Tag Archives: Schools

Schools reopening March 2021

Bristol Trades Council extends solidarity to education staff across Bristol as schools allow all pupils back on site on Monday and will continue to support and share any action taken. As 10 million, pupils and staff are herded back into school buildings this Monday, the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), GMB, National AssociationContinueContinue reading “Schools reopening March 2021”

Will Bristol school students and educators have a holiday break?

Bristol and South Gloucestershire NEU branches met last week to discuss the ongoing Covid crisis in our schools. Schools are engines of Covid spread and young people living in multigenerational households or with family members with underlying health conditions risk bringing a deadly virus into their home. Mindful that educators’ first concern is always forContinueContinue reading “Will Bristol school students and educators have a holiday break?”

Safe Reopening of Schools Day of Action – Bristol

Friday, 21 August 2020 from 11:30-12:30 Wine Street, Bristol, BS1 2 Bristol Trades Union Council is calling for all to support this action. All education workers want schools to reopen and say the best place children can be is back in school, learning, playing and socialising with their friends. However, Britain is still in theContinueContinue reading “Safe Reopening of Schools Day of Action – Bristol”

No back to school – until it’s safe

Bristol Trades Union Council is calling for all to support this meeting. Early in April the National Education Union (NEU) outlined their five tests that the Government should meet before widening the opening of schools. Unlike the Governments current strategy the meeting of the NEU’s tests would create the necessary confidence amongst parents and staffContinueContinue reading “No back to school – until it’s safe”

Safe reopening of schools

The infection rate in the UK is creeping back up and is close to the point where the coronavirus could again start spreading rapidly. The coronavirus “R-number” is now between 0.7 and 1.0, we have been told repeatedly over the last few weeks that it needs to be kept below one in order to stayContinueContinue reading “Safe reopening of schools”