Of course. The virus has finally caught up with our school right at the end of half term, one year group affected and one year group off. However the educational and social benefits far, far outweigh the risks.
DS1 has multiple SNs. Like many children with Autism he could not cope with having to learn in the wrong environment, with his sibling not his peers, with his mum as a teacher (despite being qualified and remembering being in her classroom a few years earlier). He can't cope with zoom. Death by worksheet is like a slow, dull educational death to a child with dyslexia and dyspraxia.
DS2 is sociable and needs more company than one sibling with compromised social skills. In June & July, he was struggling. Lethargic. Foul tempered. Rude. Because he was unhappy and understimulated. As we began to get a vaguely familiar holiday vibe in July with more stimulation, I got my cheerful, sunny, enthusiastic child back. Again home learning was a disaster because why should a young (and immature) child want to learn when their big sibling is turning everything into a battle.
School is essential to their well being. Educationally, socially, physical health. In the spring/ summer, I could walk them 5-8 miles to tire them out. In the mud, wind and rain?
I didn't send DS1 to school in the summer term because he needed education and they were offering childcare and would have struggled with the inconsistent staffing and people in school each day/ week.