Antoinette Frearson, a teaching assistant in Worcestershire, says that, previously, she was “all for learning in schools and making sure that everyone’s fulfilling their potential”. Some parents opting to home school for the long-term say they would never have considered that option before. If teaching maths wasn't working, we'd go outside and do a minibeast survey “I work across different time zones,” she says, “so I’m doing presentations and seminars after he’s gone to sleep.” She says she’s been “very transparent” with co-workers, saying, “these are my circumstances, so my revised timetable has to now factor in this other very important job”.
Right now, she says, “I can’t take that gamble.”Ĭhikerema Chiromo is lucky that she can work flexibly. Luca had enjoyed school, though, and she remains open to him going back eventually. Chikerema Chiromo isn’t convinced it’s safe for her son to be part of the “experiment” of schools reopening. Luca has asthma and, pre-pandemic, had overnight stays in hospital with bronchitis. Finally, in lockdown, she says, “we were working through those books and it was easy”. Before he started school, she had bought him some overly advanced books to prepare him. Not only did lockdown give them back this bonding time, she says, “but I was seeing Luca’s development for myself, which was incredible”. “You can’t do that with school,” she says, and with her job and domestic duties, she found that “there was just no time for us”. If they were both shattered and needed a break, she could pull him out for a day off together, making dens and watching films. “We are extremely close and he’s very curious, so we get up to a lot of exploring and adventures.”Ĭhikerema Chiromo had struggled with her son’s transition from nursery, which provided comforting daily updates about what he had eaten and done. “It’s been the two of us from day one,” she says. Her five-year-old son, Luca, would have moved up to year 1 this term, but Chikerema Chiromo has chosen not to send him back. She works for the international business network EY (formerly Ernst and Young), leading a global programme to get more women into technology. Mari-Anne Chikerema Chiromo is a single mother who lives in London, with no family nearby. He’s very curious, so we get up to a lot of exploring and adventures
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