Praising teachers It s no secret that teachers and education staff have worked tirelessly to adapt and overcome the challenges of working during the pandemic and trying to minimise the impacts of lockdown on children s learning. Messages of praise have been flooding in for teachers and schools from families across Cumbria thanking them for all their support during the pandemic. We asked families on the News & Star/The Cumberland News Facebook page if they had any schools or teachers they wanted to thank for their support during the pandemic. We were inundated with messages for the wonderful work of school staff with people commenting that every staff member was worthy of praise for all they have managed to achieve in such difficult circumstances.
An Andover man has raised over £5,000 to go towards the purchase of over 100 tablets for schools in and around Andover. Ryan Rawlinson established Tablets for Children at the start of the year as part of a drive to help local children access learning resources. The army veteran’s campaign has now smashed its initial goal of 10 tablets, with 101 having been bought at the last count. Ryan established Tablets for Children after having seeing how families were unable to get the technology their children needed for virtual learning. He said: “When the government first announced the third national lockdown, I didn’t have everything I needed to set my two children up for home-schooling.