's just magical thinking and will lead to people dying. I would love to go back to coaching the lads and having the craic in the breakfast club.....but I can't because John, my center, has an immunocompormised mother and Mary is living with her elderly grandparents ......and hundreds more stories like this just in our school. Have a look at the countries with bully boy leaders sticking their heads in the ground, pretending everything is fine.....USA and Brazil??

xhomelezz

Sunday Sunday wrote: »

Schools have been closed long enough, we might never see the back of this virus so we have to go on.

To be honest I can't wait until we don't have a daily case count because it's nothing but scaremongering after the fact. I've stopped even looking at the news and I know many others who have done the same.

I don't care what the restrictions are, if I need to go somewhere or do something I'll check then and find out that way. The media bombardment adds to the pandemic fatigue.

Schools will open, some will have the odd case, some will have clusters, some will have to close others won't.

They can't stay closed forever and covid may just become yet another routine illness.

Don't really get it. I've never said keep schools closed. Wouldn't have a clue what's your agenda on this thread after reading few posts. Enjoy your medication.

Sunday Sunday

am_zarathustra wrote: »

I actually did provide an informative commentary on your flippant nonsense about Sweden which you ignored.

Things can't be normal now even if we really want them to be. That's just magical thinking and will lead to people dying. I would love to go back to coaching the lads and having the craic in the breakfast club.....but I can't because John, my center, has an immunocompormised mother and Mary is living with her elderly grandparents ......and hundreds more stories like this just in our school. Have a look at the countries with bully boy leaders sticking their heads in the ground, pretending everything is fine.....USA and Brazil??

Never mentioned Sweden myself now......many confused posters here

Gavlor

Sunday Sunday wrote: »

Schools have been closed long enough, we might never see the back of this virus so we have to go on.

To be honest I can't wait until we don't have a daily case count because it's nothing but scaremongering after the fact. I've stopped even looking at the news and I know many others who have done the same.

I don't care what the restrictions are, if I need to go somewhere or do something I'll check then and find out that way. The media bombardment adds to the pandemic fatigue.

Schools will open, some will have the odd case, some will have clusters, some will have to close others won't.

They can't stay closed forever and covid may just become yet another routine illness.

This kind of stuff makes me laugh!

You don’t watch the news because it’s negative and adds to covid fatigue yet you’ll Regularly post on an Internet forum that is dripping with negativity and covid fatigue

Sunday Sunday

xhomelezz wrote: »

Enjoy your medication.

My medication???

xhomelezz

Sunday Sunday wrote: »

My medication???

Your post kind of suggest that.. And if I'm wrong, my apologies. Belittling problem doesn't make it go away. That post of yours was rubbish anyway and I guess you know it well.

Sunday Sunday

xhomelezz wrote: »

Your post kind of suggest that.. And if I'm wrong, my apologies. Belittling problem doesn't make it go away. That post of yours was rubbish anyway and I guess you know it well.

Yeah and telling a person to enjoy their medication just because you might not agree or have the same opinion shows amongst other things a questionable level of maturity.

You don't have to put others down to raise yourself up. There are better ways to disagree.

The schools will be opening, some as soon as next week, hopefully the hysteria will die down once we're a few weeks into the term.

am_zarathustra

Or we will end up in the exact situation Israel did......because we are doing what they did with broadly the same investment, numbers and social structure. Ireland is far from a nordic mecca

khalessi

Greensoup wrote: »

That Secondary school he visited has around 200 students max. They’d have around 40 students per year group so no issues with space in classrooms and great for PR stunt. No fear he’d visit Rochestown college, Colaiste Spioraid in Bishopstown or Colaiste Choilm in Ballincollig that has 1300 goin to it. He would have passed it on his way to west cork as well.

Dying to know where they got the single tables, every school in my area have double tables.

smellyoldboot

iamwhoiam wrote: »

I have watched it a few times and genuinely I have no clue what she is saying ?

We should have subtitles alright whenever Cork people are left on the telly.

smellyoldboot

iamwhoiam wrote: »

I have watched it a few times and genuinely I have no clue what she is saying ?

We should have subtitles alright whenever Cork people are left on the telly.

khalessi

smellyoldboot wrote: »

We should have subtitles alright whenever Cork people are left on the telly.

Was that the teacher in the mask? If so she was from Dublin.

iamwhoiam

smellyoldboot wrote: »

We should have subtitles alright whenever Cork people are left on the telly.

Nothing whatsoever to do with the accent . My family are all from Cork , I spent all my summers in West Cork ! I simply could not hear her clearly .I have no idea what accent she had

Lillyfae

khalessi wrote: »

Dying to know where they got the single tables, every school in my area have double tables.

