Looks like the UK will be in full lockdown from Friday.

 

Edit: just London

Edited March 18, 20205 yr by Dobbo

All schools closed on Friday afternoon to further notice.

As well as Parklife

 

Pussycat Dolls? Still on and no announcement lmao

 

I assume there won't be any T in the Paaarrrraaarrrkk* either

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited March 18, 20205 yr by The S***e

Looks like the UK will be in full lockdown from Friday.

 

Edit: just London

 

So the rumours are just for London then?

 

In Spain, you are now allowed to take pets for walks. People have been walking tortoises and teddies to get around the lockdown rules and go out!!

Closing the schools had to happen. I just can’t believe I have two days to go, kids will be wild if they even turn up.

 

I’ll be setting weekly work for all if them online. At least I won’t have the pastoral shit for a while, it might help my mental health.

Omfg I’m gonna lose it how is there no solid answer for exams

 

I’m gonna be at home Monday like??? What is happening I’m so scared

 

Absolutely praying they don’t postpone exams til the summer that is my complete nightmare

So the rumours are just for London then?

 

In Spain, you are now allowed tot ake pets for walks. People have been walking tortoises and teddies to get around the lockdown rules and go out!!

 

Yeah there was a bit of a buzz about it at work and from a few internet articles I read but nothing concrete as of yet. Perhaps it'll be announced tomorrow to then commence from Friday

All schools closed on Friday afternoon to further notice.

 

Saying until September :o

Agreed with everything in the government's statement regarding education and keeping schools open for children of key workers and those with special circumstances. Going to be an emotional two days coming up!

Agreed with everything in the government's statement regarding education and keeping schools open for children of key workers and those with special circumstances. Going to be an emotional two days coming up!

 

I know it’s weird, isn’t it? It’s the right call and I won’t lie, I will enjoy not having to go in to an extent. But I’m so devastated for the kids who’s hard work might have been wasted.

I think back to if I was a kid and tbh would have felt like today all my christmases came at once. Obv I wouldn't have appreciated the wider implications and if it was year 10+ that'd be shit, i remember how stressful year 13 and all the UCAS jazz was regardless so my heart goes out to all those in that position now. I truly hope some sort of arrangements/ agreements can be made as that is such a significant bearing on one's life! Can't undermine it.

I think back to if I was a kid and tbh would have felt like today all my christmases came at once. Obv I wouldn't have appreciated the wider implications and if it was year 10+ that'd be shit, i remember how stressful year 13 and all the UCAS jazz was regardless so my heart goes out to all those in that position now. I truly hope some sort of arrangements/ agreements can be made as that is such a significant bearing on one's life! Can't undermine it.

Normally I would agree, but today did not feel like Christmas for them - they were TERRIFIED. What we have to remember is that school is a safe space for so many children - the only place where they can laugh and play and interact with peers. Some facing the prospect of being at home for the forseeable future is a horrid state to be in. If your home life is secure and loving then this is great, but otherwise + those scared about the virus itself, it's a nightmare. :(

I think back to if I was a kid and tbh would have felt like today all my christmases came at once. Obv I wouldn't have appreciated the wider implications and if it was year 10+ that'd be shit, i remember how stressful year 13 and all the UCAS jazz was regardless so my heart goes out to all those in that position now. I truly hope some sort of arrangements/ agreements can be made as that is such a significant bearing on one's life! Can't undermine it.

 

It’s the exam groups I’m talking about. The rest of them will be proper enjoying it until they get bored because they can’t do anything. As Head of Year 7, I will NOT be missing that side of things!

I'm year 12 so I'm not really impacted by the exams cancelling (other than mocks which can be done at the start of the next school year), but I'm not sure how I'll cope potentially being off from school for 6 months.

 

And I'm one of those that actually *enjoy* going to school :lol: so I'm a bit depressed at the thought of not being in again for ages. I get so much more work done at school, enjoy the camaraderie, and coursework will be massively delayed as I need the school's film equipment for it. So I really hope that it's safe for schools to open again before July.

Teachers at the school where I've been working will all be setting work for their classes. The students are expected to do that work in the time they would normally be in the relevant lesson.

 

It's the year 11s who are currently being left in limbo. We know they won't be doing their GCSEs in May/June but we have not been given any idea whether they will be taken at a later date.

Head has emailed us - teaching staff may be required to work during the Easter holidays too, perhaps with supporting at risk children/families or other duties around school to make up for lost time.

can you imagine if it was holiday time right now. at least people had calm Christmas before everything blew up

I’m now ready to work from home so just waiting for the inevitable announcement but I’m continuing to go into the office, because we’ve been asked to, until we’re told otherwise

There are students I'm supporting that are final year students that don't take exams, but do a final assessment which determines their grade. The deadlines were set for the start of May so they'll definitely be pushed forward or scrapped, it's manageable for students to do the majority of it at home although it's gonna be hard as they are very media/art based and may be deprived of materials. Really hope they find a way to deal with this as they'll need the grades for universities although it'll certainly be a system-wide thing.

My uni closes this weekend as well, actually can't wait to go home :lol:

 

Really interested to see what happens with the exam situation as it still seems pretty unclear at the moment and I was doing those just last year!