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Coronavirus Victoria: Teachers prepare, parents fret as schools snap back to remote learning

Advertisement Almost a million students were sent home on Friday for what is hoped will be just three days of remote learning during the state’s snap stage four lockdown. Less than three weeks into term one, about 2270 schools across the state were told to close for all but vulnerable children and the children of permitted workers as part of the five-day lockdown. Almost one million Victorian students will revert to remote learning for three days next week. Credit:Leon Neal/ Getty Images Education Minister James Merlino said schools had a role to play in containing the latest outbreak of COVID-19, but the decision drew criticism from the independent schools sector and the state opposition, which labelled the move harmful to children.

How Victorian schools are tackling student hunger

Advertisement There are no UberEats deliveries or parents dropping off takeaway at Homestead Senior Secondary College, in Melbourne’s west. When Homestead opened its doors last year, it decided to use some equity funding – money usually allocated for support staff and additional resourcing for children – for a free school lunch program. Principal Michael Fawcett said the meals were designed to “bring our cohort together and establish that adult culture of socialising. And because of COVID and the huge amount of families in Point Cook who lost jobs … it had that additional benefit that I know families have been rapt about.”

Victorian pupils set to return to school a different kind of student in 2021

Advertisement The preps of 2021 might be a “different kind of student” after living through Victoria’s second wave of coronavirus, a veteran principal says. Brian Everett, principal of St Margaret’s Primary School in Geelong East, said this year’s foundation students would be more adaptable and have “heightened awareness” because of their experiences last year. Sophie Butcher, who will start prep on Thursday at St Margaret’s Primary School, with her mother Catherine Tanner and father Sam Butcher. Credit:Joe Armao “They’ve lived through a year where people wore masks, they couldn’t go to the park . they couldn’t have a birthday party,” Mr Everett said.

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