Wearing a face mask, taking hand gel everywhere and maths at the kitchen table have all become part of everyday life during the pandemic.

Over the next few weeks we'll hear about the highs and lows of the virtual classroom from our secret homeschooler.

We are a week on, and this week has been very much like last week and the week before that, and indeed, the week before that.

Year 3 has started a new book - it's about the Amazon rainforest. We haven't really found out much about the book's content yet as we are busy trying to learn how we can explain our senses through writing.

'What adjectives could we use to explain how it would smell in the rainforest?' A reasonably straightforward task you would assume.

"Mummy, have we been to the rainforest before?" I'm asked.

"No we haven't", I reply.

"Well, if all those animals live there and they don't have a litter tray, I guess it would smell of poo!"

"Oh, then how am I supposed to know what it smells like?"

"I don't know, I suppose we make up what it might smell like."

"Well, if all those animals live there and they don't have a litter tray, I guess it would smell of poo!"

Ahhhhhhhhh! Do we submit this work to the teacher or do we send the edited highlights that make our children appear to be mini geniuses? It's a genuine dilemma.

What parent is brave enough to send in the raw truth of what is actually happening to the assigned school app?

And how many parents have deleted said app because it takes up space on the phone and yet more time from our ground hog days?

I'm sure many parents now dread the beep telling us there's a comment on the work we have submitted - we pick up the phone and look with trepidation.

It's causing one massive life of guilt right now.

Guilt that we are not doing enough to help our children learn. Guilt that we are spending too much time with our children when we should be working. Then, guilt that we are ignoring our children because we are working. Guilt that we are spending more time with one child than the other.

Oh, and then at some point we need to squeeze in doing the housework, food shopping, cooking, washing and, let's not forget the day we all now look forward to and live for - bin day. And then we feel guilty when we don't get it all done. But should we?

I have definitely made changes as time has gone on and decided, no, we shouldn't feel guilty.

We are all doing the best we can.

I've told myself I can only do what I am capable of when supporting my children's home learning - and for anything I don't understand, there's Google.

I have also accepted the fact it is not the end of the world to give my children a microwave meal from time-to-time.

I have talked to my children about my work commitments to ensure they understand why mummy is busy and can't help 'right now'.

I hope anyone feeling the guilt of being torn between work, homeschooling and the expectation of a nice clean house can move on from those feeling and find peace in their mind that they are doing the best they can - as we all are.

This week has been Children's Mental Health Week and Time To Talk day.

While I'm pretty confident my children are doing okay, I've realised just how important it is to stay in touch with other families and know we're not alone.

We might not be able to get together to share our experiences, and at times we might feel rather isolated, but there is always someone at the end of a phone call or WhatsApp message who's probably also just tried to stop their children writing about poo.

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