Tight turnaround for North East schools as they return to remote learning
Video report by Amy Lea
Since the Prime Minister announced a full lockdown, schools and teachers in the North East and North Yorkshire have spent the day putting learning back online and assessing what impact the cancellation of exams this summer might have.
Classrooms are now virtual for almost all learners. Teaching staff have told ITV Tyne Tees that keeping in touch with parents, and reassuring pupils, has been their biggest challenge.
Ordinarily, St Bernadettes RC Primary School in Nunthorpe on Teesside would be full of children. Instead, assembly, like classes have shifted online.
Teachers have told Tyne Tees they were working into the night at home to set up online classes in readiness for remote learning once again.
Staff found out they would be closed today just like everyone else - by watching the Prime Minister's address on TV
With GCSEs and A Levels now looking unlikely to take place this summer, students across our region are left trying to understand what their future might look like