SCHOOLCHILDREN across the Malvern Hills area returned to the classrooms this week, with headteachers delighted to see them back. Pupils at Welland Primary School arrived to balloons and a sign welcoming them back after the coronavirus lockdown. Elsewhere, Chase School headteacher Mike Fieldhouse welcomed the return of pupils, saying all had gone according to plan. He said: We have been really pleased to welcome our students back into school this week to start the very important job of consolidating the learning that they have been doing during this most recent lockdown period. The return to school has been very smooth and students have been fantastic whilst engaging with their lateral flow tests in our testing centre.
A HEADMASTER has said schools must reopen as soon as it s safe to do so after it was confirmed pupils across Worcestershire will not return to classrooms until at least March 8. Gareth Doodes, headmaster of The King’s School in Worcester, said schools, along with the government, must ensure children are not the “silent, second victims” of the pandemic. He said: “I think it is so important to protect as many people as possible and ensure that the most vulnerable in society are vaccinated. In that way we can save lives, but to save souls and ensure our children aren’t the silent second victims of this pandemic, schools must open as soon as it is safe to do so. I believe that this needs to be in conjunction with school staff vaccinations as a priority.
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HEADTEACHERS in Malvern have criticised the government s last minute decision to close schools and cancel exams this summer. Mike Fieldhouse, headteacher at The Chase, blasted the “bombshell comment” that summer exams would be cancelled, “without any clarity and guidance about what would replace those examinations”. While Lindsey Cooke, the headteacher of Hanley Castle High School, said she was disappointed that the exams had been cancelled. When he announced the national lockdown on Monday night, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said all schools and colleges now had to move to online learning, with them remaining closed for all pupils apart from the children of key workers or those who are vulnerable until the February half-term.