Published Monday 22 June 2020 at 17:08
Message from the Council’s Executive Member for Children, Young People and Education as more children start returning to school today
Cllr Julie Gunn said:
I’m so pleased to see that many more of Blackburn with Darwen’s children have starting returning to school and education settings today following the wider extension of their opening, which is excellent news.
I am sure that many of you will be following the debate about children going back to school, as a school governor also, I think that it is really important to minimise further disruption to the education of our young people and help get them back on track, as well as enabling parents to get back to work.
Our education colleagues have been working closely with head teachers and leaders across the borough throughout the past few months to get to this point. We are so proud of the fantastic response and support that’s been given by all our schools and settings during this time.
The article in today’s Lancashire Telegraph, I think will go some way to giving parents and carers the reassurance that schools are taking sensible precautions to keep our children safe.
Our schools and settings have remained open for our key workers and identified learners during lockdown. Schooland settings staff have had a lot to consider and plan for during this time. I’d really like to thank both the staff and the children in the videos for taking part as in doing this, they are helping to reassure other school children too who may have had some worries about returning to school.
I am pleased that the majority of our primary schools and early years settings have extended opening to the identified year groups and our secondary schools have been welcoming back pupils in years 10 and 12.
It is encouraging to learn that cases of COVID-19 continue to fall and I hope it continues that way with us all playing our part to help stop the virus spreading further.