{"id":32542,"date":"2021-02-25T15:33:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T15:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=32542"},"modified":"2021-02-25T15:33:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T15:33:01","slug":"it-has-been-a-nightmare-parent-excited-for-schools-to-reopen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/02\/25\/it-has-been-a-nightmare-parent-excited-for-schools-to-reopen\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It has been a nightmare\u2019 Parent excited for schools to reopen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An enthusiastic parent has praised the Prime minister\u2019s announcement on schools reopening in two weeks&#8217; time on March 8.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kelly Louise* an underwriter from Bradway is keen to see her two children return to class as staying at home has badly affected their mental health.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite her 4-year old son and 7-year old daughter receiving a lot of support from their school, they are both desperate for social interaction.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She said: \u201cTrying to work with two children at work has honestly been beyond a nightmare. My kids are desperate to get back to the social educational system and not stay at home. They have become quite upset at the tough of not seeing their friends, more tearful, and have struggled a lot.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cStaying at home 24\/7 for almost eight weeks has been quite a challenge. I\u2019m glad we are going back to a bit of normality, especially after school was open only for one day after Christmas,\u201d she added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 43-year-old mum also praises the ongoing national calls for vaccinating teachers.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VACCINATE  \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffc ALL \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffc SCHOOL \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffc STAFF \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffc FROM \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffc CLEANERS \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffc  TO \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffc HEAD \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffc TEACHERS<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MariaJ\ud83c\udf39 (@mariajblogs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mariajblogs\/status\/1363900577659371521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ms Loiuse* said: \u201cI signed a petition regarding this and if that means my children can go back to school, teachers should be up there with health professionals. I am aware this is a difficult time and we don\u2019t know what\u2019s gonna happen, but I am very grateful school is finally reopening and fingers crossed it\u2019s the right decision.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in his press conference on Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/education-56153751\">said:<\/a> &#8220;All the evidence shows that schools are safe and the risk posed to children by Covid is vanishingly small.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;But to offer even greater reassurance we&#8217;re introducing twice-weekly testing of secondary school and college pupils and asking them to wear face coverings for the rest of this term.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Families and childcare bubbles will also be encouraged to get tested regularly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo by<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@cdc?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CDC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/classroom?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unsplash.<\/span><\/a> <\/em><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*Name changed to protect identity <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enthusiastic parent praised the Prime Minister&#8217;s announcement on schools reopening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":32553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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