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Post primary return to schools roadmap

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https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/7acad-reopening-our-post-primary-schools/#additional-guidelines-and-procedures

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ethical

Laughable that teachers must return to classroom 2-3 weeks early, to "get rid of everything" to create more space!
How many other professions are giving up their holidays to do work that they will never be reimbursed for?

Hard to believe that some idiotic Principals are still going with Normas directives of base classrooms....a breeding ground for all sorts not alone Covid. Local arrangements serve schools best.
Why change thoroughly the one bit of normality a student may have ?

Millem

DubLad69 wrote: »

So whats going to happen to all of your stuff?

I am a practical teacher so everything is in a store room apart from
Students’ JC projects which are in a cabinet.
Cabinet needs to be emptied as cabinet will be removed from class.

Storeroom will be left as is.

DubLad69

Millem wrote: »

We were asked but I am heavily pregnant!! So just said I wouldn’t be able for it.

So whats going to happen to all of your stuff?

Millem

maynooth_rules wrote: »

Anyone else have to go in to clear out their room yet? Had to do it today,.not nice.

We were asked but I am heavily pregnant!! So just said I wouldn’t be able for it.

alroley

Glad to hear many schools are doing the sensible thing and keeping teacher based rooms. Wish mine was like that - the students are mixed for almost everything so both them and us will be moving around - madness!

maynooth_rules

Anyone else have to go in to clear out their room yet? Had to do it today,.not nice.

am_zarathustra

Same, seems like we are sticking to teacher based classrooms too. Wasn't going to make much of a difference to traffic and at least teachers will be responsible for the classroom, should help with keeping them clean.

djemba djemba

Icsics wrote: »

Have u a link for the Guidance doc by any chance Mirrorwall?
Are most secondary’s moving to student based classrooms? There’ll be carnage in our place!

We are sticking with teacher based classrooms

rainbowtrout

Icsics wrote: »

Have u a link for the Guidance doc by any chance Mirrorwall?
Are most secondary’s moving to student based classrooms? There’ll be carnage in our place!

We're sticking with teacher based classrooms as most students are mixing for the vast majority of subjects, except subjects like religion and PE and core subjects in first year (we have streaming in second year).

Icsics

mirrorwall14 wrote: »

We’ve been emailed the guidance document, then the email for appointing the covid role and then the circular was forwarded on Friday. Nothing specific to our school yet but I have heard some of it by word of mouth

Have u a link for the Guidance doc by any chance Mirrorwall?
Are most secondary’s moving to student based classrooms? There’ll be carnage in our place!

rainbowtrout

deiseindublin wrote: »

Josepha was peddling that survey yesterday, along with pics of social distanced students, you couldn't make it up.

Here ya go Josepha....

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/three-children-test-positive-for-covid-19-at-meath-creche-39437298.html

mirrorwall14

Moody_mona wrote: »

How will the mic work with the mask? Will the headset be under the fabric?

Mic outside. That’s what I recorded. Still makes a huge difference to the volume

Moody_mona

mirrorwall14 wrote: »

This is the face mask style. I wear my hair mostly in a pony tail so this will work well for me

https://www.reclaimedstitches.com/product/black-pink-drawstring-face-mask/

How will the mic work with the mask? Will the headset be under the fabric?

dhaughton99

Bananaleaf wrote: »

Is anyone else still waiting to hear from their principal? I've still heard nothing :eek:

Have emailed them twice now and just keep getting told they will be in touch.

Is anyone else waiting to hear? Particularly interested to know if any ETB schools are yet to be contacted. Thanks

Starting today, our school started a week long 25 student program to acclimatize them back to school.
Also had teachers in to change layouts within classes but each one I talked to can’t see it being back open in sept or maybe for 2 weeks to get the Students setup for distance learning again.

wirelessdude01

Scotland admitting they got the exam situation wrong.

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0810/1158346-coronavirus-scotland/

deiseindublin

Josepha was peddling that survey yesterday, along with pics of social distanced students, you couldn't make it up.

