Students will engage in ‘blended learning’ from home on other days.
The Government has said that primary schools may reopen for one day per week in September, if two-metre social distancing guidelines are to remain in place.
Secondary school students will be in school for two days a week, while they will engage in ‘blended learning’ from home on the other days of the week.
If distancing was to be reduced to one metre, ‘almost all’ primary pupils would attend school for over two days per week.
With regards to secondary school, how often a student would attend school would depend on what year the student is in.
This comes on the same day that the Department of Education announced a new Summer Provision for this year.
This provision sees a “significantly expanded programme for children with special needs and students in DEIS schools.”
The programme would result in-school or home-based supports by teachers and SNAs to help prevent regression among children with special needs
There would also be a chance for all 890 DEIS schools to provide summer camps, including a numeracy and literacy programme for primary pupils and a programme of re-engagement for post-primary students.
Another type of summer camp would attempt to provide support for up to 1,200 children with “complex needs”.
More information on the summer provision can be found here.
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