All Queensland state school students return to regular classroom learning from today (Monday May 25) 2020.
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Students in Years 2 to 10 will join their schoolmates in Kindy, Prep, Year 1 and Years 11 and 12, who returned to school on May 11 following three weeks of home-based learning.
Education Minister Grace Grace said the updated arrangements for the remainder of Term 2 had been made in accordance with advice from Queensland's Chief Health Officer and the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee.
"Our staged return to school has gone so smoothly with parents and carers heeding the advice around stop, drop and go to ensure the health, wellbeing and safety of all," Ms Grace said.
"Principals, teachers, teacher aides and staff have done a fantastic job throughout this pandemic and I want to thank everyone for their patience and understanding during this time."
Ms Grace said students with health support needs would continue to be supported and directed by their teachers while they learned from home.
"Access to a range of resources continues to be available through the Department of Education's The Learning Place and the learning@home website, in addition to Learning@Home TV programs.
"Health and safety will continue to be our main focus in kindies and schools, and any staff and students who are unwell must not attend school."
Measures remain in place at Queensland schools to limit the spread of COVID-19 including the following:
- All adults must maintain physical distancing of 1.5 metres and must not gather in groups in and around school grounds, car parks, school gates and outside classrooms.
- Parents should use stop, drop and go options rather than walking children into school grounds.
- Schools will work with their communities to modify student and traffic movements around their schools.
- Strict personal hygiene protocols, including the cleaning of high frequency touch points such as desks and door handles, will remain in place.
- Schools will continue to adapt to this changing situation and may use larger, alternative locations or classrooms within the school, designate new or different drop-off/pick-up points for parents, take advantage of outdoor learning spaces and stagger lunch breaks, start/finish times and other activities to reduce movement around the school.
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Derek Barry
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.
