Talking to children about Coronavirus nytimes.com/2020/03/17/par…

Patrick Stewart reading sonnets is the soothing video we need for our times | SBS Voices sbs.com.au/topics/voices/…

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ATT YR 11 AND 12 STUDENTS: Exams will happen and ATAR will go ahead. Martin Westwell (SACE) & Stuart Mossman (SATAC) answer some of the FAQs from SA students about SACE & the ATAR during the COVID-19 pandemic. More info at sace.sa.edu.au/covid-19-coron…. Watch :ow.ly/MafT50z1GD0

South Australia is leading the way with testing for COVID-19. SA Pathology has tested 26,713 patients, which is 15,250 patients tested per million people in SA. We differ from other places as all of our respiratory tests which are sent to SA Pathology are tested for COVID-19.

South Australian COVID-19 update 1/4/20. For more information go to sahealth.sa.gov.au/COVID2019 or contact the South Australian COVID-19 Information Line on 1800 253 787.

We spoke to our Chief Executive Rick Persse about the upcoming pupil free days and what’s to come in term 2. He also has an important message for parents about the support we’re looking to provide at this time while they’re guiding their children’s learning from home.

Remote learning: why hasn't it worked before and what can we do to change that? - Daisy Christodoulou daisychristodoulou.com/2020/03/remote…

Hi world 👋 We've been created by 40 teachers. Want to know more about who we are and how we can support teachers? Our Principal Matt Hood and Head of English Ramender Crompton tell you more... #LearnWithOak

This is a pretty amazing resource to support teachers with learning from home - Oak National Academy thenational.academy

It’s such a shame we don’t have the imagination to do this in normal times. Still, sounds like a good initiative!

Lovely 😊 Drawings from lockdown bbc.in/34Q28RZ via BBC News (UK)

Students are encouraged to return to school for term 2. Advice from SA’s Chief Public Health Officer, AU’s expert health body & the AHPPC remains unchanged. Schools & preschools are low risk environments for COVID-19, & should remain open. More at ow.ly/H4p750zl17P.

Supporting learning at home? Look at these awesome resources from EEF This one ⬇️ is on supporting reading 📚📚✅👏👏 educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/covid-19-resou…

All SA public preschools are getting $20k grants for maintenance jobs they need done. This $7.6m stimulus will support local jobs around SA and will be great for our preschools. Also today our Telstra high speed fibre optic internet rollout has been extended to preschools too.

In just 1 page get tips and what you can consider for 'Strategies to help parents support #learningathome'. It's just 1 of 12 resources we've developed to support educators to prepare and deliver their model of home-supported learning. ow.ly/SQ4Q50ziAPv

Amazing job!

Thank you and well done to the teachers, leaders and staff at all South Australians schools and early childhood sites. This week has been complex but you’ve done an amazing job. More than 70% of our students are back learning at school, and weren’t they glad to be back there! 1/2