Victorian school principals are worried about senior students and specialist schoolkids returning to classrooms today in the face of a surge in coronavirus cases, the Australian Principals Federation says.
Victorian school principals are extremely anxious about senior students and specialist schoolkids returning to classrooms today in the face of a surge in coronavirus cases, the Australian Principals Federation says.Prep to year 10 students return to remote learning a week later
"One of my principals contacted me last week and said, 'How the hell am I supposed to do 1,800 kids with temperature checks in the morning?'" Ms Podbury said. "Our specialist students need considerable hands-on work and social distancing is simply not possible," she said. "At least a third of our principals are relatively new to job, and another significant number may be acting principals who've not actually been in the job before," she said.Parents apprehensive about return to remote learningClare Lombardi, the mother of seven-year-old Alec, knows what is coming and is "a bit overwhelmed and apprehensive" about the return to remote learning.
She advised parents not to be "too alarmed", nor to set themselves up for failure with unrealistic expectations.
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