We’re all feeling a bit anxious today. A bit apprehensive. Just that little bit unsure about what this week will bring.
Rhys is back to home learning on Wednesday (our school have planning days today and tomorrow) and Nerys is due back at school. We went back and forth quite a bit about what we thought was best, and have ultimately reached the conclusion that she will be going back in.
And I do feel anxious about it. And apprehensive and unsure.
I trust our school though. I trust that they’ll do everything they can to keep all the children and the staff as safe as possible. And I know that Nerys will do well being back in the classroom, spending time physically with her teachers and her friends. I just still have that niggling feeling of worry about it all.
Nerys is nervous too. After all this time at home she’s worried she’ll miss us, and she knows that things at school still won’t be anywhere near ‘normal’, which upsets her a bit.
So I’m pleased we have these extra two days to spend together at home, after a really quite lovely half term break.
We managed to get out to the local parks and to the beach most days last week and the fresh air did us all a world of good. It’s hard to worry about going back to school when you’re on a windswept beach, chasing a football and taunting the tide.
The half term break was also full of Harry Potter films and Roblox games, a little bit of crafting for Brownies, and a few late nights.
It was a really welcome break from home learning and the children loved being able to just relax a bit, before heading into the next half term which is likely to bring with it more changes as older children start possibly heading back into school again too.
There’s still a lot of uncertainty about what’s happening, and I know it’ll take us a while to get used to this new routine for a bit of Nerys being in school and Rhys still doing work at home.
I’m looking for the positives though. With just one child at home it should be easier to juggle home learning and my own work, and Rhys can have a bit more of my attention during the day when he needs it. And then Nerys can have a bit of time one on one with me too, on the way to and from school. I’m hoping the weather plays ball so we can walk home from school most days this week, to buy us that little bit of extra time together.
Are any of your children heading back to school this week or is it back to home learning again in your house?
My 3 year old is heading back to preschool today, she’s only been off for half term and has asked every day if she can go to school. It’s such a horribly, tense day. I’m not expecting much to change but even a vague plan would give us all some hope.
Katrina x
Good luck to you! I think that’s all you can do… trust! It’s hard.
We’ve decided to delay a little longer – I’m still so frightened of it all – but I’ll be heading back to work soon so there wont be much of a choice then.
Take care,
Jemma x
Aww all the uncertainty has been so tough on kids lately, I hope Nerys settles back in well this week xx
It’s not easy is it? Everyone’s anxiety levels are through the roof with worry about the virus, about safety, about missing parents (or missing children) and all this ‘new normality’ stuff which I’m not even sure we are ready or safe for yet. It’s all just so worrying and it’s not fair on the kids at all. I wish that they didn’t have to go through a pandemic, it’s just not fair.
I hope Nerys has been enjoying school. Like you, I trust the school and just go along with what they say unless I have real problems with it, which I haven’t yet, thankfully! x
I hope last week went OK – we had the same dilemma before the summer when Gabe could go back to school but Toby didn’t. In the end we went with it and it worked really well for both of them. Fingers crossed it’s the same for you x