Teachers Deliver Easter Eggs To Military Schoolchildren In Germany During Lockdown

Teachers at Germany's only British forces school have managed to deliver Easter eggs to their pupils despite the country being in lockdown because of COVID-19.

Staff from Attenborough School have been out in Sennelager, hand-delivering the treats to their students' doorsteps.

"We’re now three weeks into school closure and the new regimes of German life," head teacher Andy Chapman told Forces News.

"We just thought it would be a real pick up for the community to see the children and to give them a nice gift for Easter.”

The school, which teaches pupils ranging from nursery age to 11, has not completely stopped with lessons continuing online. 

“We talk a lot in school about caring for each other and I think parents are principle carers but of now, also, parents are the principal educators of their own children," Mr Chapman added.

"Now more than ever that’s become more apparent."

Germany has strict social distancing rules and groups of more than two are currently banned.

Despite the COVID-19 restrictions, some military parents think it could be worse.

“We are able to have places to go out [to]. We’re not in such a busy town like it is back in the UK," said parent Hannah Hall.

"I know a lot of my family are struggling with food shops, especially toilet roll, where here it doesn’t seem to be as bad as it is over there [the UK].”

Attenborough School is meant to reopen on 19 April, however, there has been no confirmation, so far.