Wow, what a crazy chain of events have been happening in 2020. Today could be Alison's last day of primary school. She is going to miss SATS which I am sure she is happy about, but she will also miss the fun bits of the end of school....the PGL trip, the disco, the goodbye assembly, her final sports day, superlatives. I think the teachers are all feeling a bit sad about it all.
The announcement was made on Wednesday that the schools were going to close, to all but children of key workers effective on Friday 20 March. It's all very surreal. We had a staff meeting with the headteacher of my secondary school and she is planning for the schools to be closed for the rest of the school year. I am very impressed with how organised the school has been with getting everything up and running on line. And the kid's schools have been very proactive in getting things prepared for them to do as we adapt to the new normal.
The new normal in my mind will look like this:
The kids get up, have breakfast, get dressed. School work from 9-3 with breaks for lunch and some physical activity. I have decided that we should use this time to teach them American History, and learn life skills like tying shoes, tying ties, basic cooking skills, basic life skills like doing laundry and things like that. In the afternoon, have some for reading the Harry Potter series, and in the evenings, watch an episode of Modern Family.
And lots of time for working puzzles and playing games. And organising and tidying the house and doing a major clean out.
And I will be working on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. And Brad will be working as usual everyday, from home until at least the Easter holidays I would assume.
What I really want to avoid is having the kids be on electronics so much. We need to connect as a family again. We have been all so wrapped up in our own little worlds, and we need to come back together.
I will report back on Monday on how the new normal really looks!!
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