Jinglejangle69 wrote: » Creches are back weeks with rooms full of kids.
selectamatic wrote: » Maybe I'm picking up on the tone of the post I responded to wrongly but to me it appeared to be placing an emphasis on what the teacher expected the sna's in the room to do but no mention of how this was communicated to them and it skipped over the reality there was very little they could do in terms of actually supporting care needs of sen kids. I can't really envisage how such a situation would unfold it really seems to be a fundamental breakdown in communication that I wouldn't be used to seeing in a school setting but in my school we all get on really well as a staff so we're in contact constantly anyways so perhaps this has coloured my view. Calls to talk with students were great and the sna's in my school were really good for this too and really helped put some worried minds at ease but this is at the lower end of the spectrum of care needs. For some kids on the more severe end of sen comprehending this whole situation has been near impossible and no amount of distanced methods can replace the support they would have normally received and it is a big worry how much of a social impact this whole thing has had on them. Edit: the wordress after reading the above posts its clear you have a really poor professional relationship with the sna's in your room. I couldn't at all comment on how that has come to be but it definitely needs sorting as its not healthy for you the class teacher, the pupils in your room or indeed the sna's either. Constructive teamwork is critical in times like these.
The Wordress wrote: » I have only worked in my school since September. There is a mixed cohort of staff- some excellent and some as lazy as sin. Unfortunately, I got shafted with the 2 as lazy as sin with horrific attitudes. Probably for obvious reasons! The principal is basically frightened of certain members of staff and won't tackle the issues that need to be tackled. We were told early on that our SNAs were being redeployed and I ploughed on with supporting my children as best as I could. I then heard that they hadn't been and was perplexed as to why these staff members hadn't been directed to support me as a teacher and our SEN children. At the end of the day, at the heart of my day are my children who deserve the best education.
The Wordress wrote: » Can I ask you what did your SNAs do? I want some examples so that I go in armed to my principal in September.
caveat emptor wrote: » https://twitter.com/drericding/status/1283081290305146889?s=21
CruelSummer wrote: » Oh just stop with the scaremongering. Children NEED an education, they’ve been deprived of it for months on end despite the fact most of them are not affected by Covid. We as a people have put up signs saying ‘no children allowed’ into shops and told them they’ll kill their grandparents if they hug them...this is not okay. There is irreversible damage being done to children as we speak by this prolonged closure. This is our future generation and this in my opinion far outweighs any risks involved. Shield the at risk groups, be they older people, teachers with health issues, or others. Organise protocols for schools and childcare around it, time to get back to school. It’s beyond time actually.
khalessi wrote: » If the government can happily pour 360 million into cylceways or a couple of million into doing up the Cliff of Moher, then they could put money into schools. Schools have been neglected for years and it should not have taken a pandemic to bring this to peoples attention. There are guidelines for every other sector reopening. .
markodaly wrote: » This is a non sequitur. Putting money into cycle lanes in of itself has nothing to do with funding for schools. But I do find this a tad ironic though. When is the last time teacher unions put funding for infrastructure ahead of their own pay claims? This is a genuine question. The teachers never went on strike for the lack of funding into schools. Its a bit rich to be crying about it now.
khalessi wrote: » Yes children need an education but it has to be done in a safe environment. It doesnt take most of them, it just takes one to spread it and even your comment indicates that children can get it and spread it. This was psoted anonymously on FB and just thought I would pop it here for anyone who is interested. Please Post Anon Given the ill-informed nature of the current media discussion about reopening schools, I want to arm other teachers with some accurate, evidence backed information about children and Covid-19. Based on the current research, there are two points which are worth remembering: Children contract the virus at the same rate as adults. The virus has, and will, spread in schools. I will now provide evidence to support each point. Children contract the virus at the same rate as adults. You often hear that ‘children don’t get the virus’ or that children are the ‘least affected’ by Covid 19. The truth is that children are as likely to be infected with the virus as adults are. This study from China found that “children were as likely to be infected as adults (infection rate 7·4% in children <10 years vs population average of 6·6%).” https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(20)30287-5/fulltext This study from Switzerland found that “no differences in seroprevalence between children and middle age adults are observed”. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.02.20088898v1 This study from the UK found that “There is no evidence of differences in the proportions testing positive between the age categories 2 to 19, 20 to 49, 50 to 69 and 70 years and over.”https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveypilot/england14may2020 You may also hear that children are less infectious or don’t spread the virus. Studies have shown that theory to be false. Children have a similar viral load to adults. This study from Germany notes that “there is little evidence from the present study to support suggestions that children may not be as infectious as adults. “https://virologie-ccm.charite.de/fileadmin/user_upload/microsites/m_cc05/virologie-ccm/dateien_upload/Weitere_Dateien/Charite_SARS-CoV-2_viral_load_2020-06-02.pdf Two more studies, one more from Germany and one from South Korea, reached the same conclusion.https://zoonosen.charite.de/fileadmin/user_upload/microsites/m_cc05/virologie-ccm/dateien_upload/Weitere_Dateien/analysis-of-SARS-CoV-2-viral-load-by-patient-age.pdfhttps://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/10/20-2449_article