Decided to get a haircut yesterday as I could no longer wait for the barber to open and so and allowed Hayley to attack me with a pair of scissors and a hair trimmer.
Hair by Hayley, beard by Worzel Gummidge...
If the C-19 lockdown experience changes men's hair fashion back to a longer style, I'm going to miss out on it.
Schools returning: a possible suggestion, in my opinion, would be for the year to be repeated. As for the new intake in September, we're one of the few countries in Europe where kids start at age 5; most start at age 6. I've no idea what continental schools are considering - possibly not starting school till age 7....
Another partial solution to consider would be to dragoon churches into becoming temporary, field schools during the week and persuading retired teachers to come back temporarily, in the same manner as medics have come back into the NHS. There can't be many schools that are more than a short walk away from a church and it's not unusual these days for pupils to travel between affiliated schools in an area for lessons. It happens here in Chipping Sodbury - both my boys had some A level lessons in a different school. If not enough ex teachers can be recruited, use video technology to split a class between classroom and field classroom, with a teaching assistant maintaining order at the field classroom.
Schools returning: a possible suggestion, in my opinion, would be for the year to be repeated. As for the new intake in September, we're one of the few countries in Europe where kids start at age 5; most start at age 6. I've no idea what continental schools are considering - possibly not starting school till age 7....
Another partial solution to consider would be to dragoon churches into becoming temporary, field schools during the week and persuading retired teachers to come back temporarily, in the same manner as medics have come back into the NHS. There can't be many schools that are more than a short walk away from a church and it's not unusual these days for pupils to travel between affiliated schools in an area for lessons. It happens here in Chipping Sodbury - both my boys had some A level lessons in a different school. If not enough ex teachers can be recruited, use video technology to split a class between classroom and field classroom, with a teaching assistant maintaining order at the field classroom.
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It makes sense for those areas with those places that can do it. In inner urban areas with large empty stores they too could be utilised for schooling.
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