For over 12 months now teachers have had their job roles turned upside down. Teaching has changed very much and when lots of people were told to stay at home, teachers were one of a handful that were told to continue working.
As the year progresses, we are seeing lots of different restrictions being lifted, but that of social distancing is still in place and children are still being taught in their class bubbles. Assemblies are still being done virtually at present and children can only play with people in their bubble not their usual friends. Many staff rooms are closed except to make a drink and teachers are having to give up lunch and break times to sit with their class. Although this has been the situation for some time now, it is still not a nice way of working for anyone and many teachers have said that they cannot wait until they can get back to some sort of normality again and teach the way they used to. Use of equipment is very limited and so lessons that have been taught for years before have suddenly had to be scrapped. It is likely that even if restrictions are lifted in June, many schools will stick to the bubbles until after the 6 week holidays.