i ve been speaking to steve chalke the leader of oasis community learning, which runs more than 50 schools across the uk. this has been the toughest half term. the problem has been that all of the issues to do with the last 18 months, there is a part of society that tries to put that behind us as though we have emerged from this. i live in london and if you get on the underground, the vast number of people do not wear masks even though you are told to wear masks. so i think people are trying to return to normal but what is happening in our schools but all of those last 18 months at the trauma that has built up in the lives of children, they have not reached the learning stages they would have otherwise, many of them have emotional and social health problems, mental health issues, plus running the school and exams
happening in our schools but all of those last 18 months at the trauma that has built up in the lives of children, they have not reached the learning stages they would have otherwise, many of them have emotional and social health problems, mental health issues, plus running the school and exams being back, and ofsted inspection, this is all you d pressure on top of caring for children and what our staff are crying out for is for ministers to turn the rhetoric of education being central, of young people being sent to and children being central, into policies that keep schools open and keep them safe. and vaccinations and wearing face masks would be two of those. , ,. , .,, ., wearing face masks would be two of those. , ,. , ., those. keeping schools open and save is a tricky balancing those. keeping schools open and save is a tricky balancing act, those. keeping schools open and save is a tricky balancing act, isn t - those. keeping schools open and save is a tricky balancing act, i
all of the issues to do with the last 18 months, there is a part of society that tries to put that behind us as though we have emerged from this. i live in london and if you get on the underground, the vast number of people do not wear masks even though you are told to wear masks. so, i think people are trying to return to normal but what is happening in our schools but all of those last 18 months and the trauma that has built up in the lives of children, they have not reached the learning stages they would have otherwise, many of them have emotional and social health problems, mental health issues, plus running the school and exams being back, and 0fsted inspections, this is huge pressure on top of caring for children. what our staff are crying out for is for ministers to turn the rhetoric of education being central, of young people being