My last day of work for the academic year wasn't in July as it should have been. I should have been congratulating myself on completing the first year of a new job. Instead, having been thoroughly preparing children for their SATs, school ended for the foreseeable future on Friday 20th March 2020. At which point my self-isolation started.
Due to the coronavirus, COVID-19, outbreak and the fact that I have asthma, I am now in a strange sort of quarantine. I'm not the most sociable of people generally but the prospect of not socialising with my new friends from work or church or seeing anyone from my family fills me with a sense of dread.
I'm trying not to focus on that. I'm trying to focus on giving my own children the best home education experience possible. I'm trying to create a range of activities that children from my class can complete, enjoy and learn from. I'm trying also to be the best husband and father that I can be. I'm trying to stay calm.
I've bought the subscription to Disney+. I've set up the Learning Room to become an excellent place for me and my daughters to work and learn. I'm thinking about the things I need to do to stay sane.
These are very strange times indeed. A war on an invisible terror. I'm naming them the Corona Wars and imagine looking back in 40 years time telling my grandchildren about them. "Back in the war..." What will I tell them? Only time will tell...
