Schools across NSW will resume face-to-face teaching from tomorrow, Monday 11 May, but Premier Gladys Berejiklian said parents won't be punished if they choose to keep their children at home because of ongoing coronavirus concerns.
Students will go back to school one day a week as the state works towards a full-scale return in term three. Schools will be required to stagger start and finish times, lunch breaks and recesses.
As Ms Berejiklian revealed her plan to slowly ease lockdown restrictions on Sunday, she assured residents it was safe for children to return to school grounds.
"Our strong recommendation is that face-to-face teaching needs to start... eventually in the next few weeks, you'll see full-time education commence," she said.
A teacher is seen in an empty class room at a primary school in Melbourne's inner north.
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"And of course, where adults are concerned, which is the main concern, we need to exercise good social distancing, whether it's in a teacher's staffroom or whether it's a drop-off point."
As restrictions begin to ease, there will be extra cleaning protocols in place and initially, only a quarter of students can be at the school at one time.
But children would not be forced to go back to on-site learning, she said.
"It's never been compulsory to force parents to do one thing or another," she said.
"There won't be any penalty in place, if parents are still concerned and want to keep their children at home. That's a matter for them but there's no health advice that backs that."
In Queensland, Monday will also mark the return to school for prep, Year One and senior students. While more than 70 per cent of Western Australia's public school students are already back on campus - public schools opened last week for the start of term two.
Northern Territory reopened its schoolroom at the end of last month, while Tasmanian students will return to school in two stages over May and June.
In South Australia, high school students whose studies are affected by the coronavirus outbreak could be accepted into Adelaide University using their Year 11 grades. Meanwhile, the ACT decided last week to ditch its plan to keep teaching online for term two and have students resume face-to-face learning in stages from 18 May.
In Victoria, the majority of school students remain at home. Premier Daniel Andrews is expected to make an announcement on Monday detailing how his government will get students back to face-to-face learning within weeks.
Mr Andrews has so far stuck to his guns, believing opening schools would only risk spreading COVID-19.
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