And in fairness, DD's teachers are still working incredibly hard, so much so that a survey was sent out from school last week to gauge the levels (there had been complaints to the Head about too much work and students being overloaded - it was a 50/50 response on overloaded/about right from students, 33/50 from parents, with 16% saying not enough
). But basically, still working hard as if in school - DD had a geography test last week and is working hard on the 2 "classroom-based assessments" that need to be done as continuous assessment elements for next years' state exams.
And as far as I can see, there not being much opportunity for water cooler chats these days but some snippets in passing, while DD's school seems to be working particularly hard at keeping normality, most schools and their students are actually well-engaged here in Ireland. Primary schools sent out packs of worksheets and things to work on to homes. Secondaries are mostly doing a combination of video classes (there;s a very funny Hog, Foil and Arms video going around of a maths class online - which DSis (a teacher) and DD (student) have both said is quite realistic although the girls in DD's school aren't quite so smart alec'ed towards the teachers) and sending out assignments electronically. And that schools are getting in touch with parents where the students are not doing enough.
I certainly wouldn't expect those teachers, who have changed lesson plans and learned a lot about teaching in new ways incredibly quickly, as well as continuing to just teach the curriculum and support their students as best they can, while often having their own caring responsibilities at home themselves (including their own DCs to teach and supervise alongside teaching their classes), to have to give up their hard earned holidays over the summer.