There were single tables in my school 20 odd years ago.

khalessi

Lillyfae wrote: »

There were single tables in my school 20 odd years ago.

NOt saying there wasnt I just know my school was having difficulty sourcing them

R rate was 1.8 down to 1.2 with more restriction on the way. Surely we should defer a few weeks to ensure r rate is below 1 before opening schools. Opening schools when cases are growing greater than 1 seems a risky. You only have one chance to open schools. Do it right.

Icyseanfitz

Deleted User wrote: »

R rate was 1.8 down to 1.2 with more restriction on the way. Surely we should defer a few weeks to ensure r rate is below 1 before opening schools. Opening schools when cases are growing greater than 1 seems a risky. You only have one chance to open schools. Do it right.

They will open next week, 100%, they shouldn't imo, at least not with the moronic plan in place, but it is purely political now, FF have to be seen to have opened up the school and the economy.

Purplewaters

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

They will open next week, 100%, they shouldn't imo, at least not with the moronic plan in place, but it is purely political now, FF have to be seen to have opened up the school and the economy.

One hundred percent agree. It's all about politics now.

downthemiddle

I was wondering why this thread exploded today, then I saw it was a teacher who admitted to doing nothing complaining about teachers doing nothing. Mad stuff Ted.
Back in the real world the issue of school transport has finally dawned on the powers that be. Wait until they read the rest of the thread and realise that the light at the end of the tunnel is a runaway train.

isup

Purplewaters wrote: »

One hundred percent agree. It's all about politics now.

Idiots . Putting people's life's at risk

isup

They have guidelines to distance ourselves outside the school when dropping the kids off but they don't have to inside in primary school. Basically saying what we do outside school is pointless. Our kids have to mix with family's that aren't being careful.
We were told today that if a kid has a cough to stay home, but if the parent has one the kid can go in.

Everyone wants their kids to be in school but the government plan seems like it was written in 5 minutes while watching tv

xhomelezz

Sunday Sunday wrote: »

Yeah and telling a person to enjoy their medication just because you might not agree or have the same opinion shows amongst other things a questionable level of maturity.

You don't have to put others down to raise yourself up. There are better ways to disagree.

The schools will be opening, some as soon as next week, hopefully the hysteria will die down once we're a few weeks into the term.

Right, you answered to my post, which was addressed to someone else the way you did, suggesting I want to keep schools closed, plus you added favourite scaremongering bs. Completely out of context. So congrats to your level of maturity. Anyway made a mistake to even bother to react. As I said don't know what's your agenda here. Tbh your posts reminds me of two disappeared posters on this thread, one was marquees seller and the other was posting through rose tinted glasses painted crap. Can't help it, but your new account sounds exactly like either of them.. bye

wirelessdude01

downthemiddle wrote: »

Back in the real world the issue of school transport has finally dawned on the powers that be. Wait until they read the rest of the thread and realise that the light at the end of the tunnel is a runaway train.

The bus situation only dawning on them this week is a reflection of the amount of time and effort put into this plan by the department/government.

irishblessing

is_that_so wrote: »

Just how does blended learning work with 5, 6 and 7 year olds?

Why don't you check out the blog in this link if you're interested. There is LOADS of information online about blended learning for early learners.

https://aftvoices.org/blended-learning-in-a-first-grade-classroom-8bd1ca6ee87

irishblessing

BonsaiKitten wrote: »

https://www.thejournal.ie/micheal-martin-school-cork-covid-5181303-Aug2020/

This woman is single handedly doing what our unions should have been doing. Fair play to her.

Fair play indeed!

My god, Michael Martin is a jack a$s.

How can children's intellectual and social development be damaged if they had a better plan, like, oh... say phased approach and blended learning?! JACKAS$

When later asked if he accepts whether he has lost a lot of the public in terms of messaging, Martin said: “Ah no, I wouldn’t accept that at all in terms of schools, now come on.”

"I think if schools don’t reopen we will be damaging children in terms of their intellectual development, their social development and in terms of their overall wellbeing. We have to balance that in terms of how we organise the school environment."

wirelessdude01

irishblessing wrote: »

Fair play indeed!

My god, Michael Martin is a jack a$s.

How can children's intellectual and social development be damaged if they had a better plan, like, oh... say phased approach and blended learning?! JACKAS$

When later asked if he accepts whether he has lost a lot of the public in terms of messaging, Martin said: “Ah no, I wouldn’t accept that at all in terms of schools, now come on.”

"I think if schools don’t reopen we will be damaging children in terms of their intellectual development, their social development and in terms of their overall wellbeing. We have to balance that in terms of how we organise the school environment."

Spoofer.