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AS WE enter another new year, last night’s fizz sits stale in champagne flutes throughout the land, millions nurse hangovers whilst many more suffer from the latest round of Covid-related illnesses.
Meanwhile schools wait to see if there will be any announcements about changes to measures in place in response to the rapid rise in cases of Covid. It is difficult not to look back at the chaotic start to last year with schools open for a day before closing their doors to return to remote learning.
But, a year on, we are not in the same position. A large percentage of the adult population is now double vaccinated, a testament to what remains of our National Health Service, with 11 to 18 year olds also now having the opportunity to get vaccinated. There is also a definite Covid fatigue setting in amongst some education staff with an often restated desire to “just get back to normal.”
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