Homeschooling in the latest coronavirus lockdown is proving tougher for many parents and children. - Credit: PA The closure of schools has turned the lives of families upside down for the second time in less than a year. And if the first lockdown was a baptism by fire for families forced unwittingly into home classrooms while juggling remote work, the second time round it is proving tougher for many parents and children. “The novelty has worn off” says Helena Gillespie, professor of learning and teaching in higher education at UEA. “There is a sense of tiredness and weariness that there wasn’t last spring and that is why it's important to put family wellbeing at the heart of homeschooling.”