Emily Andre has discussed her daughter Amelia’s return to school on Monday amid the COVID-19 lockdown.
Speaking in her OK! Magazine column, the doctor, 30, said it was time for ‘life to get going again’ and that she felt positive about her daughter, six, going back to education, after Peter, 47, admitted the couple had disagreed over it.
She said: ‘Millie is excited and I feel really positive about it. Pete is going to be doing the school run while I am at work and he is a bit worried about her going back but I said we will review it as we go along.
Differing opinions: Emily Andre has discussed her daughter Amelia’s return to school on Monday amid the COVID-19 lockdown (above with husband Peter in 2019)
‘Her safety and well-being are my absolute priority like every parent so if there is any hint that things aren’t going well or if there is another spike in infections then we can take her out.’
Emily added that Amelia’s school have done assessments, implemented a one-way system for pick-up and drop-offs and staggered start and finish times for the kids.
Kids’ uniform also has to be washed every day and students are not allowed to take their bags in.
Emily added ‘We have to get life going again at some point’ and said: ‘For me, it’s in her best interests to go back because she’s missing her teacher and friends. She’s more than ready to go back.’
Family: Speaking in her OK! Magazine column, the doctor, 30, said it was time for ‘life to get going again’ and that she felt positive about her daughter, six, going back to education, after Peter, 47, admitted the couple had disagreed over it
The interview comes after Peter Andre admitted that he will be sending his children back to school on June 1st, but only because his doctor wife said they should.
From Monday primary schools will start reopening reception classes as well as Years 1 and 6.
Nurseries and other early years settings will also reopen on Monday while secondary schools will welcome back some year 10 and year 12 students from June 15.
The couple also share son Theo, three.
The caring father is also dad to Junior, 14, and Princess, 12, that he shares with ex-wife Katie Price.
He told The Sun: ‘We very rarely have opposite views but I don’t think they should go back tomorrow and Emily thinks they should.
said: ‘Millie is excited and I feel really positive about it. Pete is going to be doing the school run while I am at work and he is a bit worried about her going back but I said we will review it as we go along’
‘The only reason I’m going with what Emily says it because she’s a doctor. If it was up to me I’d say no.’
The singer married Emily in 2015 and has been looking after his four children during lockdown while Emily has been working on the NHS frontline throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
On Thursday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: ‘First, as I set out on Sunday, we will now reopen schools to more children. Closing schools has deprived children of their education and as so often it is the most disadvantaged pupils who risk being hardest hit.
‘On Monday we will start to put this right in a safe way by reopening nurseries and other early years settings and reception, year one and year six in primary schools.
Happy: Emily added ‘We have to get life going again at some point’ and said: ‘For me, it’s in her best interests to go back because she’s missing her teacher and friends. She’s more than ready to go back’ (above with son Theo)
‘A fortnight later on June 15 secondary schools will begin to provide some face-to-face contact time with years 10 and 12.’
The Prime Minister’s announcement comes after Schools Minister Nick Gibb admitted it may not be possible for all primary school pupils to return to the classroom before the summer holidays.
The Government’s coronavirus recovery strategy said the ‘ambition’ is for every pupil to be able to return for at least a month before the start of the next academic year in September.
But Mr Gibb said it is ‘difficult to say’ whether that ‘ambition’ will be delivered on as he insisted all decisions on easing restrictions will be based on the latest scientific evidence on the rate of transmission of the disease.
Loved-up: Peter admitted: ‘The only reason I’m going with what Emily says it because she’s a doctor. If it was up to me I’d say no’