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Hello, for the last few months,

schools have mostly sounded like this.

Yes, pretty quiet.

From today in England,

because we're recording this on Monday,

they sounded like this.

There is a difference though now in secondary schools,

because pupils are getting lateral flow tests

to identify asymptomatic COVID cases,

which means pupils like Ernie and Holly

are having to stick those swabs up their noses.

I'm a bit worried,

but I think it's what we have to do

to keep everyone safe,

and so that's what we have to do.

As long as you do it correctly, you'll be fine.

And yeah, like Holly said,

it's just helping all the people that need help

and it's preventing the spread of the virus.

So anything we can do is a bonus.

And schools in England,

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