She’s planning on home schooling her two children due to the ongoing pandemic. And Chrissy Teigen couldn’t help but show off the perfect children’s classroom she designed in her home Sunday on Twitter. Meanwhile, the 34-year-old model has been buying up school supplies for underfunded teachers as many schools move forward with reopening despite surging … Read more
Children are less likely to catch Covid-19 at school than they are at home, according to research. Scientists at Belgium’s national health body found coronavirus transmission rates in classrooms were far lower than in the home. Just 0.8 per cent of youngsters quarantined under the contact tracing system tested positive for the virus. The rate … Read more
Gavin Williamson vowed to get schools fully open in September yesterday after a poll found most mothers are confident their children will be safe. The Education Secretary insisted the Government will ‘succeed’ in its pledge to return all pupils to classes thanks to the determination of parents. He said the return was ‘our national priority’ … Read more
Florida has set a record for new infections after reporting 15,300 coronavirus cases on Sunday – the highest single-day total for any state – as three Arizona teachers who shared the same classroom catch the virus before one died from the illness while some of the state’s morgues near capacity. Kimberley Chavez Lopez Byrd, 61, … Read more
Secondary schools could remain shut beyond September while ministers are set to drop plans to get all primary pupils back in the classroom before the summer holidays. The Government has an ‘ambition’ to get primary schools fully back up and running by the end of June so that pupils could receive at least one month’s … Read more
Parents and teachers have expressed their nerves as more than two million pupils prepare to return to school today. Before classrooms begin to fill for the first time in more than two months, teachers have been sharing their support for one another as schools reopen with unprecendented social distancing measures in place to keep pupils … Read more
Cattle class! Primary school unveils classroom of the future with parents dropping off children into PENS as others separate desks, mark out social distancing zones and display posters ordering pupils to stay two metres apart Classrooms have undergone a major change in the wake of the coronavirus Parents required to drop their children into pens … Read more
Cattle class! Primary school unveils classroom of the future with parents dropping off children into segregated PENS before they are taken to socially-distanced seats – with rule-breakers told three strikes and you’re sent home Classrooms have undergone a major change in the wake of the coronavirus Parents required to drop their children into pens at … Read more
Britain’s head teachers’ union has backed plans for schools to reopen on June 1 following meetings with key government advisers. The Association of School and College Leaders claim teachers were no more at risk than any other profession heading back to work as coronavirus lockdown restrictions ease. The National Association of Head Teachers said it would … Read more
The startling inequalities in lockdown learning are laid bare today after it was revealed that an estimated 700,000 state school pupils are not being set any work by their teachers. Some schools have simply decided against online lessons because they say many children have only limited internet access. Astonishingly, one head teacher said teachers might … Read more