Schools across Canberra are in their final stage of planning for the large-scale return to face-to-face learning.
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Case numbers are expected to rise as restrictions ease and that will mean more cases of COVID-19 in schools.
Here's how schools plan to handle this inevitable situation.
What happens if there's a case at a school?
If a student comes to school with symptoms of COVID-19, they will be isolated in a suitable room with supervision and wait until their parent can collect them.
If a case is confirmed, the school leaders will meet virtually with representatives from ACT Health and the Education Directorate to share information on the movements of that case.
Timetables and maps will be used by ACT Health to figure out who was a close contact and who was a casual contact.
All contacts will be phoned by ACT Health to let them know what they need to do, including quarantine and testing requirements.
Parents of that school would be notified in writing of the exposure times and any further instructions.
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ACT Health may close the whole school or part of a school for cleaning, depending on the type of exposure. Going forward they will aim to limit the duration and extent of school closures.
Students may have to go back to learning remotely for a period before being allowed to return to campus.
How will pick-up and drop-off work?
One of the biggest changes to the school day will be how students can be picked up and dropped off from school.
Parents and carers will not be allowed on school grounds except in case of an emergency or if they have arranged to do so to support a child with special needs.
Each school has sent out instructions on when and where each class will be entering and exiting the school.
Some schools have asked parents to write their children's name on a piece of paper to put in the front window of their car to help teachers during the busy pick up time. Parents will not be allowed to get out of their cars.
Parents of preschoolers will have to drop children off at the gate.
Walking and riding to school is encouraged to ease congestion.
How will schools manage physical distancing?
Maintaining 1.5 metres between people at all times is basically impossible in most classrooms.
Instead, schools will focus on keeping cohorts separate from each other and limiting movement around the school.
Each year group will be designated a particular toilet block to use and a different part of the playground for recess and lunch.
Schools may be changing their timetables so different year groups take their meal breaks at different times. Play equipment will be cleaned between classes.
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Some high schools have changed the timetable so there are double periods of one subject and therefore fewer changes of classes throughout the day.
Canteen orders will be done online. Primary school lunch orders will be delivered to class and secondary students might be allocated a specific time and place to collect food from the canteen.
If extra-curricular activities such as band have a mixture of cohorts participating, they may be cancelled.
In-person assemblies, excursions and camps have been cancelled.
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