LUKE MARSDEN: Classroom return welcomed

I drove past a bus stop on Tuesday as schoolkids queued to get on the big yellow bus to take them (finally) back to school.
Pupils in face masksPupils in face masks
Pupils in face masks

It was a strange sight to see a herd of schoolchildren wearing blue and white face masks.

To be honest I was more shocked that they kept them on for longer than a minute after leaving the house.

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Perhaps we simply aren’t giving enough credit to the younger generation.

They have been perceived to be unapologetic, party-going carriers of Covid, yet seeing a group of school kids in Whelley wearing face masks boarding a bus gave me confidence that they are taking this pandemic seriously after all.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure not all of them will have kept that mask on; some will probably have used it as a makeshift slingshot.

Imagine on your first day of high school you were asked to wear a mask in the corridors.

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The first day back for any school kid is daunting enough with the jump from primary to high school or a step up into another year, let alone having to do it with half of their face restricted.

If this is the price we have to pay to get children back in the classroom then it’s a small price indeed.

Recalling when I’ve had to remind someone about social distancing over the past few months, it hasn’t been a child but an adult (I could smell his breath he was that close!)

Now that we’re in autumn, a wash-out of a summer behind us, let’s remain positive we can start to go about our lives as normal as possible.

The alternative is we order some Breaking Bad hazmat suits and walk around as though we are in a new Netflix spin-off series.

I think I’ve still got mine from Hallowe’en...