{"id":1186321,"date":"2022-01-04T08:34:30","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T13:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1186321"},"modified":"2022-01-04T08:34:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T13:34:40","slug":"english-children-returning-to-schools-with-mandatory-masks-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/english-children-returning-to-schools-with-mandatory-masks-today\/","title":{"rendered":"English Children Returning to Schools With Mandatory Masks Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fenglish-children-returning-to-schools-with-mandatory-masks-today%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1186321&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1269827754-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Starting on Tuesday, English schoolchildren will once again be required to wear masks in schools to, it is claimed, slow the spread of the Chinese coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>The British government have re-introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/1044530\/Schools_guidance_Jan_22.pdf\">recommendations<\/a> for mask requirements for secondary school pupils in England. Masks will be required for all pupils regardless of their vaccination status as of the 4th of January, the first day of the new term.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Masks for able-bodied pupils will now need to be worn in most school settings, such as when students are seated in the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>The government has carved out two exemptions for the advice, including \u201csituations where wearing a face covering would impact on the ability to take part in exercise or strenuous activity, for example in PE lessons\u201d or for when the children are \u201coutdoors\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Primary school children (those aged between 4-11) have been exempted from this mask requirement, with the government claiming that mask-wearing for under 11\u2019s goes against \u201chealth advice\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The new mask mandate will remain in place until at least the 26th of January when the guidance will be reviewed.<\/p>\n<p>The government has also asked all state schools (public schools) to carry out COVID tests before schools resume on the 4th of January, however, testing will not be mandatory for students.<\/p>\n<p>Since the 17th of May, there have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/education-59840634\">no mask recommendations<\/a> in place for school children in England, with the decision being left up to individual schools to make their own rules.&nbsp;Prior to this announcement, England was the only nation in the UK which did not have mask requirements for schoolchildren.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UK School Asks Pupils to Wear \u2018Yellow Badge\u2019 to Show They Are Mask-Exempt <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gWB4mmypeU\">https:\/\/t.co\/gWB4mmypeU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1463869581378961412?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The mask mandate has come into place following concerns that schools were not going to reopen for the start of the new term in January, with Education Secretary&nbsp;Nadhim Zahawi<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>initially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10301455\/Education-Secretary-Nadim-Zahawi-refuses-rule-school-closures-January.html\">refusing<\/a> to rule out \u2018fire-break\u2019 school closures in early December.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The government, therefore, justified the mask requirement by saying that it was necessary to ensure the reopening of schools after the Christmas holidays.<\/p>\n<p>The government has exempted teachers from mask-wearing under the new rules, saying \u201cwe would not ordinarily expect teachers to wear a face-covering in the classroom if they are at the front of the class\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The National Education Union (NEU) has criticised the government over their educator mask policy. In December, the teacher\u2019s union released a <a href=\"https:\/\/neu.org.uk\/face-masks-ppe\">statement<\/a>&nbsp;accusing the Department of Education of failing \u201cto fully understand the risks to staff\u201d working in schools, and that staff should be supplied personal protection equipment by schools.<\/p>\n<p>According to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk\/find-statistics\/attendance-in-education-and-early-years-settings-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak\">statistics<\/a>&nbsp;released by the government, coronavirus-related pupil absence in all state-funded schools stood at<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>2.9 per cent<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>as of the 9th of December.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Children Without Masks Will Be Segregated, Use Separate Entrances: Report <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dP38sde5x4\">https:\/\/t.co\/dP38sde5x4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1367520462998147074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting on Tuesday, English schoolchildren will once again be required to wear masks in schools to, it is claimed, slow the spread of the Chinese coronavirus. 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