Headteachers expect to see masks gone but schools will not be back to normal

Results could be unfairly inflated or deflated under assessment plan replacing cancelled exams

Penybont Primary is transforming its yard for pupils - with a petting zoo, an assault course and puppet shows among the fun on offer

'It's a society with secrets, not a secret society'

All pupils can return to full time face to face teaching for the first day of term, but some schools will use it as a planning day, a number of pupils are self isolating and others are worried about going back

Steve Bowden was headteacher of the former Porth County Community School in Rhondda Cynon Taf between 1996 and 2011

'A dog is an ice breaker - we saw a noticeable difference in pupils working with them'

The 90 self-isolating pupils at Ysgol Treganna in Cardiff are among hundreds around Wales who are unable to go outside and take advantage of the loosened restrictions

Generations of children have stayed at Glan-llyn residential centre in Snowdonia since it opened in 1950 but the pandemic led to its first closure in seven decades

“We wanted to come back and work on wellbeing but all the focus has to be on testing"