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Published: November 24, 2021 04:45 EDT | Updated: November 24, 2021 09:16 EDT
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Schools in England have banned parents from participating in Christmas activities and cancelled extracurricular clubs because they implemented "circuit breakers" and encouraged the wearing of masks in response to the surge in Covid cases before the Christmas holiday.
Activists warned that after the St Mary’s Church of England Primary School in Hereford and the Darwin Aldridge Corporate Studio in Lancashire announced that they would be closed for at least a week, more schools may follow suit this winter.
Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio is a middle school that teaches students between the ages of 13 and 19.
Due to "increased Covid-19 cases" and "low staffing levels", the Finlay Community Elementary School in Gloucestershire will be partially closed-receiving students and switching to online learning-until Monday.
Many schools in London have broken out of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and schools in Essex and Suffolk have cancelled extracurricular activities including dance and art classes and sports events.
At the same time, in Manchester, the school has cancelled Christmas activities for the second year in a row. Those who did not cancel them have taken steps to prohibit their family members from viewing them in person-which makes parents feel very frustrated. In Gwynedd, Wales, according to official data, the current number of Covid cases per 100,000 people is the highest at 882. Middle school students are forced to wear masks in corridors and classrooms and take Covid tests.
Part of the current surge in Covid is due to the increasing vaccination rates among school students and children leading to slow vaccinations for children. So far, only 3% of 12 to 15-year-olds oppose Covid in the most backward areas.
Arabella Skinner of the parent group UsForThem tried to get the children back to the classroom after being ordered to close for the first time in March last year. She told the Daily Telegraph: “As the experience of last year showed , These isolated cases of school suspension will not continue to exist. Long-term isolation.
"The worrying thing is that on Christmas Eve, we will see more examples of this. How long do we want our children to be second-class citizens?
The Ministry of Education’s current guidelines point out that schools may impose “short-term attendance restrictions” in “extreme situations,” and as a last resort for all other risk mitigation measures that do not break the school’s transmission chain.
This leaves parents having to take vacations or hurriedly arrange family insurance in a sudden nightmare-which may cost a considerable and unexpected amount of money-to take care of their children. These measures have also raised concerns that when the NHS is in crisis, online learning may be a harbinger of stricter restrictions in schools and even across the country this winter.
Christopher McGovern of the True Education Movement told the Daily Mail: “Keeping schools open is in the best interests of children and parents. Sadly, some principals and union bosses are trying to put pressure on the government by closing schools. The children of the poor suffer the most.
Despite the implementation of a deep cleaning system, increased hand washing and disinfection, mandatory personal protective equipment, separate age groups, and staggered playtime and lunch, St Mary's Church of England Primary School in Credenhill, Hereford, was closed yesterday for a week
Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio, a secondary school located in Lancashire, also told the family that their children will take distance learning at least until next Thursday, "in view of the number of cases and the recommendations provided."
Left: Molly Kingsley of the parent group UsForThem said: "It's time for our children to continue to live their lives." Right: Robert Halfon, chairman of the Education Task Force, supports a bill aimed at preventing ministers from easily closing schools
When the school returned to school in September, many restrictions including bubbles and quarantine periods were lifted, and middle school students and faculty members were told that they no longer need to wear masks (stock image)
Approximately 42,484 infections were recorded in the past 24 hours, which is an increase of 14.1% from the 37,243 positive tests registered last Tuesday
Studies have shown that the destructive impact of the lockdown on vulnerable children is twice as likely as they are struggling with family education.
Statistics show that one-fifth of the poor students cannot cope with it, and many do not even do their homework for a few days.
The Daily Mail’s audit of studies during the pandemic revealed that children have lost at least six months of normal face-to-face classes. If they don’t catch up, their lifetime income is estimated to be £40,000.
All young people are at least one month behind in their studies, and elementary school students are behind by an average of three months in mathematics.
The school was ordered to close on Friday, March 20 last year. Three lockdowns were implemented in the next 12 months, which meant that the children had to try to study at home.
Many schools have been slow to provide adequate online courses. At the beginning of the pandemic, more than one million young people did not even have a laptop or tablet.
A survey of households conducted in January and February found that 18% of poor people have difficulty coping with online learning. In contrast, only 9% of children are in better condition.
