Schools talk about how they are trying to help pupils who fell behind during home-learning.
Ms Bateman says they are also dealing with more early-years children with speech and language difficulties.
She says in one class, 30% of early-years children have been identified with difficulties, and "that's something we don't have additional money for".She says the lockdowns led to many services for younger children closing, such as toddler and baby massage groups, with some only recently reopening. "It's not just in terms of their maths and English skills which are really important, but coming back into the classroom, being aware of what those classroom rules are again, and how they interact with their friends," says Ms Baldwin.She adds that the prevalence of Covid among staff and a lack of supply teachers has "been tough and it's definitely still challenging".
"We've got our first school production for three years coming up in June and we're very excited about that.
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