The Grove Primary School
Prior to 8th March 2021, when all pupils were allowed to return to classes, The Grove Primary School, like other schools, was only allowed to accept vulnerable children and children from essential workers only. Numbers of children were very low but the level of teaching was very high.
Nursary and Infant classes
Junior Classes
Teachers not only had to educate the children in the classrooms but also set work for home schooling children and support them and their parents. Most schools used online video conferencing tools like Zoom or Teams but in areas of deprivation this was not always possible due to lack of access to computers and smart phones. Teachers at The Grove also had to print off handouts of work and leave them for collection by parents, or in some cases they had to hand deliver them to ensure that all children had access to the set home work.