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All Victorian school students to return to classroom learning this month Monday 5 October 2020 ABC News |
All Victorian Year 7 students will return to face-to-face learning next Monday, while Years 8, 9 and 10 will go back to classrooms on October 26. Education Minister James Merlino said the decision was based on updated public health advice which took into account Victoria’s progress in defeating the second wave of coronavirus. Mr Merlino said Year 7 was a “milestone year” and he was pleased to be able to announce their return to classroom learning from October 12. |
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Term 4 school dates set in Victorian roadmap to ‘COVID’ normal Published: 06/09/2020 7 NEWS |
Students in Melbourne will begin a staged return to on-site learning in term four as the city emerges out of coronavirus lockdown later this month. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews on Sunday announced a four-step roadmap to a ‘COVID normal’. |
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Joy and relief as kids return to school after months of lockdown By Adam Carey, October 12, 2020 THE AGE |
The kids of St Brendan’s Primary School in Flemington lined up in a loose single file on Monday morning to get their forehead zapped by a thermometer before crossing a festive threshold of blue and yellow balloons. Each child carried a plastic tub filled with their home learning packs. The packs were a way to keep their school essentials in one place and to provide a connection to the school during the long weeks of remote learning. |
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Parents failing to supply valid reason for their child’s school absence By Isabel Bird NOVEMBER 6 2020 Tasmanian Examiner |
One in two students in Northern Tasmania are absent from school without a legitimate explanation. Education department figures show that in 2019 more than 7,500 primary and secondary students from schools in the North recorded an unexplained – unauthorised absence. This year those numbers have increased, with more than 6,000 students recording absences in Terms 2 and 3 alone. The government says that legitimate reasons for school absence include sickness, medical and other appointments, a family death or terminal illness.
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