Pupils adapting to new ways of learning

Many families are now home-schooling their children and staff at our local schools have been working hard to devise new and creative ways of supporting them.
Young people whose parents are critical workers are still attending school where the structure of their learning has changed too.
Here the headteacher of Northburn Primary, Clare Scott, tells us of her experiences during the coronavirus outbreak.
She said: “The children who are still attending school have been creating lots of art work in response to the current situation they find themselves in.
They have produced countless rainbows, colourful chalk pictures and 3D constructions outside, as well as participating in online art lessons.
They have thoroughly enjoyed working creatively and have shown fantastic collaboration and peer support throughout.
Our children are very aware of the amazing work the heroes in the NHS and other critical workers are doing.
This picture by the Fryatt family reflects that. It generated lots of talk about what it means to be a hero today and how we can all be heroes and do our bit.
Teamwork and morale of staff remains high as they work on a rota, in school or from home.
We are producing home learning which can be accessed online.
Twitter and Tapestry have proved invaluable in maintaining communication, which we feel is particularly important at this time.
The staff have set challenges for our children and the response has been great.
I am very grateful to all the school community for engaging.”