By Hannah Rees
Chris O’Connell, Jonny O’Connell and Alex O’Connell will be walking or riding their scooters to Great Meols Primary School Oak Trees Multi Academy Trust are hosting a month-long challenge to get its pupils, staff and school communities active once more and raising money for local charities in Wirral. The May Mile will launches this week at all six primary schools in the Trust including Brackenwood Juniors, Church Drive Primary, Egremont, Great Meols, Poulton Lancelyn and Stanton Road. CEO of the Trust, Tony Lacey, developed the challenge to encourage people to run, walk, swim and cycle as much as they possibly can.
The Government has said the schools can close a day earlier for Christmas holidays but not all will take up the offer Dozens of Merseyside schools have said they will not be sending pupils home early for Christmas despite having Government permission to do so. On Monday, Schools Standards Minister Nick Gibb told MPs there should be a “clear six days” ahead of Christmas Eve so teachers and heads do not have to “engage with track and trace issues” throughout the festive break. Addressing the virtual Education Select Committee, Mr Gibb said: “We are about to announce that inset days can be used on Friday December 18, even if an inset day had not been originally scheduled for that day.”
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