Meldreth Primary School www.meldreth.cambs.sch.uk At the time of writing, over the May Bank Holiday weekend, more than half of the adult population in Britain has received two vaccine doses against Covid-19. People are starting to travel once more; pubs, shops and restaurants have tentatively reopened their doors and many of us are reuniting with family members not seen in well over a year. In time with an end to the long cold winter, it feels as if the world is reawakening at last. Indeed, many of the children in school were looking forward to seeing or staying with grandparents over half term; relatives that many had not seen since Christmas 2019, a huge proportion of their young lives. So what did we learn in school from living through the pandemic? It has certainly been a strange, challenging and at times isolating experience for us all. Had the virus hit us even five years ago, I think the experience would have been quite different to what we have just faced. Advances in technology enabled whole new learning experiences to open up: online lessons, Google Classroom and Zoom. These tools, which were almost unheard of eighteen months ago, became central to our lives over the last year. Exceptionally high daily attendance for online classes and truly amazing support from parents, ensured that most children stayed well on track in their core learning and continue to progress well, now that we are all back in school together. In school, between lockdowns (and still continuing now) children have adapted well to the idea of working and playing in bubbles. We have seen class 21
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