Schools closed until February? (part 3)

Stateofyou · 04-01-2021 02:51PM

She's also on about her worries about Mary Lou/Sinn Fein being in power, read the room is right-not the time to be playing politics.

Theboinkmaster · 04-01-2021 02:53PM

downthemiddle wrote: »

Sorry Charlie. Schools will reopen after the February midterm. FACT!!!!

This game is easy

There will be an announcement after the Cabinet meets on Wednesday. You don't have to be Mystic Meg to see what's coming.

I agree - my best bet is Monday 22 February is when they will re-open.

Construction should be shut down immediately too IMO.

At least we know it's the last time they'll be closed and we will be well on the road to recovery by then.

the kelt · 04-01-2021 02:55PM

Stateofyou wrote: »

She's also on about her worries about Mary Lou/Sinn Fein being in power, read the room is right-not the time to be playing politics.

Think that’s called deflection

scooby77 · 04-01-2021 03:07PM

vid36 wrote: »

Decision on Wednesday then.

The decision might be to defer to NPHET who meet on Thursday ( though I'd imagine their meeting might be brought forward)
Gives political cover!

mirrorwall14 · 04-01-2021 03:08PM

Whatever they do can they just give us some bloody warning and time this time. If the HSE are cancelling all outpatients again they should be telling schools now to assume they’ll be online and to get organised

Bananaleaf · 04-01-2021 03:13PM

mirrorwall14 wrote: »

Whatever they do can they just give us some bloody warning and time this time. If the HSE are cancelling all outpatients again they should be telling schools now to assume they’ll be online and to get organised

It's pathetic

wirelessdude01 · 04-01-2021 03:16PM

Really don't see them doing a blanket closure of schools. They'll try to be really clever with some half baked hybrid idea which suits no-one and leaves both schools and families tearing their hair out.

Dressoutlet · 04-01-2021 03:26PM

I am very much of the Keep schools open stance. Well I have been. But I now feel its safer to keep my kids home and make a decision on a week by week basis. I have enough books jigsaws, boardgames and art to keep them going.
My area is rampant. My kids haven't been outside since the schools closed for Xmas. My back garden and playing with siblings indoors. We didn't see any family over Xmas so why would I take this chance. Especially when the cases from the next week will be people who caught it at xmas and spread it on new years.

khalessi · 04-01-2021 03:27PM

Here is a teacher who has gathered maths resources for use in primary for anyone who is interested. She points out which year each resource suits

https://twitter.com/iamsorchab/status/1346046731771932673

penny piper · 04-01-2021 03:28PM

I really can't understand why Nicola Sturgeon has just announced for the safety of children in Scotland all schools will be closed unitl February, 1st.................why does Michael Martin think Irish schools are safer?

JP100 · 04-01-2021 03:31PM

Norma's number 2 Josepha Madigan fighting with journalists on twitter is a very bad look for the government.

khalessi · 04-01-2021 03:34PM

penny piper wrote: »

I really can't understand why Nicola Sturgeon has just announced for the safety of children in Scotland all schools will be closed unitl February, 1st.................why does Michael Martin think Irish schools are safer?

Lepreachauns, the luck of the Irish and a four leaf clover:D

It is strange, fair enough they say schools are safe for children. That was based on information from last Autumn, things have changed.

We are in our third wave, hospitals are very stressed especially in Munster apparently, trace and track is gone for the moment, school numbers were erroneous to say the least and we have a new strain of the virus to contend with.

Yet in an age where the public can access information on various social media that they insist on parroting Schools are safe over and over in a failed attempt to hypnotise us into submission.

Be honest close the schools and support your students and staff with proper resources. Dont **** up a second JC and LC.

TTLF · 04-01-2021 03:37PM

penny piper wrote: »

I really can't understand why Nicola Sturgeon has just announced for the safety of children in Scotland all schools will be closed unitl February, 1st.................why does Michael Martin think Irish schools are safer?

Was reading in the other Thread there that half of the new cases identified there are the SE UK variant which spreads quicker so maybe that’s why? Since “only 10% here was that new variant”

In fairness the new variant could be worse and there’s a lot we don’t fully know about it yet so better safe than sorry

St.Spodo · 04-01-2021 03:43PM

Schools don't appear to drive community transmission when rates are low. But that's not the same as saying schools don't contribute to cases, and judging by what Paul Reid of the HSE said this morning, our health system will soon have no more room for cases. Time to get real about what education is going to look like for the next month and give schools as much time as possible to prepare for it.

