{"id":495,"date":"2020-11-11T15:28:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T04:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/educateplus-vic-tas\/?post_type=article&#038;p=495"},"modified":"2020-11-16T11:31:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T00:31:53","slug":"interesting-reads","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/educateplus-vic-tas\/article\/interesting-reads\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting Reads"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p data-component=\"Heading\"><strong>All Victorian school students to return to classroom learning this month<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"_21KQl\"><span class=\"_1gVuJ\" data-component=\"ScreenReaderOnly\"><small>Monday<\/small><\/span> <small>5 <span class=\"_1gVuJ\" data-component=\"ScreenReaderOnly\">October<\/span> 2020 ABC News<\/small><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2020-10-05\/victoria-coronavirus-school-students-year-7-classroom-learning\/12731798\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p class=\"_1HzXw\">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.<\/p>\n<p>Education Minister James Merlino said the decision was based on updated public health advice which took into account Victoria&#8217;s progress in defeating the second wave of coronavirus. Mr Merlino said Year 7 was a &#8220;milestone year&#8221; and he was pleased to be able to announce their return to classroom learning from October 12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p class=\"css-sosvjy-StyledHeadline exe2d330\"><strong>Term 4 school dates set in Victorian roadmap to &#8216;COVID&#8217; normal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><small>Published: 06\/09\/2020 7 NEWS<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/lifestyle\/health-wellbeing\/term-4-school-dates-set-in-victorian-roadmap-to-covid-normal-c-1295472\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p class=\"css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph enqfv0t0\">Students in Melbourne will begin a staged return to on-site learning in term four as the city emerges out of\u00a0<a class=\"css-1dajuw-StyledTextLink ekjhzdr0\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/travel\/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\">coronavirus<\/a>\u00a0lockdown later this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1316j2p-StyledParagraph enqfv0t0\">Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews on Sunday announced\u00a0<a class=\"css-1dajuw-StyledTextLink ekjhzdr0\" href=\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/lifestyle\/health-wellbeing\/victorias-next-phase-of-coronavirus-restrictions-revealed-by-premier-daniel-andrews-c-1292293\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\"><strong>a four-step roadmap to a \u2018COVID normal\u2019<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p data-testid=\"headline\"><strong>Joy and relief as kids return to school after months of lockdown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"_2FyET\"><em><small>By\u00a0<a title=\"Articles by Adam Carey\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/by\/adam-carey-hvek6\">Adam Carey<\/a>, <span class=\"_2xetH\">October 12, 2020 THE AGE<\/span><\/small><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/national\/victoria\/joy-and-relief-as-kids-return-to-school-after-months-of-lockdown-20201012-p5648o.html\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p>The kids of St Brendan\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<p class=\"name headline\"><strong>Parents failing to supply valid reason for their child&#8217;s school absence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><small>By Isabel Bird NOVEMBER 6 2020 Tasmanian Examiner<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.examiner.com.au\/story\/7000649\/absent-from-school-with-no-valid-reason\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%\">\n<div class=\"subscribe-truncate\">\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p>One in two students in Northern Tasmania are absent from school without a legitimate explanation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"assets\">\n<p>Education department figures show that in 2019 more than 7,500 primary and secondary students from schools in the North recorded an unexplained &#8211; unauthorised absence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-titan-mobile-pos1\" class=\"advertisement\">\n<div class=\"advertisement  conditional \"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: inherit;letter-spacing: 0px\">This year those numbers have increased, with more than 6,000 students recording absences in Terms 2 and 3 alone. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-size: inherit;letter-spacing: 0px\">The government says that legitimate reasons for school absence include sickness, medical and other appointments, a family death or terminal illness.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4 data-component=\"Heading\">\u00a0<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All Victorian school students to return to classroom learning this month Monday 5 October 2020 ABC News Read full article 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. 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