School is out and a nation of parents are grappling with the conundrum of how to keep their children fit, happy and educated during the coronavirus lockdown. More than 800,000 people tuned in to YouTube on Monday to watch celebrity exercise guru Joe Wicks — AKA The Body Coach — as he launched himself as … Read more
After my partner Ben’s recent Covid-19 diagnosis, I issued a rallying cry to the three of our four boys who are stuck at home with us: ‘Right now, life is a ship that we’re sailing in together.’ Ben and I were the captains; they were the crew. ‘This is not a democracy,’ I told them. … Read more
Celebrities with talents are using their time in self-isolation to tutor the nation’s locked-down children. Body Coach Joe Wicks pitched early, vowing last week to get the country’s schoolchildren active with 9am daily physical education lessons, after it was announced that schools were closing. Around two million people worldwide tuned in to his first work-out … Read more
Jennifer Lopez’s high school sweetheart David Cruz dies aged 51 By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 15:14 GMT, 23 March 2020 | Updated: 15:14 GMT, 23 March 2020 Jennifer Lopez’s former boyfriend David Cruz has died. The Grammy winner dated Cruz, her high school sweetheart, for nearly a decade before splitting up in the mid ’90s. Cruz … Read more
A primary school headteacher has died after testing positive for coronavirus. Wendy Jacobs was headteacher at Roose Primary School in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. She was diagnosed with the deadly COVID-19 virus last week and was rushed to Furness General Hospital’s intensive care unit but later died. Pupils, parents and teachers have been left devastated and have … Read more
Parents are urged to ‘play fair’ by not sending their children to school on Monday as companies are warned don’t ‘put profit over people’ and interpret key workers lists ‘for their ends’ Unions begging parents to ‘play fair’ and not send their children to school The Government ordered mass school closures amid the coronavirus pandemic … Read more
Chalk that up as an excellent idea! School sees its DIY geometric mural – that uses electrical tape – go viral after parents-turned-teachers call it ‘genius’ Blanco Vista Elementary PE ,in Texas, came up with a fun mural for their pupils Easy-to-make DIY mural uses plastic electrical tape to make geometrical shapes Students then fill … Read more
Families and schools are split over who qualifies as key workers during the Pandemic Crisis as headteachers urge parents to keep children away from schools. The Government has published a sweeping list of key workers who are required to keep crucial public services and sectors of Britain’s economy afloat. Divided into eight categories, the list … Read more
US mother-of-three ‘launches attack on husband and children because she was furious coronavirus had closed their school’ Jessica Cambray, from Provo, Utah, arrested over claims she choked her partner The 36-year-old also allegedly kicked one of her boys and twisted another’s arm ‘She was upset about her children’s school circumstances,’ an affidavit read Coronavirus symptoms: … Read more
Confusion over who qualifies as a key worker whose children can stay in school during the coronavirus crisis intensified last night as the government published a list of jobs ranging from doctors to sewerage workers – but then told them to ask their bosses if they were indispensable. Less than 12 hours before schools close … Read more