At MLC School in Burwood,the heads of school were dressed in unicorn onesies to welcome kindergarten and year 1 back after more than three months of remote learning.
As kids head back to the classroom for face-to-face learning,teachers in Broken Hill say their students are keen to get back to language and culture lessons.
Kindergarten and year 1 are the first Sydney students to return to school on Monday after four months of lockdown. Even though school won’t be back to its usual settings,many experts and parents believe it’s the right compromise.
On Sunday night,families of students in kindergarten,year 1 and year 12 will be packing their schoolbags and preparing uniforms for the first time since June. The rest will return a week later. Here is what to expect.
A new report warns there may be some level of student and teacher discomfort when temperatures rise,but that will be necessary to help mitigate COVID-19 transmission.
Sydney pathologist Andrea Thomson* didn’t see the school holidays going this way:locked inside with her three children,all COVID-19 positive,while her husband isolates separately in the house.
The NSW Education Department has not placed an order for any air purification devices despite conceding they may be necessary for some indoor spaces when students return next month.
The state’s schools are once again stocked with hand sanitiser but staff feel more equipped to deliver remote learning than they did last year.
Life in lockdown for mum-of-three Courtney Lardner last year was nothing if not disruptive.
You know school holidays are over when supermarkets are pushing lunchbox snacks,but to find healthy snack packs takes a bit of sleuthing – or creativity.
There will be a different flavour to the first day of school this year. A COVID-safe drop-off awaits the parents of kindergarten,year 1,2 and 7 students,who are allowed back on public school grounds this term.