“The learning is important, but their mental health and wellbeing is also vitally important.
“Hopefully we won’t have a fourth lockdown.”
Clare Griffiths, headteacher at Dunmow St Mary’s, said the children were very happy to be back in school and see their friends and teachers.
Mrs Griffiths said: “They were very happy to be back to normal, and we were very happy to have them back.
“They have missed so much, their friends, the social interaction.
“I think it’s been such an incredible hard time for families, a massive relief for everybody that schools could reopen fully yesterday.”