My child is a sweetheart in the classroom – but at home refuses to write a sentence
As thousands more schools stay closed, here are some hard-won lessons for accidental substitute teachers
2 January 2021 • 5:00pm
Christine Armstrong and her husband Christopher will have to work while home-schooling their three children
Credit: Andrew Crowley for The Telegraph
Watching the press conference, I allowed myself a glimmer of hope. The Prime Minister has repeatedly said that keeping schools open is a top priority: the headline was that primaries would be going back as planned and secondaries on January 18. Our 11-year-old remote learning for a few weeks is fine, it’s the six and nine year-olds, and/or the combination of all three at home, that sends an icy shiver through my heart.
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