Queensland teachers are being rewarded with an early start to Christmas holidays, with parents told schools will shut two days ahead of schedule.
Education Queensland announced on Thursday that the state’s school year would end two days early with student-free days on the final Thursday and Friday.pandemic, the last two days of the school year, Thursday, 10, and Friday, December 11, have been declared student-free days,” a post on Facebook said. “Schools will be closed on these days.
“What about all the parents that homeschooled this year! Teachers don’t already get enough holidays? And now, working parents will have to find care for their kids whilst we still have to work.”Queensland schools will close two days earlier than expected for Christmas holidays.
“Maybe we will get an additional public holiday for all other occupations that have worked incredibly hard during this time like nursing home staff, childcare, supermarket staff and medical etc. Would be lovely,” one woman wrote. Some parents questioned why learning time was being reduced in an already heavily impacted schooling year and others questioned the impact on parents working on the frontline.
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