Covid-19 has, and will, spread in schools. The notion that opening schools fully is ‘the safest thing we can do’ has become a much repeated talking point. There is nothing exceptional, however, about the school environment. The virus has spread in schools in other countries. The virus will spread in Irish schools in September. Israel has entered a second lockdown and schools are to blame. In testimony to the Israeli parliament, Israel’s deputy Director of Public Health Services , Dr. Udi Kliner, said that “schools, not restaurants or gyms, turned out to be the country’s worst mega-infectors.”https://www.haveeru.com.mv/the-second-wave-of-covid-hits-israel-like-a-tsunami/ A study from the United States shows that child to child, adult to adult, adult to child, and child to adult transmission does occur.https://academic.oup.com/jpids/article/doi/10.1093/jpids/piaa070/5849922 In Sweden, “The relatively high rate (of antibodies) in children suggests there may have been significant spread in schools.” https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/how-sweden-wasted-rare-opportunity-study-coronavirus-schools In Australia, a school is said to be at the centre of the recent outbreak in Melbourne. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-09/al-taqwa-college-coronavirus-covid19-cluster-melbourne-truganina/12437584 One of the drivers of the recent lockdown in Leicester was spread in schools. Matt Hancock, the UK’s Health Secretary, said that “There are a lot of U18s who have tested positive...the safest thing we can do is close the schools”. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/matt-hancock-local-lockdown-leicester-18511786. Texas has seen 1,300 cases in child care centres since they reopened.https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/06/health/texas-coronavirus-cases-child-care-facilities/index.html These are inconvenient truths. In the rush to reopen schools fully, it has been left to teachers to point them out. I hope the evidence I have provided here will help us in our fight for a safe workplace.
kowloonkev wrote: » I think the time has come to make a plan for secondary and upper primary online education for the next school year, and announce that kids will not return to the school premises en masse until at least September 2021. Lower primary students could be spread out using the empty upper primary classrooms. Teachers should be in school from this September to provide online classes and the infrastructure should be put in place for them to do so. The situation is too changeable and I strongly doubt Ireland would get more than a month into a regular school year before being forced to close again, and then still not having a coordinated plan for that scenario.
taylor3 wrote: » What about exam classes, next June as exams are about to start how and what way would they facilitate that? I ask because my daughter is going into 3rd year this September.
Jim Root wrote: » That’s all fine. They can go on the PUP then like the rest of the country who’s workplace was closed because of the virus.
scrubs33 wrote: » I know we give out about them but does anyone else find the lack of leaks a bit concerning? I presume negotiations around a return to school must be going on but its now the middle of July and the window for something definite to emerge before the August shutdown is getting very narrow.
kowloonkev wrote: » I think the time has come to make a plan for secondary and upper primary online education for the next school year, and announce that kids will not return to the school premises en masse until at least September 2021. Lower primary students could be spread out using the empty upper primary classrooms. Teachers should be in school from this September to provide online classes and the infrastructure should be put in place for them to do so.
Here, we present the findings of 52 paediatric patients (age 0–16 years) admitted to Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (London, UK) since March 25, 2020, with confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, diagnosed by either a positive PCR result or seropositivity (appendix p 1). Of 52 inpatients, 24 (46%) had a serum creatinine greater than the ULRI, and 15 (29%) met the BAPN diagnostic criteria for acute kidney injury. Urine output was not used to define acute kidney injury as fluid balance was often inaccurately recorded at the time of transfer to our hospital. Most cases of acute kidney injury occurred in those admitted to the paediatric ICU (14 [93%] patients), and in those with paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporarily associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS; 11 [73%] patients). Unsurprisingly, patients with acute kidney injury were more likely to have diarrhoea and vomiting at presentation (appendix p 1), thereby suggesting prerenal involvement.
rob316 wrote: » They had some smug **** from a teachers union on primetime there last week, I wanted to smack him through the TV. He says our members work environment should be "covid safe". Its an essential service, why do you deserve to be covid safe when nurses are working in a dangerous environment, retail workers, emergency services etc etc. The power we give to these unions is ridiculous. Can we expect extra school days next year for our kids they have lost? Can we ****, it'll be pay increases this lot will be looking for its members.
caveat emptor wrote: » Not scaremongering. I agree with you that we need to get kids back. It's disgraceful that we are putting American tourists ahead of their wellbeing. How do you think this is going to go? Really? Have you ever caught a viral respiratory infection in summer? like a flu or a cold? It's going to be a **** show unless we actually contain it. Kids will be sad if they can't go back to school but they'll be even more sad if their kidneys don't work.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7295466/https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1283291803312160768?s=20
wirelessdude01 wrote: » You do know that we just want the department to provide us with some guidelines and guidance so that we have the same ability to be/feel safe like other workers. Shops and the likes all have procedures and processes to limit things. We are waiting in the Dept to step up to the plate. I keep hearing that individual schools should do X, Y and Z. Just shows the lack of understanding of how schools operate.
History Queen wrote: » The unions aren't powerful.
