Kate Hawkesby: It ll be great for students to get their normal curriculum back
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As the bulk of kids head back to school this week, I just wonder how many parents are feeling, well, a) relieved, but also b), slightly trepidatious about whether we’ll get a whole school year in this year, or get another lockdown. I mean based on yesterday’s awesome total of zero cases, we’d like to think positively, but realistically, the chance is always there.
What’s cool about this year though is getting the sport and extra curriculars back for the kids. I mean I think for many children the working from home thing was pretty good – especially if their school was well equipped for online learning, but it’s the social side of things and the sport that they probably missed more. So having that schedule back up and running is exciting for them.. long may it last. That goes for school events and gatherings too. The fun stuff
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Waimea College Principal Scott Haines said while schools were trying to make 2021 as normal as possible for students, the disruption from Covid-19 would continue to have an impact.
More than six months since Covid-19 shut down classrooms, the after-effects of the disruption linger as schools prepare to return to the classroom, writes Tim Newman. Along with thousands of other staff and pupils trickling back into the classroom after a summer break, Waimea College principal Scott Haines will this week be back in his office. Following a year of disruption in which, for more than a month from March through to May (and in some cases for longer), schools were closed to students, and teachers scrambled to set up online curriculums and run classes via live-stream.