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They deserve a medal - the teachers and schools praised by parents for support in pandemic
Families have been telling us the schools and teachers they want to thank for supporting pupils
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Thank you posters outside Oak Tree Primary in Cheadle Hulme (Image: Vicky Moran)
Schools across Greater Manchester have been thanked by families for all they have done to support them during the pandemic. In an article last week about executive headteacher Chris Hanson praising families and staff at Corpus Christi RC Primary in Chadderton, Oldham, for pulling together amid the pandemic, we asked parents to tell us who they wanted to thank.
Now pupils of Manchester s Moston Fields Primary School have another reason to smile.
For they find themselves starring in a video alongside David Beckham, David Walliams, Helena Bonham-Carter, Stephen Fry and umpteen other celebrity supporters of the great Mail Force drive to get all Britain s children learning through lockdown.
Packed with many of our favourite stars of film, television, sport and the arts, the new film is raising both funds and awareness for the charity s Computers for Kids campaign. It hit social media channels yesterday and proved an instant hit.
David Beckham was among the celebrity supporters of the great Mail Force drive to get all Britain s children learning through lockdown
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The donation came about after an IT worker at the CPS saw the Mail s campaign. We are accepting used laptops and – for around £15 – having them professionally refurbished for young learners.
All the latest 6,500 devices are lightweight and powerful ThinkPads made by Lenovo.
The CPS said it would delete all the data on them, including sensitive notes kept by prosecutors of criminal records and case evidence used in trials and plea hearings.
Their value is estimated to be at least £3million, although they will have to go through a formal evaluation before being accepted for schools. Rebecca Lawrence, chief executive of the CPS, said: We need to adapt to the changing demands of our job, such as handling increasingly large data files like CCTV and police body-worn footage. To keep pace, we need to upgrade our equipment.