Will schools go back in June and will we get summer holidays?

[overweightcat]

Just wondering really, read that schools might be going back June/July if that's the case does that mean no 6 week holidays this year because we effectively had it already?

DS is in reception so would be moving up to year 1 surely there would be no point in sending them to school for a few weeks to then have another 6 week break?

[Pomegranatepompom]

Yes I think my DD (year 2) has forgotten a lot. We are trying but it’s a bit of a battle and she misses her teacher and friends.

[RickOShay]

@Bluntness100
How do you know that?

[overweightcat]

I know everyone has different experiences at the moment.

We have friends who both work and juggle childcare between them and home schooling is completely off the table. We have some where they are both off and both very engaged and have basically set up "classrooms" in their playrooms and so on.

A few Teacher friends who have said they are basically just providing childcare for the key worker children who are at school and not really teaching them.

My DS would be starting year 1 but I'm a bit concerned about the transition and how all that would work if they don't go back before Sept, I'm also concerned if they'll be all over the place if they only go back for a few weeks and then be home again for another 6. I can't imagine they would learn much during that time and I'm wondering if there will be some sort of provisions in place to catch everyone up.

We do homeschool but I know he won't be learning nearly as much from us as he was at school FT.

[Rebk14]

Really hope the schools don't stay open during the summer holidays. I'm a cook at the school and all our staff teachers, office staff, kitchen staff and teachers have all worked all the way through the holidays. Think people forget that we have stayed open all the way through also my son has had to go in school everyday as he is a keyworker kid. Think we all need a break after all this now😔

[frozendaisy]

To be fair if swimming pools, parks, friend's houses etc are all still out of bounds the 6 weeks won't feel like a holiday either.

[SophieB100]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-52969679

Plans for more primary students to go back before summer have been dropped.