I remain optimistic that with the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine, 2021 will be the year we overcome coronavirus. At the same time, as a dad, it is clear to me that while this takes place, I want my children to be at school. Keeping our kids out of classrooms is damaging. We know that … Read more
Schoolkids hiding in the back corner of the classroom are sat in the SAFEST part of the room, study claims US study looked at the spread of coronavirus particles in classrooms Found opening windows removes 70% of all particles smaller than one micron Air conditioning removes half of particles released during exhalation and talking Authors … 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
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
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
Up to 20,000 pupils and teachers across England will receive coronavirus testing to monitor the spread of the disease as schools reopen, the Health Secretary has said, as the Government is set to update the country on its wider schools strategy. With approval from parents and guardians, children will be tested to see whether they … Read more
Teachers have shared their nerves as they prepare to welcome pupils back into the classroom for the first time in more than two months – but up to a million children may be kept at home amid fears from parents. Before classrooms begin to fill for the first time in more than two months, teachers … Read more
Primary schools have unveiled how its classrooms will look when they reopen next month in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Those including children in Kingsholm Primary School in Gloucester have shown how parents will be expected to queue as they drop-off their child into pens at the start of the day. Measures have also … Read more