Icyseanfitz · 04-01-2021 03:50PM

TTLF wrote: »

Was reading in the other Thread there that half of the new cases identified there are the SE UK variant which spreads quicker so maybe that’s why? Since “only 10% here was that new variant”

In fairness the new variant could be worse and there’s a lot we don’t fully know about it yet so better safe than sorry

considering we cant even count daily numbers correctly and have stopped testing close contacts as well as people with symptoms now, id be very unconfident in our ability to differentiate between the new strain and the old.

vid36 · 04-01-2021 04:01PM

Boris is going on tv in England tonight at 8pm.I bet , he will close schools too.

khalessi · 04-01-2021 04:02PM

vid36 wrote: »

Boris is going on tv in England tonight at 8pm.I bet , he will close schools too.

I really hope we aren't waiting to see what he does

BonsaiKitten · 04-01-2021 04:09PM

Weird to watch the whole thing play out in reverse this time. In March we were the first to shut schools while Boris faffed around trying to pretend the inevitable wasn't happening.

Whiplash85 · 04-01-2021 04:12PM

Its an evitability that schools will be closed in Ireland. Govt were just hoping that unions would play their hand first and save govt some flack.

appledrop · 04-01-2021 04:18PM

penny piper wrote: »

I really can't understand why Nicola Sturgeon has just announced for the safety of children in Scotland all schools will be closed unitl February, 1st.................why does Michael Martin think Irish schools are safer?

Yep + Scotland has about 2,500 cases + population of 5 million.

Meanwhile we have 5,000 cases and Paul Reid has admitted could be 6,000 over next few days but we are going to keep schools open.

I tell you some magic strain of Covid we have here that stops spreading at school gates!

C__MC · 04-01-2021 04:23PM

Invetibale schools are shut
Will teachers be permitted to attend their classroom and teach from there ?
Are teams meetings going to be scheduled as per normal timetable?

tonycascarino · 04-01-2021 04:26PM

appledrop wrote: »

I tell you some magic strain of Covid we have here that stops spreading at school gates!

Why doesn't the whole population take refuge in schools since the government is telling us on a regular basis that schools are almost immune to it.:rolleyes: That way nobody will get covid.

alroley · 04-01-2021 04:35PM

Boris closing all schools in England from tomorrow. They went back for one day to mix and spread the virus?

deiseindublin · 04-01-2021 04:36PM

tonycascarino wrote: »

Why doesn't the whole population take refuge in schools since the government is telling us on a regular basis that schools are almost immune to it.:rolleyes: That way nobody will get covid.

That's exactly what Waterford Whispers suggests!

https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2021/01/04/nation-breaks-into-nearest-school-to-escape-covid-19/

khalessi · 04-01-2021 04:37PM

tonycascarino wrote: »

Why doesn't the whole population take refuge in schools since the government is telling us on a regular basis that schools are almost immune to it.:rolleyes: That way nobody will get covid.

I am surprised that the government have not moved out of the Convention Centre into a school, it would be much cheaper and they could invest the saved rent into improving IT for schools or even an online platform for students.

JP100 · 04-01-2021 04:40PM

Big Boris is currently clearing his big throat in order for him to make big guttural sounds in his big announcement at 8 this evening!

appledrop · 04-01-2021 04:45PM

deiseindublin wrote: »

That's exactly what Waterford Whispers suggests!
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2021/01/04/nation-breaks-into-nearest-school-to-escape-covid-19/

Fair play that is after giving me a great laugh!!!!

TTLF · 04-01-2021 04:47PM

alroley wrote: »

Boris closing all schools in England from tomorrow. They went back for one day to mix and spread the virus?

Afaik not every school is back. Might depend on the county but I know a friend of mine not returning until the 11th of Jan despite his school finishing up on the 17th of December! :eek:

BonsaiKitten · 04-01-2021 04:48PM

khalessi wrote: »

I am surprised that the government have not moved out of the Convention Centre into a school, it would be much cheaper and they could invest the saved rent into improving IT for schools or even an online platform for students.

Norma could even assign them their magic bubbles and pods! She is a teacher after all (allegedly) so she must have the superpower.

appledrop · 04-01-2021 04:49PM

khalessi wrote: »

I am surprised that the government have not moved out of the Convention Centre into a school, it would be much cheaper and they could invest the saved rent into improving IT for schools or even an online platform for students.

Everytime I see them on news on Convention Centre my blood boils.

OK for schools to fit in 24 students and teachers in classroom but they have about 20m between them and only handful of people!

Everytime I see it I say I'd love them to come into any school for full day to see reality of it all.

The best was when Stephen Donnelly went for a TEST + they were all sent home! Imagine everyone in school sent home if someone had a TEST.

Sure people in same room for 6 hours don't even contact as close contact if positive case in classroom.

Schools closed until February? (part 3)

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