Ever since schools announced closures, parents have had the difficult task of providing their children with education through lockdown.
Parents have been coming up with different innovative ways to ensure their children are still following the school curriculum.
Timetables are a popular method to keep some form of routine or schedule in place while learning at home.
A very well organised timetable which involves free time as well as typical lessons. Photo: Hannah Murphy
Lessons planned thoroughly, even with pictures to suit! Photo: Gill Karran
Hannah Murphy has two children, aged four and eight, and told The Lincolnite about how tough it can be to homeschool them.
“There have been times when it has been really tough balancing everything, and times I have been brought to tears.
“However, each time I crack a little I feel better for it and remind myself I can only do what I can do. Something will always have to give.”
Gill Karran has said she is finding it hard to keep her children motivated at times, but has seen plenty of positives too.
“It is a lot harder than I ever anticipated, but on the plus side I am learning quite a lot and using my brain to remember things when I went to school to try and teach them myself.
“The other plus side is they have learnt a lot of life skills eg. Making a cup of tea, hoovering and cleaning, gardening and most of all using their imagination to stop the boredom.”
Online work throughout the homeschooling lockdown period. Photo: Gill Karran
Nerissa Brown is currently juggling the education of three children of different ages, and isn’t just sticking to school work for education.
“We have done baking, planting seeds, DIY and gardening.
“We have tried to get a good balance of school work, free time and learning basic life skills.”
A busy day of learning in this household! Photo: Nerissa Brown
The support from schools themselves has also appeared to provide a huge help for parents.
Nerissa said: “We can’t fault our school at all. They have been fantastic from the start, keeping us updated on what they are doing and what will be happening.”
Hannah said: “There are a lot things online they are pointing us towards so we can help the kids and keep them working.
“I am just like a teacher now as I am lesson planning on a Sunday for the week!”
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Marc Jones, the re-elected Conservative Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner, said that his work is not done, as he’s looking forward to a further three years in the role.
Mr Jones won with a 57.9% majority of the poll from the first round of counting, with 102,813 votes from a 31% turnout. A total of 177,528 votes were placed county-wide.
The nearest candidate was Labour’s Rosanne Kirk, with a 19% share of the votes, with Lincolnshire Independent David Williams securing the third spot with 10%.
The breakdown of the votes cast on Thursday, May 6, and counted on Saturday, may 8, was:
Marc Jones (Conservative) – 102,813
Rosanne Kirk (Labour) – 34,310
David Williams (Lincolnshire Independent) – 18,375
Ross Pepper (Liberal Democrats) – 10,172
Peter Escreet (Reform UK) – 6,101
Marc Jones: “More work to do”
“It’s very gratifying to have concluded today on the first count, that was a really positive thing for what I’ve delivered so far,” said Mr Jones.
“But I’m under no illusions having spoken to many around the county there’s an awful lot more work to do.”
He said he wanted to assure the public that “nothing was taken for granted”.
Rosie Kirk – Labour – 2nd place
Labour’s candidate Rosie Kirk said she was “thrilled for her party” across all three elections that had taken place in Lincolnshire this week.
“The votes that we got was incredible. Our message got through and to actually come second in a Conservative county is really great,” she said.
However, she added that there were “lots of questions that still need to be asked” and promised to keep up her scrutiny of Marc in his role.
Ross Pepper – Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrat candidate Ross Pepper said the result was not “entirely unexpected”.
However, he said he was proud of the three Liberal Democrat councillors that had won seats in the local elections at Lincolnshire County and City of Lincoln Councils.
“I’m ready to work with them for a better Lincolnshire and a better Lincoln,” he said.
“In a Conservative heavy county we did a really good job of getting the Liberal Democrat message out there… and we continue pushing that message through local campaigning in the future.”
David Williams – Lincolnshire Independents
David Williams, the Lincolnshire Independents PCC candidate congratulated Marc Jones on his victory but said it is “not a surprising outcome”.
“I’m really pleased to have run for the post, because if I hadn’t have had a go to do a job that I really would have relished then I would have looked back and regretted not having taking the opportunity.”
Peter Escreet – Reform UK
Peter Escreet, the Reform UK candidate also said the result “was as expected” but actually he was “pleasantly surprised,” saying that this is “just the start”.
“The real campaign is in three years’ time” where Mr Escreet wants to grow a majority.
Conservative Marc Jones has been re-elected to the Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner role.
He won from the first round of counting with 102,813 votes from a 31% turnout.
The PCC oversees the strategy and finances of the force, and also hires and fires chief constables, who are responsible for the daily policing operations.
Mr Jones will be in the position for three years.
The breakdown of the results is:
Marc Jones (Conservative) – 102,813
Rosanne Kirk (Labour) – 34,310
Ross Pepper (Liberal Democrats) – 10,172
David Williams (Lincolnshire Independent) – 18,375
Peter Escreet (Reform UK) – 6,101
Here’s the live result announcement, the reactions and acceptance speech:
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