drop off time at st leonard's catholic school in durham. children are at home. the government says it's safer for them to be there, because this school has a dangerous type of concrete known as raac. we're not privy to a lot of the time scale issues, which is why we're here, but it's not good enough for our children. their socialisation alone, never mind their education on top of that, and there are opportunities that could be predicted from that are being disadvantaged. for pupils who have been coming in, lessons have been far from normal in recent weeks. so we're using the sports hall, there's a — there's this block, this 1880 block, which is a bit ironic, isn't it? the oldest block, that's fine. you know, there's no raac in there whatsoever. i'm hopeful that, over the next few weeks, we'll gradually see an increase in face to face, and by — after half term, we'll have all the children back in some sort of face to face learning. that's the hope for elliot, who has just started at st leonard's. he'd been excited to join the football team,

drop—off time at st leonard's catholic school in durham.he next few weeks, we'll gradually see an increase in face—to—face, and by after half term, we'll have all the children back in some sort of face—to—face learning. that's the hope for elliot, who has just started at st leonard's. he'd been excited to join the football team, but now it's keepy—uppies between lessons at home. some of the time, anyway. when it's break time i normallyjust sit down and watch youtube in bed. more than 150 children are in this online lesson — all with their cameras off. only the teacher speaks. this ifeel quite isolated because i'm always staring at a screen for six hours a day. ifeel a lack of human interaction. what you going to be learning each of the days? st leonard's is one of 174 schools in england confirmed to have raac last month — and one of 2a where the government said some pupils had been learning remotely. he was really looking forward to going in and building on those relationships, and obviously not being able to do that — or not being able to

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