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PUPILS from schools in Henley and surrounding villages have returned today after three months of home learning.
Children in all year groups were asked to return after the Government confirmed on February 22 the easing of lockdown restrictions.
Schools were forced to close on January 5 except for children of key workers and those deemed vulnerable. Others were learning from home using virtual lessons on Zoom and Google Classroom.
Parents were excited to bring their children back to Badgemore Primary School in Hop Gardens.
Their arrivals were staggered in classroom bubbles to ensure parents and teachers did not interact in large numbers and maintained 2m social distancing.
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HEADTEACHERS have expressed their frustration at the Government’s 11th hour decision to close schools and switch to remote learning.
Boris Johnson announced on Monday evening that all schools, colleges and universities would be shut for the majority of students until at least the February half-term as the coronavirus pandemic worsens.
Some had been back just a day after the Government insisted at the weekend it was safe for children to return at the start of term.
But then the Prime Minister announced a third nationwide lockdown in less than a year, saying that hospitals were under more pressure from covid-19 than at any time since the start of the pandemic.