A quick poll found that one in ten poor students did not do any work that day—compared to one in twentieth. By the half semester of February this year, one-third of poor parents rated their homeschooling experience as “low”, compared with only one-quarter of other parents.
Three-fifths of parents "sometimes" or "often" have difficulty understanding family learning tasks, while the other two-fifths have only two parents.
This study involved 1,200 households in 75 elementary schools. It was called the Big Lock-in Study Parent Survey and was funded by the Education Endowment Foundation.
The Institute of Finance estimates that by the half semester of February, children have lost at least half a year of normal, face-to-face school education. It said that unless helped, the average child's lifetime income could be lost 40,000 pounds.
Elsewhere, the Education Policy Research Institute has found that due to the pandemic, all children are at least one month behind in their studies.
Fury ushered in the news that the bubble group is back and the Christmas fun and games are over at Cleethorpes School.
Reynolds Academy, a mixed elementary school of 420 young people between the ages of 3 and 11, operated by Tollbar Multi Academy Trust, stated that it “has to take these measures with a heavy heart”.
The parents were very angry, and a mother was furious: "Boris said that nothing has changed. But now it is back to the staggered era, bubbles, eating in the classroom, and queuing in the designated toilet.
'This is a mixed message that makes people angry. We are all told to be stabbed, get a booster, and life will return to normal.
"Parents are angry for their children because they were all given their roles in the Nativity on Friday and are practicing their lines. But after the weekend, they are all closed. All music clubs and everything after school are closed. The worst thing was that we had to book a vacation time on Monday so that we could go to the birth of Jesus, but was told at the end of the day that it was cancelled.
'The children are very sad and there are no Christmas games or parties. For some people, this will be their last time, and they all missed it last year.
Rebecca Scott, the principal of the school, said that due to the “significant increase” in the number of Covid cases in the college and the local area, it was forced to cancel Christmas events and reintroduce social distancing.
A spokesperson for the College Trust confirmed that “there were some cases in the school, but by Monday they had risen to 14 cases”.
Ten students tested positive, and four staff members. The school stated that the recommendations of the Department of Public Health England are clear, and must stop gatherings and end mixed classes.
According to the recommendations of the Department of Public Health, the reintroduced measures include restoring bubbles in the classroom, staggering breaks and lunches, and prohibiting mixing outside the classroom.
So far, there is no provision that if a child or staff test positive, the entire class must be quarantined. So far, Reynolds Academy is the only school in the Tollbar Multi Academy Trust that has implemented these restrictions.
Mrs. Scott said in a letter: "We have been told not to hold any large gatherings, so we will postpone all Christmas performances and after-school clubs until further notice."
"Although this is something we don't want to do at the moment, it is based on the advice and guidance provided by Public Health England."
Parents will keep track of the situation and she invites anyone with questions to contact them.
St Mary's Church of England Elementary School in Credenhill was closed for a week yesterday-despite the implementation of a deep cleaning system, increased hand washing and disinfection, mandatory personal protective equipment, different grades, and staggered playtime and lunch.
The principal Bernadette Davies wrote to the family explaining that “the purpose of this break is to act as a'breaker' and stop the spread of Covid-19 throughout the school”.
Due to cases of new crown pneumonia among the staff, the Finlay Community Elementary School in Gloucestershire will be partially closed from tomorrow morning.
According to the Gloucestershire Council, students at the reception desk will study online by next week. The committee stated that courses could not be started due to "increased Covid-19 cases" and "low staffing level".
From tomorrow to Monday, Reception students will conduct distance learning.
The Gloucestershire Council wrote in a message on its website: “Due to the increase in Covid-19 cases, the school is closed to students at the reception desk. Due to the low level of staffing, these courses cannot be safely opened. Distance learning will be provided, and Will reflect the school curriculum.
A child rights movement group criticized a British secondary school for warning parents that if their children do not wear masks to school, they will face "fines" and "personal quarantine."
The Children’s Rights Campaign organized us to share with them this letter from a parent of an unknown secondary school in the UK, which outlines the intolerance towards students who do not wear a mask to go to school.
When we posted this letter on Twitter, we told them that this "non-negotiable" method includes stopping classes all day if children forget to wear a mask, which is equivalent to "child abuse."
Schools can currently decide whether they should wear masks in public areas such as classrooms and corridors based on the health information related to Covid by local authorities.
