now, it's been the end of an important school week for children in england, with classes having resumed as a first step on the road to lifting the coronavirus lockdown. our correspondent, danny savage, has spent the last few days at a primary school near skegness to see how pupils and teachers have been getting on. good morning. a colourful, celebratory return to school. a warm welcome after a cold winter, designed to take the worry out of the day. bye, see you later! have a good day. bobby is just four years old. for reception children like him, teachers say it's like starting all over again. i was a bit emotional, but he was absolutely fine. glad to be back. what are you feeling? happy, really happy that we're getting a bit of normality back. most of the families at this school have been scattered across this area in isolation for months. now they have their focal point back. years three and four, right, when we go in, just a little squirt of sanitiser. lesson one in year 3 on monday was simply getting used to each other again. what's made them feel happy? big voice, abigail. i get to see my friends again. we've missed each other, haven't we? it's like going back to the beginning of the year again. we've got those who say, "we've had new baby sisters being born, new pets". we've had sad news as well and they want to tell their friends about that. they — some of them have moved house or they were going to move house and they haven't been able to do that. please don't talk over me. the priority is to get familiar with school. oh, that's a sad face. it's been tricky, hasn't it? you've been the only little girl in your house and now we've got to get along with lots of other boys and girls again. catching up is for the long haul. it'll take a long time educationally, to get them back to where they need to be. we're talking about maybe a year, 18 months. we can only do that if the children are socially and emotionally ready to learn. first break, and it's going well. afternoon, ladies. but behind the scenes, the effects of coronavirus are still present, even on day one. one of the local secondary schools had a bubble go down already this morning. oh, gosh. we'll have to look up associated children and make sure there's nobody that we need to pick up on tonight. ok, thanks, see you later. thanks. yesterday saw the school belatedly mark world book day, another fun way to get back into the routine. that doesn't mean there aren't anxieties. lincolnshire has a grammar school system. they sit the 11+. some of the older children are a bit worried. there's been a massive impact in year 6, especially, and in year 5 because next year they've got to do their 11+ and this year, our sats have been cancelled. so, it's been a massive impact on learning. it's been 0k. i think that's the best analysis we can do. there may be an issue with phonics. some of the key sounds or the blending that the children knew back at christmas, that we've maybe gone back two or three steps and we have to pick that up. is that a tiger? no! there is a long way to go in this story, but at least they're back together. danny savage, bbc news, lincolnshire. now on bbc news, it's time for this week's edition of our world. there is this narrative in this david and goliath story stop its cycle of these hedge funds like yours against the people, and the people one. i’iiii like yours against the people, and the people one.— and the people one. i'll put it this way. _ and the people one. i'll put it this way. if— and the people one. i'll put it this way. if a _ and the people one. i'll put it this way, if a five-year-old i this way, if a five—year—old walked into this room right now, i could probably kick his ass. for5005 now, i could probably kick his ass. for 5005 —year—olds what in here, they could probably take me down to. just thing honest about it is that a david versus goliath dory? he. versus goliath dory? no. something _ versus goliath dory? no. something happen - versus goliath dory? no. something happen this january that no—one expected. it something happen this january that no-one expected.- that no-one expected. it was a little bit of _ that no-one expected. it was a little bit of like _ that no-one expected. it was a little bit of like an _ that no-one expected. it was a little bit of like an internet - little bit of like an internet revolution at. we would seem human, team normal, regular quy- human, team normal, regular guy. and united capitalists? 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it's hard to do it without using offensive terms, but it is veryjuvenile, very subconsciously absurdist. .. their favourite thing you can do is — their favourite thing you can do is something called loss porn, where you share your biggest _ porn, where you share your biggest losses, like, you show you have — biggest losses, like, you show you have lost $1 million, and everyone _ you have lost $1 million, and everyone is like, good job. all everyone is like, good 'ob. all those everyone is like, good job. all those meme posts are fading into the — those meme posts are fading into the larger— those meme posts are fading into the larger goal— those meme posts are fading into the larger goal of- those meme posts are fading| into the larger goal of getting as many— into the larger goal of getting as many people _ into the larger goal of getting as many people to _ into the larger goal of getting as many people to buy - into the larger goal of getting as many people to buy stocksj into the larger goal of getting i as many people to buy stocks as possible — as many people to buy stocks as possible -- _ as many people to buy stocks as ossible. possible. -- feeding in. slowly. _ possible. -- feeding in. slowly, gamestop - possible. -- feeding in. i slowly, gamestop started possible. -- feeding in. - slowly, gamestop started to get a buzz, and gradually the share price began to take up. this a buzz, and gradually the share price began to take up.