This month’s return to school has built on expertise gained during nearly six months of lockdown. Now the test comes to keep children safe while learning, as head teacher Matthew Condon reports
MARCH 2020 seems like a very different and distant past. As the looming threat of an unknown virus began to sink into the reality of school life, the usual pressures of working in a school (budgets, accountability measures, admissions) was very quickly replaced with the new challenge of keeping everybody safe in the world of Covid-19.
As we all attempted to understand what the new reality of school life would look like, the immediate challenge was to remain connected to our families and children. Our school of Christ the King serves a strong and vibrant community in south Bristol; but also a community with high levels of disadvantage and many families who greatly benefit from the support a school like ours can offer. On an average day, our parents often drop into school to seek advice and support, and the conversations we have each morning keep us connected to our families.