Children at Dowra National School in Co Leitrim are happy to be back at their desks
While social distancing might not be too hard with only 48 children, breaks will be staggered to ensure no mixing between the two classrooms.
A big clearout was organised to help facilitate social distancing in the senior room, where perspex screens separate pupils who face each other across double desks. The children had cheered loudly on that day way back in March when they and the teachers heard then taoiseach Leo Varadkar on the radio announcing the immediate shutdown of all schools. But all, bar one – junior infant Ryan Gilrane who couldn’t be coaxed inside – seemed happy to be there. They bounded up the path – separate routes for each of the two classrooms – taking the teachers’ visors and the hand sanitisers in their stride.
“My biggest heartache is that they are in different rooms and because of the new rules Daniel can’t go in to Kyle if he needs him,” said Patricia.
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