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Coronavirus: Tough school decisions for families on the border
May 23, 2020
Image caption The Morgans and Lyalls are two families divided by an invisible line
Almost every school night, Hope Lyall would usually be at dance practice.
She does ballroom, Latin, tap and ballet.
But like every other school-age child that has a hobby, sport or passion, she's been practising, and also learning, at home since lockdown restrictions were put in place on 23 March.
Hope is in Year 6, the last year of primary school.
It's the year for prom, exams, and the last time seeing many friends - September means high school when she won't see some ever again, as some of her fellow classmates will continue their education in Chepstow, in Wales, and others move to Wyedean, in England.
And for those reasons, her mother, Virginia, would prefer that Hope could return to school, if possible.
Image caption Virginia Lyall: 'We're all home schooling'
"It's the transition, they're going into a big school, and it's going to be a major change, but I think they just need the baby steps that Year 6 gives them getting ready, and they haven't had that because we're all home-schooling," she said.
And, it's clear what Hope would rather be doing: "I'd would really like want to say a proper goodbye to all of my friends."
Knighton is in Powys, mid Wales. But Offa's Dyke, the national path that roughly runs along the Welsh/English border, runs straight through the town.
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