UK government declares testing and wearing masks “not compulsory” in reopened schools
All state schools and further education colleges in England will be fully opened from March 8. Ahead of this, pupils in foundation year in Wales and those in Primary Years 1 to 3 in Scotland resumed face-to-face learning on February 22.
Boris Johnson holds a Covid-19 Press Conference with Chief Executive of the NHS, Sir Simon Stevens and Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty, as the total number of recorded deaths from Covid in the UK surpassed 100,000. 10 Downing Street. (Pippa Fowles / No 10 Downing Street)
The Conservative government is opening schools as part of its homicidal herd immunity agenda that will see all shops opened on April 12 and the entire economy opened by June 21. School openings are a “national priority” of the government and opposition Labour Party so that parents are free to return to work and big business can keep the profits flowing in. A week after the Ma
Helen Redford-Hernandez, chief executive of Brighter Futures Learning Partnership Trust, which runs Hungerhill School, Doncaster University Technology College (UTC) and five Doncaster primary schools said it would definitely help.
She said they were looking at extending the school day, and possible summer schools, particularly for exam groups at Hungerhill and the UTC. The money will help with some of the learning and help identify gaps, she added.
Adam Atkinson, Principal, at Astrea Academy Woodfields. Picture: NDFP-04-02-20 Astrea Academy Woodfields 9-NMSY
Adam Atkinson, principal at Astrea Academy Woodfields, part of Astrea Academy Trust, said: It s good news schools are getting additional resource from the government to help students catch-up on any missed learning because of the pandemic.