Praising teachers It s no secret that teachers and education staff have worked tirelessly to adapt and overcome the challenges of working during the pandemic and trying to minimise the impacts of lockdown on children s learning. Messages of praise have been flooding in for teachers and schools from families across Cumbria thanking them for all their support during the pandemic. We asked families on the News & Star/The Cumberland News Facebook page if they had any schools or teachers they wanted to thank for their support during the pandemic. We were inundated with messages for the wonderful work of school staff with people commenting that every staff member was worthy of praise for all they have managed to achieve in such difficult circumstances.
READERS have responded to Cumbrian parents who have won a battle to get their children a place in specialist education in the county. A group of parents launched a campaign for more places at specialist education school Mayfield, and Cumbria County Council has worked to find a place for 12 more pupils who were initially denied that SEN support. Parents Emma Harry and Darren Hendren, from Thornhill, said their son Noah, four, would be unable to cope in a mainstream school due to his severe learning disabilities. In January they were told he had not been granted a place. Then authorities made a U-turn.