ACT schools will be able to hold small gatherings under revised restrictions handed down by ACT Chief Health Officer Kerryn Coleman.
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Dr Coleman informed parents of the changes in a letter on June 18, with the eased restrictions coming into place the following day.
The gatherings now allowed include small assemblies, religious services, parent-teacher interviews and performances.
Schools will take another step towards normality in Term 3 with the return of excursions, overnight camps, dances and community fundraisers.
However, all school gatherings must follow the ACT's public health directions.
This means limiting gatherings to 100 people or one person per four square metres.
The letter also reminded parents and carers not to routinely visit school grounds, and urged them to provide their contact details if they do need to visit.
They should also continue social distancing and practising good hand hygiene, as well as keeping children at home if they are unwell.
Primary and high school students will not receive grades this term with end of term reports modified to account for a turbulent few months.
"It will be different because they might not have covered all the subjects they ordinarily would have through this whole term," Education Minister Yvette Berry told ABC Radio Canberra.
"It will be based on what they have achieved, what they've actually been taught and how they've gone on that."
Year 11 and 12 students will receive grades as usual, Ms Berry said, as their learning was not as interrupted. She said grading as normal would return for all students from Term 3, commencing on July 20.
As school holidays begin on July 3, Ms Berry said now was not the time for family and friends to visit from Victoria.
"If you do have people coming from Victoria, we have our own restrictions in place here in the ACT," she said.
"Encourage family and friends coming from Victoria to make sure they are complying with the restrictions across the country."
Previous advice provided to parents by the ACT government on May 7 still applies.
"As COVID-19 restrictions ease in the ACT, there is the potential for transmission of COVID-19 to increase," Dr Coleman wrote.
"More now than ever it is important that frequent and thorough school cleaning, physical distancing between adults, good hand and respiratory hygiene and early testing are carried out by all members of the ACT school community."
The ACT government has released a road map for the easing of COVID-19 restrictions at schools.