I’ll be living in isolation in the near future because of Covid-19

My sister works at a school in a town approximately twenty miles from where I live.

Within a week of her school re-opening one of their year groups has been sent home in order to isolate, because of a positive Covid diagnosis within the group.

Her Grandson, in a separate nearby school, is also isolating, as his year group has suffered the same fate.

What for my children?

Three of my children attend a separate school to the two I’ve mentioned.

The school are trying to make everyone as safe as possible, with:

• staggered start and end times that reduce the numbers of people on site at any one time
• classroom bubbles where the children spend their time with only children and teachers in their class, throughout lessons, breaks, and lunch
• one way systems around the school to avoid accidental contact
• regular hand washing breaks during the day

It’s tough for schools to find a solution to this problem, but they’ve been told to do what they can.

The challenge for me is that I have one child in year 4, one in year 3, and one in reception, which means: