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Like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram for community news and info Issue No 73• A community newspaper for Newcastle’s suburbs • May 2020
Back to school (sort of) Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning Sarah Mitchell recently outlined the plan for students attending public schools to progressively return to face-to-face learning in week three of Term 2. Ms Berejiklian said health advice continues to be that schools remain open, and parents, teachers and students can be confident that school is a safe place. “We are grateful to all families who kept their children home from school at the end of Term 1 and to teachers who worked tirelessly to deliver education online,” Ms Berejiklian said. “This allowed us critical time to measures to allow schools to return. prepare our schools to develop “We know that nothing is more better online learning options and important than a child’s education, for considering additional hygiene and we must begin to return our
students to their classrooms in a considered way. “Under these changes, from week (continued on page 7)
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