Monday 27th April and week four of schools being closed. I am hearing more from colleagues across the country about parents getting impatient and wanting the children back at school. As I understand it we are just over the peak (or about at it) so it is still too soon for all to go back … Continue reading →

Three full weeks of school have now passed of being closed. Add to that two weeks of Easter that was not a holiday. The sun is still shining but the isolation, the fragmentation of socialising, the familiarity of the abnormal is here. Some things are precious in life; I’d say that is life. Some things … Continue reading →

It is Wednesday and lockdown continues (in my humble opinion, correctly so). It is the first day for me as a teacher, at home with my son, homeschooling. It is great when he turns around at 09:00 and tells you he has finished his work set (English and mathematics). He did start at 08:00 and … Continue reading →