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Rangers and celtic in glasgow, one of scotlands worst peacetime tragedies. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The uks largest Teaching Union is calling for all schools in england to close for two weeks, after the government ordered all primaries in london to remain shut when the new term begins. Pupils in some boroughs in the capital were due to return on monday. The government says the city wide closures were a last resort due to rising coronavirus infections. Heres our education correspondent dan johnson. Keeping children in school has always been the priority, with closures and more Home Learning a last resort. The government was forced to make that move, announcing on wednesday that Primary Schools in most ....
Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Im shaun ley. The uks largest Teaching Union is calling for all schools in england to close for two weeks, after the government ordered all primaries in london to remain shut when the new term begins. Pupils in some boroughs in the capital were due to return on monday. The government says the city wide closures were a last resort due to rising coronavirus infections. Heres our education correspondent, dan johnson. Keeping children in school has always been the priority, with closures and more Home Learning a last resort. The government was forced to make that move, announcing on wednesday that Primary Schools in most parts of london and some other areas in the south east could ....
Correspondent dan johnson. In liverpool, teachers are already at the head of the queue for tests, but there are more voices saying schools should not reopen on monday. It seems to me to be inexplicable the government is getting it so badly wrong. We said all schools should be close for the first two macro weeks and we regret to have to say that. But our fear is if we do not do something now they will have to be closed for a longer period later this month. Secondary schools will phase the return from the 11th of january with year groups facing exams this summer in first. The government said the majority of Primary Schools would take children back on monday accepting virus hotspots in the south east. Last night, it had to reverse the patchwork approach in london so all the capitals primaries will close. It is good they are safeguarding teachers but school is the best place for them to be. They need to be back. The government should ....
Good afternoon. Theres mounting pressure on the government to close all schools in england for face to face teaching for two weeks after the christmas holidays. Teaching unions say a move to Home Learning for most children is necessary to curb the spread of coronavirus. One union has described it as, the only sensible and credible option. It comes after the education secretary said all london primaries would remain shut on monday, rather than only those in some boroughs. Heres our education correspondent, dan johnson. In liverpool, teachers are already at the head of the queue for tests, but there are more and more voices saying schools should not reopen on monday. It seems to me just to be inexplicable that the government is getting it so badly wrong. We said all schools should be closed for the first two weeks, and we regret to have to say that. We dont want to have to say that schools will close. But ourfear is, if we do not do ....