I’ll be living in isolation in the near future because of Covid-19
3 min readSep 9, 2020
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:
