Gold Creek Senior School sends students into remote learning

Years 9 and 10 students are expected to be learning from home until at least June 16.

There are 10 other public schools with cohorts in remote learning this week as the education system grapples with widespread illness caused by COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses.

Seven schools are scheduled to have their last day at home on Friday, June 10:

Three schools have sent students into remote learning until Tuesday, June 14, including years 3 to 6 at Fraser Primary School, years 5 and 6 at Harrison School and year 3 at Amaroo School.

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New COVID-19 cases have remained steady across the territory, with 775 new cases recorded in the 24 hours to 8pm Wednesday.

There were 87 people in hospital with COVID on Wednesday night.

ACT public schools recorded 474 cases across 69 school sites in the week ending on Sunday, June 5.

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