Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

[Lord Tyrion]

As I understood it, the vaccine passport will allow people to show that they have had both jabs, have recently had a negative test or have antibodies from recently recovering from Covid. It doesn't just have to be vaccination that allows access to locations or for travel.

Sounds right. I have the NHS app, it shows my jabs, date of them, type, batch number. It also has it in the form of a QR code. It is basically ready to go. I guess the politicians are now working out whether this will be required to be shown and if so where.

 

[SaintHacker]

Portugal to go on the amber list, nowhere added to green

 

[Reemul]

I think we need 2 weeks from when everyone over 50 has had the jab. It takes 2 weeks to get up to full speed. once we know everyone over 50 or all those at risk has been offered the jab and had a chance to attend their appointment or chosen not too we need to add 2 weeks from then and crack on with it.

 

[GB72]

Portugal to go on the amber list, nowhere added to green

Shortly followed by the stories of how hard done by those out in Portugal at the moment feel that they have to dash back or quarantine. If you were not aware of the risks of foreign holidays by now then more fool you.

 

[D-S]

Quote from the BBC re Portugal being added to the amber list “It's really terrible news for many people” - terrible news really? Predictable yes, likely yes, unfortunate yes - probably a relief to many as it at least takes the uncertainty away.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Ha so Portugal being added to amber list

Almost like foreign travel was a stupid idea to start with

 

[larmen]

Ha so Portugal being added to amber list

Almost like foreign travel was a stupid idea to start with

But you can travel during big sports events, for example a CL final.
Japan to be green next month?

We have holidays booked in Denmark later this year which had better numbers than Portugal when we last looked. It’s meeting the in-laws who travel up from Germany, not sure if amber is a bad thing or not ;-)

 

[Deleted member 16999]

This isn’t a dig at teachers, it’s a genuine question for those who can ask it please.

We have heard lots in the press about kids missing so much in the last year and different methods/ideas on how they plan to give the kids the support to catch up.

So, in my role as JLO we had Junior Coaching tonight and a few kids were missing due to half term (normal) but then I’ve learnt the kids have got a fortnight off!

Half term was only ever 1 week as far as I can remember, so why at this critical time have they been given 2 weeks?

Is this Country wide or just the NE.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

This isn’t a dig at teachers, it’s a genuine question for those who can ask it please.

We have heard lots in the press about kids missing so much in the last year and different methods/ideas on how they plan to give the kids the support to catch up.

So, in my role as JLO we had Junior Coaching tonight and a few kids were missing due to half term (normal) but then I’ve learnt the kids have got a fortnight off!

Half term was only ever 1 week as far as I can remember, so why at this critical time have they been given 2 weeks?

Is this Country wide or just the NE.

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Round here it's only a week

It should be only a week, dunno why it would be two

Is it everyone or a private school?

 

[Deleted member 16999]

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Round here it's only a week

It should be only a week, dunno why it would be two

Is it everyone or a private school?

State schools, some had last week & this week, the rest are getting this week & next week.

 

[Ethan]

This isn’t a dig at teachers, it’s a genuine question for those who can ask it please.

We have heard lots in the press about kids missing so much in the last year and different methods/ideas on how they plan to give the kids the support to catch up.

So, in my role as JLO we had Junior Coaching tonight and a few kids were missing due to half term (normal) but then I’ve learnt the kids have got a fortnight off!

Half term was only ever 1 week as far as I can remember, so why at this critical time have they been given 2 weeks?

Is this Country wide or just the NE.

Week round here too for my primary and secondary kids. Haven't heard of any schools doing longer.

 

[williamalex1]

State schools, some had last week & this week, the rest are getting this week & next week.

In Scotland they will be on 8 weeks summer holidays come July.

 

[SteveW86]

My wife is a teacher and her school only has 1 week off for half term (Southampton).

I know it has been discussed previously that they can adjust some of the half/ end of term holidays. Same amount of time off in total, but just at different time.....that could be something they are trialling.

 

[Blue in Munich]

This isn’t a dig at teachers, it’s a genuine question for those who can ask it please.

We have heard lots in the press about kids missing so much in the last year and different methods/ideas on how they plan to give the kids the support to catch up.

So, in my role as JLO we had Junior Coaching tonight and a few kids were missing due to half term (normal) but then I’ve learnt the kids have got a fortnight off!

Half term was only ever 1 week as far as I can remember, so why at this critical time have they been given 2 weeks?

Is this Country wide or just the NE.

Only ones I know round this way that have two week half terms are private schools, state schools are only 1 week in my experience.

 

[larmen]

We got a week plus an inset day the Friday before. Gave us a head start into the bank holiday weekend.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

This isn’t a dig at teachers, it’s a genuine question for those who can ask it please.

We have heard lots in the press about kids missing so much in the last year and different methods/ideas on how they plan to give the kids the support to catch up.

So, in my role as JLO we had Junior Coaching tonight and a few kids were missing due to half term (normal) but then I’ve learnt the kids have got a fortnight off!

Half term was only ever 1 week as far as I can remember, so why at this critical time have they been given 2 weeks?

Is this Country wide or just the NE.

Schools can decide for themselves how they use their holidays. Some have 1 week around this time, others have 2. It's a misconception that dates are set and rigid. It's up to each school how they spread their holiday weeks. Even more so now most are academies and so effectively independent of local authority control.

 

[Tashyboy]

This isn’t a dig at teachers, it’s a genuine question for those who can ask it please.

We have heard lots in the press about kids missing so much in the last year and different methods/ideas on how they plan to give the kids the support to catch up.

So, in my role as JLO we had Junior Coaching tonight and a few kids were missing due to half term (normal) but then I’ve learnt the kids have got a fortnight off!

Half term was only ever 1 week as far as I can remember, so why at this critical time have they been given 2 weeks?

Is this Country wide or just the NE.

Schools can decide for themselves how they use their holidays. Some have 1 week around this time, others have 2. It's a misconception that dates are set and rigid. It's up to each school how they spread their holiday weeks. Even more so now most are academies and so effectively independent of local authority control

Am not quite sure what’s what for next year but am sure school holidays are changing even more from what they were.Summer holidays are being cut to four or five weeks, with the October half term extending to 2 weeks in Notts.

 

[bobmac]

Less holidays = more time in the class room
More time in the class room = more time to teach/learn the syllabus
More time to teach/learn the syllabus = less stress on the teachers and pupils
Less stress on the teachers and pupils = less need for long holidays.

 

[jim8flog]

In Scotland they will be on 8 weeks summer holidays come July.

wow they have 8 weeks of summer in Scotland. I never knew that!!

 

[GreiginFife]

wow they have 8 weeks of summer in Scotland. I never knew that!!

We don't even get 8 days of summer in Scotland!

Like many areas the holidays are determined by local authority and few are the same. In Fife, they get 6 weeks in summer (used to be 7 but one week was appropriated to Easter to give them 2 weeks (so 2 weeks in October, 2 at Christmas and 2 at Easter as oppose to 2, 2, 1 as it used to be)).

Not sure there are many areas get as much as 8 weeks as the term times need to balance out to the national curriculum which is the same for all (I believe), so 8 weeks in summer would mean only 1 week two of the other term breaks. Fife has no half term weeks off, just a couple of days here and there.