Smiling faces as West Norfolk schools return to the classroom
| Updated: 10:03, 11 March 2021
It was smiling faces all round as West Norfolk s teachers and pupils welcomed the return to the classroom this week after more than two months of lockdown.
Youngsters at St Martha s Catholic Primary School made their way into the school gates, where they were welcomed by head of school Hayley Pink.
Jane Gardener, executive headteacher at Sandringham and West Newton Primary Academy, said: âIt was so wonderful to have everyone back in school, seeing all the smiling faces and the excited chatter, it made school feel like school again hearing the buzz in every classroom.â
âIt sounds like a real school againâ said a relieved King s Lynn primary school head of school
| Updated: 15:36, 08 March 2021
Children and parents were all smiles yesterday for the long-awaited return to West Norfolkâs schools following strict lockdown measures.
While yesterday saw the primary school pupils make their return to the classroom, secondary pupils will have a staggered return this week as school-based testing is introduced.
Speaking to the Lynn News after yesterday morningâs school run, Hayley Pink, head of school at St Marthaâs Catholic Primary School in Lynn, said: âIt went really, really well. The kids were so excited to be back with their friends and the parents were happy too.