I despair. There is no rule to require face coverings in schools. So head teachers are complaining because they are not sure whether they can allow them.
The guidance is silent on what schools should do if staff or pupils want to wear face coverings
Really? And this is from the head teachers – from the people that are responsible for educating children. Guidance is that spacing should be 2m – there is nothing to stop you from using 3m, 4m or even 10m.
Education is not about learning a subject, it is about learning how to take a subject and use it.
At some point we need to stop relying on government to tell us when to eat and sleep and use intelligence. There is an issue with face coverings making people less careful about spacing, but other than that there is no problem (unless they are made of fleece material).
Did I mention my onions?
First day back at work. Quiet day, just a few emails and a lot of bills. A nice gentle introduction to my office. I spent some time trying to re-tame my passion fruit plant. It now completely covers a 5m stretch of fence. The bees obviously love it judging by the number of flowers being visited by them.
I also got a letter from Lloyds. Apparently I have, or have had, an insurance policy which was underwritten by them, and they are transferring the risk to their Belgian company. They have a list of over 5000 companies that I might have dealt with for some sort of insurance. Other than that they offer no support in identifying the policy. It made me start to think about the insurance policies I have. They come with everything these days, not just for cars, houses or travel. Quite an eye opener.