While the lockdown has not yet been extended, the length of time it lasts for will be determined by the ever developing situation.

If the lockdown has not yet helped to curb the spread of covid-19 then it is likely it will be extended.

Deputy Gavin St Pier, as Chair of the Civil Contingencies Authority, has previously said he won't hesitate to impose measures on the population to tackle the pandemic, including tightening up the guidelines for what businesses are classed as essential over the weekend. 

Read, digest and STAY AT HOME unless essential. (PS will obviously keep under review.) #GuernseyTogether https://t.co/YvIPE5PBB8

— Gavin St Pier (@gavinstpier) March 29, 2020

Now, for some people, the focus is turning on to education and what might happen after the scheduled Easter holidays.

States run schools are due to break between Friday 3 April and Tuesday 21 April.

Most pupils have already been off since Friday 20 March, although some work has been sent home with them to give them some educational activities to focus on during what's been described as an "extended Easter holiday". Home learning is currently described as 'optional' because of the short notice before the schools were closed to all but the children of key workers, those with special educational needs and those recognised as vulnerable. 

Once the school holidays are over, the Education Office says children will have to be studying - whether they are still at school or still at home.  

Pictured: School staff are still available and will be over the Easter holidays too, for any advice or information. 

To prepare everyone for the possibility of an even longer school shutdown, parents of children at States’ run primary and secondary schools are due to receive information through the post about how they might wish to use education resources at home.

Discussions between the Education Office and school leaders have already been taking place to ensure education can resume in a more formal structure, and what that might look like later next month.

The information being sent out that has come from those talks will remind parents and carers that not all education is limited to academic studies and that other activities are valuable too. Well being is also an important part of education and that is anther key focus for education staff. 

Pictured: ESC President, Deputy Matt Fallaize. 

Deputy Matt Fallaize, President of the Committee for Education, Sport & Culture, has been full of praise for the efforts of teaching staff as the community comes together to meet the challenges of the global coronavirus pandemic.

"It became necessary at quite short notice to close schools to all students except children of critical workers. When this happened, our teachers worked hard to prepare as much material as they could for parents and children who want to take advantage of optional home learning during this extended holiday period.

"The unavoidable speed of the decision to close schools to the vast majority of students and to do it on the basis of extending the Easter holiday made it inevitable that the education offer was not going to be the same for all children in all schools. But schools and teachers are doing a great job pulling together resources and supporting and encouraging parents and children.

Pictured: Parents are being reminded that not all education is based around academic studies. 

"Teachers and support staff in schools are playing a vital role in what we all recognise needs to be a whole community response to the pandemic. Without their commitment, many critical workers would need to be at home with their children and children who are at home but want to continue with schoolwork would be left without the guidance and advice they need. We also had a fantastic response from teachers when they were asked if they would continue working in this way on a voluntary basis during their Easter holidays which are imminent.

"We are currently in a unique two-week period of extended holiday. After the Easter holidays we will need to resume education on a more formal, structured basis, but of course it will have to be consistent with the Public Health advice available at that time. That may mean education in school or education at home or a combination of those things. I want to reassure parents that we are planning for a range of scenarios so that children can continue to make good progress educationally throughout the next school term whether they are in school or learning at home."