If we dont get lockdown, we are going for Sweden style method by the looks of it

(At least if judged by cases.)

Yikes 6200 new cases in a day. Second wave is going to be bigger than the first, isn't it?

MAD, I can present my findings already!

Bond up £1k 🤗

For it to be an effective trial Wagner, 6 months minimum, daily

The kids are exceptionally good wearing masks when required where I work, and they all seem to carry hand sanitizer (plus there’s plenty in every single room), but they do unavoidably “mix” somewhat between lessons in corridors, and again during breaks, though outdoors so maybe less risky? Desks get sprayed and wiped between every lesson, books don’t go home and back into school, kids are strongly discouraged from sharing equipment, and spaces are kept during meal times. A few staff missing, but everyone covers for one another as is usual - it’s not yet clear whether a closure is inevitable, but some seem to consider it pretty likely.... Hope not, as teaching online sounds much trickier than being in the classroom!

I'm conducting my own personal study that cigar smoke effectively protects those around you from Covid-19.

Thanks for the feedback Simmie. Good to get the insight without spin. Great to hear the kids are playing ball too, given the bad rap they get as we are told they won’t/don’t cooperate.

Good man 👍

Schools have to be cautious right now - we are trying our best to reduce all 'normal colds' as well because actually COVID + Normal Cold = spot in an ICU with your name on it.

Compared to last time MAD & Kentish - we're being way more ambitious. We seem to be planning to provide resources i.e. laptops and mobile wifi devices for those that need it and we're planning for live delivery in 50% of lessons and recorded delivery of lessons over Microsoft Teams in the other. We are all sat looking at each other wondering how the school I work at hasn't had a bubble sent home - but the vast majority of kids respect the rules and have been really mature about what has happened. We're sending alot of students home as just in case etc but we'd rather that and hide behind the DFE attendance coding than be harsh and risk a full blown outbreak. We do have staff off yes, but we aren't at a point where we've been breaking at the seams with that - most we've had in terms of direct teaching staff is 8 off out of a teaching team of 50?. We survived the first 2 weeks with half our SLT off - it's a real big blitz spirit. We may not get alot right as a school but I'm incredibly proud of the place as it stands.

With the number of clubs potentially going bust we should use the Dons Trust as club restarting consultants and make some cash for the club by hiring out the experts at a reasonable rate :)

I think Spit should change his name to Al Murray or The Pub Landlord. All he ever talks about is Pubs. 🍺🍺🍺 the man is obsessed 🍺🍺🍺😂😆😉.

Read Doobs' post again, comrade.

Is the MSP money a cushion? It's almost certainly for a specified use only (construction, not operational costs). Makes sense to use it last as presumably from the day we first draw some down we start accumulating interest, although perhaps there's a "offer valid until" date that will in any case oblige us to draw some down in order to keep the terms.

DO,confirmed cases article in sutton guardian 17th September, naming schools

It is a no win situation for schools. Let someone in with a raised temperature and they end up positive, you're quite likely sending a year cohort home to self-isolate. Send them home, they wait several days for a test and it proves just to be a typical autumn infection.

"Covid like symptoms" - or in a case here where a neighbour's child was sent home because of a raised temperature. Child was out riding his bike in the afternoon and back at school two days later!

Spit - 6 confirmed cases in schools or 6 sent home with Covid like symptoms?

Maybe the nit nurse needs to test every pupil for covid,think we would astounded by the results.

they are and they aren't it's a battle

Are the little blighters not wearing masks,no wonder the pubs are getting blamed for all these cases the schools are seeing now good deflecting, been 6 cases in different sutton schools when there were only 24 new cases last week.

Thanks, Doobs. Glad that we have a bit of a cushion.

PS dont forget to tune in on the wireless wotsit as Ed Leek and Anna Kingsley will be taking to the airwaves to answer your questions from 7.30 tonight. You’ll also be able to pitch questions live. [Link]