Home learning has all become a bit much for Luna the dog and Angela Smith's daughter, Kayla. Picture: Angela SmithHome learning has all become a bit much for Luna the dog and Angela Smith's daughter, Kayla. Picture: Angela Smith
Home learning has all become a bit much for Luna the dog and Angela Smith's daughter, Kayla. Picture: Angela Smith

31 photos show what homeschooling in Portsmouth really looks like

HOMESCHOOLING – how hard can it be?

Thanks to Covid-19, parents across the Portsmouth area have spent multiple periods of lockdown learning the answer to that question.

And spoiler alert – teaching their children themselves while potentially juggling their own livelihoods has proved a mammoth task.

Many mothers and fathers have developed a new-found appreciation for the heroes leading our region’s classrooms, and rightly so.

But during lockdown number three, despite the brilliant remote support they continue to receive from teachers, parents tell us it can still be tough to make a horse drink once it’s been led to water.

These fun photos, sent in by readers of The News, help to illustrate what homeschooling during a global pandemic really looks like.

NOTE: Every photo gallery we publish contains the option to ‘buy a photo’.

However, no pictures from this gallery have been sent to our Photo Sales team – so they are not available to purchase or view elsewhere online.

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