

"The staff organised a massive balloon arch in our school colours and all staff wore a specially made shirt with the quote: ‘I will teach you in a room, I will teach you now on Zoom, I will teach you in a house, I will teach you with my mouse, I will teach you here or there, I will teach because I care’,” she said.Īt Megalong Public School in the Blue Mountains, teachers eagerly took the students on a nature quest, sharing stories, descriptive poetry and using the bush eucalypt setting as inspiration for writing. ”Today, we were absolutely delighted to welcome back our incredible students to full-time face-to-face learning.


"It has been seven long weeks of remote learning for our students,” Windang Public School principal Loreta Kocovska told the Illawarra Mercury. In the Illawarra, a red carpet greeted students returning to Corrimal Public School, while a giant balloon arch and staff wearing specially made T-shirts greeted students at the entrance to Windang Public School. More than two months after parents were encouraged to keep students home to help battle the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers across the state were excited to welcome them back on Monday, with some even dressing up in costumes to mark the occasion. Balloons, happy socks and even a red carpet – these were just some of the ways NSW public schools celebrated the return of hundreds of thousands of students to their classrooms this week.
