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25-01-21, 07:37 PM | #9151 | |
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it's not news worthy, and it's not a shock to get snow. in winter. If it happened on the 30th June, yes it should be on the news. But not in winter. News these days is not about what's going on, it's what they think people want to watch. Or using it to push propaganda |
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25-01-21, 11:00 PM | #9152 |
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26-01-21, 09:12 AM | #9153 | |
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26-01-21, 10:48 AM | #9154 |
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I doubt schools will be well organised to be able to have this set up and ready to go in case of this type of event.
If this was a possibility, it also signals the end to term time holiday fines as kids could continue school work from the pool side in Spain. Sent from an S20 using Tapatalk with that kin cr4p blocked
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26-01-21, 12:55 PM | #9155 | |
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My kids' primary (small village school - maybe 70 or so kids) was quick to set up some web-based curriculum as soon as there was whispers of closures at the 1st lockdown last year. It was enough to keep them on track and everyone moving together. Before the start of this school year (before Sept) they transitioned to Google classrooms, which is a bit more comprehensive/cohesive, and from then the teachers have been duplicating all the work for the classroom day into google classrooms, so any kids who were not able to attend wouldn't miss out. As a result, this latest lockdown transition was pretty much seamless. It's still a challenge trying to keep three kids, 9 and under, focused on schoolwork for the day while also doing my job (which I'm grateful to have), but it works very well. They also have a video call (or two) most days where they can all catch up together which helps with the isolation. It's also no doubt more work for the teachers as they're having to teach kids in person (children of key workers), and record videos and provide guidance and comments etc through google, but they've really stepped up. It's not perfect - maybe 80-90% as good as being in class, but I suppose it's similar to 100% WFH for a lot of people -sometimes there's an advantage to being there in person. I hadn't considered the holiday aspect, but maybe that's where things will be headed once this sort of learning becomes more normal. I suppose it depends on uptake though- I only have my kids school as a reference. That said I wouldn't want to (finally) get somewhere sunny and have to spend my days keeping my kids on track with schoolwork
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26-01-21, 01:46 PM | #9156 |
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My wife's secondary school have been told they need to plan lessons with one eye on delivering online from now on. As have other schools she's spoken with.
Could also be an end to substitute teachers, if one is off they could use their internal cover staff to be in the classroom and unless they are very ill, could remotely give the lesson. This is what she did when track and traced.
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28-01-21, 08:02 PM | #9157 |
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Just had the next two months of self employed work pulled out from under me. Just before I went to collect parts this afternoon. The company I was doing it for is furlowing their staff as demand has dropped.
Still not able to get any help from the governement for loss of income due to the pandemic as they still base it on a year three years ago when I lost money winding down my own business that wasn't working out. They refuse to acknowledge my income I'm managed to climb back to in the last two years. So will give me zero support.
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28-01-21, 09:23 PM | #9158 |
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That sucks, sorry to hear that, Adam.
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28-01-21, 09:43 PM | #9159 |
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There was some discussion on radio 4 this morning to do with the large numbers of people who have been left high and dry in the same way Adam. Another U turn from the clown in chief is needed now.
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28-01-21, 10:02 PM | #9160 |
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Sorry to hear this Adam. It really is a crappy way to treat people.
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