Parents and Carers are being encouraged to make arrangements for keeping their children home from school as the Education Directorate announces two upcoming staff planning (pupil free) days.
Identifying the pupil-free days, the Directorate said the days would support ACT public schools to manage their extra workloads in Term 3.
“We value and appreciate everyone’s commitment to students during Term 2,” the Directorate said.
“ACT public schools have continued to face workload pressures with higher than usual staff and student absences due to the ongoing presence of COVID-19 and seasonal flu in the community,” it said.
“This has often meant school leaders and teachers are taking extra class time to cover staff absences.”
The Directorate said the pupil-free days would be held on 5 August and 9 September.
“Where possible, we ask that students do not attend school on these days,” it said.
“Students who can’t stay at home will be able to attend school and be supervised while undertaking general learning activities.”
The Directorate asked parents and carers to confirm their child’s attendance with their schools.
It said some schools with significant activities already planned for those dates, like camps and excursions, may hold their staff planning days at another time.
The Directorate said those schools would communicate directly with students and families about the alternate pupil free days.