- price began to take up. this is the first official _ price began to take up. this is the first official close - price began to take up. this is the first official close of - the first official close of over $14, cheers to that sort! i think the first time i bought in was — i think the first time i bought in was late november to early december, i think the stock price was $16 back then. gamestop's share price had attracted the attention of another kind of investor. short seller is. hedge funds that thought gamestop was overpriced, hedge funds like citron capital, run by andrew left. , ., ., left. they were following the blockbuster _ left. they were following the blockbuster path, _ left. they were following the blockbuster path, but - left. they were following the blockbuster path, but the i left. they were following the i blockbuster path, but the video game industry had their best month ever in december of 2020, but gamestop had a bad quarter or a bad month. that was supposed to be their saviour month, and that is where it started. . month, and that is where it started. , ., , ., started. his hedge fund was now one of the _ started. his hedge fund was now one of the many _ started. his hedge fund was now one of the many hedge - started. his hedge fund was now one of the many hedge funds - one of the many hedge funds that were shorting gamestop. essentially, they were betting the share price would fall. if you did, they would make money. but that had also been noticed by people on wall street bouts —— r/wallstreetbets. by people on wall street bouts -- r/wallstreetbets._ -- r/wallstreetbets. memes ha - en -- r/wallstreetbets. memes happen to — -- r/wallstreetbets. memes happen to be _ -- r/wallstreetbets. memes happen to be one _ -- r/wallstreetbets. memes happen to be one of- -- r/wallstreetbets. memes happen to be one of the - -- r/wallstreetbets. memes i happen to be one of the names —— is was one of the names that was most frequently mentioned. they realised if the share price went up, he would lose money. if price went up, he would lose mone . ., ., , ., money. if enough of us were to buy together. _ money. if enough of us were to buy together, in _ money. if enough of us were to buy together, in conjunction, i buy together, in conjunction, thai— buy together, in conjunction, that would create a short squeeze which would forced some of these _ squeeze which would forced some of these people betting against gamestop to close their position by buying gamestop back, — position by buying gamestop back, and therefore putting the price of gamestop even higher. r/wallstreetbets is a forum on san francisco —based reddit, one of the biggest social media companies in the world. the founder, steve hoffman, was watching. founder, steve hoffman, was watching-— watching. r/wallstreetbets is one of my — watching. r/wallstreetbets is one of my guilty _ watching. r/wallstreetbets is one of my guilty pleasures i watching. r/wallstreetbets is| one of my guilty pleasures on reddit. . ., , one of my guilty pleasures on reddit. ~ ., , ., one of my guilty pleasures on reddit. . ., , ., ,., reddit. was there a point where ou are reddit. was there a point where you are like. _ reddit. was there a point where you are like, oh, _ reddit. was there a point where you are like, oh, this— reddit. was there a point where you are like, oh, this is- reddit. was there a point where you are like, oh, this is a - you are like, oh, this is a bigger story than i thought? {lin bigger story than i thought? 0“! r/wallstreetbets, there is often a couple of stocks or companies that have their attention on. 0ver companies that have their attention on. over the years, it has been tesla, it has been virgin galactic, it has been blackberry. in my mind i am just browsing reddit, gamestop, 0k, gamestop has got their infatuation right now. i was a little bit late to the parties i didn't realise reddit had leaked into the real world. —— led to the party. during the take—off, i was like, 0k, led to the party. during the take—off, iwas like, ok, this is a big one. —— late to the parties to be by mid—january, the price of gamestop shares was nearly $13, a tenfold increase from months before. it was about to go stratospheric. i got the champagne, cheers, congratulations, look at this shed! ., ., ~ congratulations, look at this shed! ., , shed! look at this it! -- look at this sort! _ shed! look at this it! -- look at this sort! when _ shed! look at this it! -- look at this sort! when did - shed! look at this it! -- look at this sort! when did you i at this sort! when did you realise things _ at this sort! when did you realise things like - at this sort! when did you realise things like this? 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