The return to school often comes with renewed plans for better routines. There may be promises to pack bags the night before, keep track of every letter and complete homework without the usual last-minute scramble. A few weeks into term, however, the kitchen table is covered in books, someone has lost a charger and an unfinished assignment is causing tension just before bedtime.
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The internet is an integral part of our everyday lives. Long gone are the days when it was a luxury, reserved for times of boredom or for the technologically curious. Our lives are now inextricably linked to the internet, we use it for everything from connecting to friends and loved ones to working.
Outside of school catch up and check in sessions here are a few of the things we’ve been up to this week.
We started this week with high hopes for the weather. The forecast was good, so we were hoping to be outside a lot more again. The week started off very gloomy though, not at all what was forecast.
This week, some children in England have returned to school. In Wales, that hasn’t happened yet, but this week we have heard that schools in Wales will re-open at the end of June. It does not seem that this will be in a teaching capacity, but more of a checking-in with pupils prior to the summer holidays and September. Plans were also announced regarding extending the summer term by one week.
As millions of school age children transition their education to home classrooms in the wake of the devastating COVID-19 global pandemic, Schmidt Ocean Institute has assembled a wealth of free online science resources for parents and teachers.
Perceptions I find, can be strange things.
We are all guilty no doubt of having a perception of someone that turned out to be so inaccurate you feel embarrassed and a little stupid for missing the reality.