Congratulations to the UK Department for Education who have announced a “£1 billion Covid catch up fund to directly tackle the impact of lost teaching time” including an “early years support package to help close the Covid language gap” (UK Department for Education, 2020) https://www.gov.uk/government/news/early-years-support-package-to-help-close-covid-language-gap
As indicated by the UNited Nations: “Children are the hidden victims of the COVID-19 pandemic” (United Nations Children's Fund, 2020)
Children are not the face of this pandemic. But they risk being among its biggest victims...for some children, the impact will be lifelong...the harmful effects...are expected to be most damaging for children...in already disadvantaged or vulnerable situations. (UNICEF, 2020)
