Thursday 26 November 2020

November News

 

I'd better write a post before the month is out otherwise it won't be November's news!   I was thinking I'd write on the 1st of the month to keep my blog up-to-date but the good thing is I've been busy.

Since the beginning of November I've been invigilating exams at the local school  - a few A level re-sits followed by over 2 weeks of GCSE mocks.  I'm in charge of the main hall so that's 240 students with more space for us.   Everything was going fine until last Monday when a girl tested positive for Covid so we lost 50 students overnight who were put in isolation.   We also lost a few more who probably told their parents they had to isolate to get out of doing the rest of their exams.   Sadly this wasn't the case as all their exams papers were parcelled up and hand delivered by staff.    I was amazed we got most of the exams done as I thought everything would go downhill!!

The area where we live is reasonably clear - a lot of people are still working from home and not travelling to London.  Also Gatwick Airport is very quiet so lots of people have been made redundant.  Not really good economically but it keeps interactions down.   

So roll on Christmas....we've decided not to rush to the shops and buy Christmas presents this year.  We're already looking forward to Easter, maybe buy presents then and visit friends and relatives. 

Take care everyone.

Elaine xx