The organization wrote: "Since its launch 18 months ago, we have seen some disturbing things, but this may be the number one. This is a despicable way of treating children, and it’s time to start calling it ~Child abuse."
This month’s letter to parents outlines the plan to remove students who do not wear masks from the classroom starting on Monday, November 23. It says: “If students arrive at school without masks, we will send One of them."
"Unfortunately, we cannot provide these for free. In order to obtain emergency masks, we hope to donate to Young Minds (a mental health charity) at the door.
The letter continued: “For those students who have forgotten to wear a mask, they will not be able to buy another one. Instead, they will be internally quarantined for one day and forget to wear a mask every day”.
After detecting five cases, an elementary school in Essex County also urged parents to get their children tested for Covid. The school representative Essex County Council wrote to families saying that if their PCR test is positive or their child has Covid symptoms, the student should stay at home.
Parents with children in other schools in Essex and Suffolk also told MailOnline that after-school clubs have been cancelled in the past two weeks.
Another person said that "half of the employees" in her child's elementary school were on leave due to the new coronavirus and could be introduced to home school as early as next week.
UsForThem stated that distance learning is a "failed experiment" and that "we should not repeat this experiment in an almost fully vaccinated adult population."
Molly Kingsley of UsForThem added: “We are deeply saddened to see the school closed due to the new crown virus. Children have missed too much face-to-face time this year. They just need to go back to the classroom to study and be children with friends.
'It seems particularly unfair to close schools when adults are about to enjoy Christmas parties and mixing. It's time for our children to continue their lives.
When the school returned to school in September, many restrictions including the bubble and isolation period were lifted, and middle school students and staff were told that they no longer needed to wear masks.
However, the interference caused by the new crown virus restrictions on education has led the former minister to call for the introduction of triple locks in schools to prevent the government from closing classrooms again.
A new ten-minute rule bill initiated by Robert Halfon, chairman of the Conservative Education Special Committee, attempts to redefine schools as "essential infrastructure" to ensure that they have any public health in the future Or stay open in case of national emergency.
Colin Grand, the principal of Darwen Aldridge, told the Manchester Evening News: "As with all small schools, even a slight increase in the number of employees who test positive for Covid will have a significant impact on our ability to provide face-to-face courses.
"Together with the PHE, DfE and Covid guidelines, we made the difficult decision to establish and switch to distance learning during the short-circuit interruption, until December 2nd we hope to welcome our employees and students back."
Official estimates show that nearly one in ten middle school students in England carry the new crown virus.
The director of education blamed the rising vaccination rate on children's slow vaccinations. So far, in the most backward areas, only 3% of children between 12 and 15 years old are opposed to Covid. But many parents are reluctant to vaccinate their children because the risk/benefit ratio is more balanced than that of adults.
According to The Sun, the leaked proposal indicates that if the regulator is approved, NHS bosses are preparing to assassinate children between the ages of 5 and 11 next spring.
The Drugs and Health Products Regulatory Agency stated that the "anticipated safety, quality and effectiveness standards" must be met before the vaccine can be approved for children of this age.
A senior source told the newspaper: “The top secret plan reveals what risks we face if we are to achieve a meaningful victory against Covid. Asking parents for permission to stab a 5-year-old child is in the plan.
"This is controversial, but it will help us achieve our goals."
The source added that these plans can still be changed, but many scientists support the idea of stabbing young children.
Commenting on these plans, a spokesperson for the NHS said: “The NHS regularly plans how to open up the vaccine to more people so that when the JCVI recommends any decision and if there is any decision, it is ready to rapidly expand the scope of vaccination.”
Covid-19 cases continue to rise in the UK, but the number of deaths and hospitalizations has declined as the country’s epidemic has become increasingly unpredictable. Approximately 42,484 infections were recorded in the past 24 hours, an increase of 14.1% from the 37,243 positive tests registered last Tuesday. At the same time, the number of hospitalizations fell by 12.9% from the previous month. On Thursday, 826 infected Britons sought NHS care. This is the latest data available. Compared with last week, the daily number of deaths from the new coronavirus has dropped by 22.9%, and within 28 days of being positive for the virus, 165 people died.
Schools closed in the Covid "circuit breaker" tell students that they will study remotely during this period
North and South boundaries. In contrast to England, Scotland is rolling out the first dose of Covid vaccine to children between 12 and 15 years of age. All 10 best performing regions are located north of the border of England, the bottom 10 regions, most of which are in London
A child rights activist said that in the early stages of the pandemic, children who were already struggling with education were "neglected."
