HEADTEACHERS in Swindon have reflected on a year of huge challenges as they gear up for the next – the return of pupils to school on Monday morning. Over the past 365 days, schools have been forced to close for months on end and children have had to learn remotely. Exams have been scrapped for two years running and mass testing has been introduced in recent weeks. It has been far from an easy ride, as Dorcan Academy headteacher Sherryl Bareham admits. Looking back on the events of March 2020, she said: “We had to start thinking about how we were going to social distance the students, what we were going to do for break times, we ended up borrowing two marquees so our students could have their lunches there and stay in their bubbles.
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