Dave0301

There is a lot of talk about schools reopening in the UK today as Boris has made a commitment to getting them reopened and MPs have been doing the media rounds today. They are citing an unpublished piece of research that states that the spread of Covid-19 in schools is minimal. The fact that this research appears to have been carried out in UK schools that only had very few children attending would suggest that it is flawed in itself in relation to a full reopening of schools.

This is obviously with a UK focus, but this thread runs through a lot of the same issues that will been seen back in Ireland as well.

https://twitter.com/adamhamdy/status/1292760173233213445

mirrorwall14

Weâ€™ve been emailed the guidance document, then the email for appointing the covid role and then the circular was forwarded on Friday. Nothing specific to our school yet but I have heard some of it by word of mouth

mirrorwall14

We’ve been emailed the guidance document, then the email for appointing the covid role and then the circular was forwarded on Friday. Nothing specific to our school yet but I have heard some of it by word of mouth

ClydeTallyBump

Bananaleaf wrote: »

Is anyone else still waiting to hear from their principal? I've still heard nothing :eek:

Have emailed them twice now and just keep getting told they will be in touch.

Is anyone else waiting to hear? Particularly interested to know if any ETB schools are yet to be contacted. Thanks

Haven't heard anything from my school at all. In the mean time, I have been buying more facemasks, visors and bought an amplifier from Amazon (a cheap one) in order to get prepared.

Bananaleaf

Is anyone else still waiting to hear from their principal? I've still heard nothing :eek:

Have emailed them twice now and just keep getting told they will be in touch.

Is anyone else waiting to hear? Particularly interested to know if any ETB schools are yet to be contacted. Thanks

mtoutlemonde

TheValeyard wrote: »

I dunno, I might prefer that

We will need something for the nostrils as well - just think of entering a room that has been occupied by the same students since 9 a.m.

TheValeyard

Postgrad10 wrote: »

There’s a spray in spec savers to help with the fogging. Need to get some myself. It’ll be hard enough if we can’t see out either !!

I dunno, I might prefer that

Postgrad10

There’s a spray in spec savers to help with the fogging. Need to get some myself. It’ll be hard enough if we can’t see out either !!

mtoutlemonde

am_zarathustra wrote: »

I bought anti-fog in specsavers last week and it's been absolutely unreal. Only need a tiny amount on the inside of my lens....I have very big glasses. Made wearing the mask so much better, the fog was really annoying and distracting.

Yes I've heard about this as well - will invest in a few weeks.

byhookorbycrook

I got a spray called “ Callosport” which is excellent too .

am_zarathustra

mtoutlemonde wrote: »

Don't do this ... it damages the protection on your glasses - anti glare etc. The tissue on the top over the nose works for me but I haven't had a mask on all day! If you move your glasses down your nose slightly helps as well.

If you really want to make the students laugh, put a plaster on the top over the nose

Here is an idea for the TYs to create a comfortable facemask for glasses wearers.

I bought anti-fog in specsavers last week and it's been absolutely unreal. Only need a tiny amount on the inside of my lens....I have very big glasses. Made wearing the mask so much better, the fog was really annoying and distracting.

wirelessdude01

djemba djemba wrote: »

If a teacher doesn't fill in the return to work form three days before going back or doesn't do the covid training, is there any sanction?

They really have ZERO excuse not to.

djemba djemba

If a teacher doesn't fill in the return to work form three days before going back or doesn't do the covid training, is there any sanction?

BonsaiKitten

pandoraj09 wrote: »

Just back from Tesco. Wore one of those blue disposable masks. My main issue with them is my glasses steaming up. The optician said there's no way around it. The specsavers stuff someone recommended here didn't work. I can't wear contacts. The kids will be having great craic watching me trying to teach with a mask, a visor and steamed up glasses.....

I use masks that strap around my head for this reason. Have a look at @combatcovidmasks on Insta - her Solo masks don't fog for me, though you'd need to fiddle around with the straps a bit. She's not the quickest at shipping though so mightn't suit but I'm sure other people are making similar masks.