Dr. Colin Morrison, co-director of the Children’s Council, said that for some students who did not have enough online learning materials in the first few months of the pandemic, this could lead to “difficult problems”.
In March last year, schools closed to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and faced some restrictions for more than a year. Some educational environments still require masks.
Dr. Morrison said in front of the Education, Children and Youth Committee of Holyrood: "We work with many children, and we often work with children who did not find school involvement or learning easy in the first place. They started from the radar. , The first three or four months-they have just entered the education system.
"I also know that many principals we know who love and care about children scramble to deliver equipment every day, knock on doors and make sure people have food, not to mention digital devices."
"There are some amazing practices that really enrich the ongoing relationship between the school and some of the most struggling families."
The Scottish government pledged last year to provide 50,000 devices to children most in need, which is estimated to increase to 70,000. In its declaration before the May general election, SNP promised to provide every elementary school student in Scotland with equipment suitable for their age.
But Dr Morrison said that some children still don't have the equipment they need to learn.
"The first few months were chaotic," he said.
"There are still cases where some families don't have the digital devices they need. Once some children are out of contact with the family, it will be very, very difficult to re-engage.
"This will have a long-term impact on the attendance of some of these children and their ability to work in a mixed manner. Other children have become more and more accustomed to digital participation in learning. Based on learning.
He added: "If there is a gap in achievement, then there must be a gap in the way children learn in the digital space.
"For some children who are just taking off, they are thriving, while for other children, the remaining problems of disengagement will be difficult to solve."
Before announcing the introduction of any vaccines for children of this age, these vaccines need to be approved by the regulatory agencies of medicines and health products for use in children of this age. In addition, the joint committee on vaccination and immunization also needs to approve the launch.
Currently, no vaccine is provided to any children under 12 years of age.
Although U.S. health officials finally approved the Pfizer vaccine for use in children aged 5 to 11 in early November, the injection dose is one-third of the dose for adolescents and adults. Earlier this month, JCVI advised children to wait at least 12 weeks after being infected with Covid before being vaccinated.
This week, Israel began rolling out Pfizer vaccines for children between the ages of 5 and 11, hoping to curb the recent increase in Covid cases.
The fourth wave of infections that hit Israel in June began to subside in September. However, in the past two weeks, the "R" or virus reproduction rate, which has been below one month, has begun to climb and has now exceeded this threshold, indicating that the virus may spread exponentially again.
The Children's Vaccination Campaign kicked off on Monday in a square in Tel Aviv, where a few parents quietly lined up with their children for vaccination. The event will be launched nationwide on Tuesday.
Israel’s population of 9.4 million is relatively young, of which there are approximately 1.2 million children between the ages of 5 and 11. According to data from the Ministry of Health, this group accounted for more than one-third of new cases by November. Scientists and officials have always doubted whether the country can achieve "herd immunity" unless children are vaccinated.
As the new crown virus continues to sweep classrooms, hundreds of schools across England have been canceling assemblies.
The elementary and secondary schools in Wiltshire and Staffordshire have completely cancelled them under the order of the local council.
It is also recommended that principals in these areas restore other restrictions, such as mandatory wearing of masks indoors and staggering breaks. But schools in other parts of the country started to solve the problem on their own to curb the rising infection.
Thurston Community College in Essex County became the latest college to deviate from official guidance, cancel rallies and force masks.
Schools in Oxfordshire, Hereford, Hertfordshire, Northamptonshire and Suffolk also reported similar reports.
Scotland-has adopted a more cautious approach-recommends that rallies and other large gatherings should be avoided. Middle school students must wear masks indoors.
Geoff Barton, secretary-general of the Association of School and University Leaders, said the school is facing staffing issues and the increasing number of students absent from school due to the new coronavirus.
He told i: “Although the staff were vaccinated, this situation is still happening, and the serious shortage of qualified supply personnel makes the problem worse. Therefore, the leader decided to cancel activities that are not important to the school day, such as leadership gatherings. Because many of them had to strengthen front-line teaching to make up for the absence of employees.
"They may also think that canceling gatherings with a large number of students will help reduce the risk of further infection."
An important study found that teachers are not more likely to die from Covid than other workers.
