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”