Researchers from the University of Bristol found that school staff under the age of 64, including teachers and school assistants, face no more risk of dying from the virus than those in other jobs.
The researchers said that in the first nine months of the pandemic, the death rate of female teachers was below the five-year average, while the death rate of male teachers was similar to expected numbers.
However, there is a “large number of deaths” among those over 65 who work in schools. But the researchers found that only one-third of the additional death certificates listed Covid as the cause, indicating that other factors contributed to the death.
Schools in England have begun to close again because in the case of the Covid surge, the principal imposed a "circuit breaker" and sent the children home for distance learning before Christmas (stock image)
A private school in Kent, which costs £34,050 a year, will allow children to wear yellow badges if they are exempt from wearing masks. It is under fire for its "inappropriate" similarity to the Nazis forcing Jews sentenced to death to display yellow stars.
Fearing an increase in Covid-19 cases, Farrington School in Chislehurst mandated that students wear masks in classrooms and corridors.
In a letter to parents explaining the decision, principal David Jackson stated that exempt students "should wear yellow badges" and other students should wear masks "until further notice."
The school was criticized as "very inappropriate" and accused of ignoring the "historical connotation" of the yellow badges, which condemned the forced display of Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe.
According to the “Daily Telegraph” report, the school has been widely criticized for its policies, but Molly Kingsley, co-founder of the parent movement organization UsForThem, said this is not an “isolated” case.
"It is very common in schools to require children to wear some form of exemption mark. It is incredible that this specific example of requiring them to wear a yellow badge is not isolated."
She said that the historical meaning of the yellow badges “needs no explanation” and said that it is “very inappropriate” for children who do not need to wear masks to wear them.
Ms. Kingsley also warned that requiring students to show that they are free from wearing a face mask might “insult” them even more.
Experts say that this study, published in the BMJ Open magazine, should be considered by governments in deciding whether to close schools in the future due to a pandemic caused by the coronavirus.
The team added: “It is important to note that the risk of death for workers is not high compared to other occupations.”
After Covid hit the UK in March last year, schools were suspended for several months, forcing students to study remotely and cancel exams.
But the children of key staff — such as frontline health and social care workers — and disadvantaged students are allowed to attend school as usual.
Even if the school reopens, if students test positive or have been in contact with an infected person, the mandatory student isolation regulations will result in more than 1 million students absent from school in the summer.
Some teachers complain that they are at risk of contracting the virus and hope that schools will be closed before the government requires them.
However, a series of studies and real data show that teachers are unlikely to test positive, suffer serious infections or be hospitalized due to Covid.
The Bristol team analyzed the death data of working adults between the ages of 20 and 64 released by the National Bureau of Statistics between March 8 and December 28 last year.
They wanted to calculate the risk of teachers dying from Covid compared to other professions—many of them continued to work in person throughout the lockdown.
Researchers have found that people who work in schools have lower Covid death rates compared to "many other occupations."
The mortality rate in this sector ranges from 10 per 100,000 female primary school teachers to 39 per 100,000 male secondary school teachers.
In contrast, the rates for other occupations (the team is not named) range from 9 to 50 per 100,000 women and 10 to 143 per 100,000 men.
The mortality rate of female teachers in the nine months before the pandemic was below the five-year average, while the mortality rate of male teachers was similar to the five-year average.
The researchers found that teaching assistants had more deaths than expected, but pointed out that these data are uncertain.
However, the research team found that among school faculty and staff over the age of 65, “compared to the average of the past five years, the number of deaths has increased significantly”. Researchers say that only one-third of additional deaths are recorded as a cause of Covid death.
The study pointed out that the remaining additional deaths may be due to delayed treatment of other diseases caused by the pandemic.
Researchers say that mortality among older workers may also be higher because they stay away from medical services during the pandemic for fear of contracting the virus or overburdening the NHS.
Professor Sarah Lewis, a molecular epidemiologist at the university and the lead author of the study, said: “Our research found that teachers, teaching and lunch assistants between the ages of 20 and 64 died from the coronavirus during the epidemic. The risk is not high. Compared with the working-age population in England and Wales, the 2020 pandemic.
"There is weak evidence that the risk of secondary school teachers dying from Covid is slightly higher than expected, but overall, the risk of Covid death for school staff and all occupations is directly proportional to their non-Covid death risk."
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