While we didn’t predict the scale of the pandemic, we did immediately implement measures to limit the risk to our students and identified that we should focus on our online learning capability. We knew we had the agility to act quickly given digital resources are already used in the school to support learning and research.”
Our Middle (Years 5 to 9) and Senior (Years 10 to 12) school students were already well equipped with devices to move to online learning fairly quickly.
Our face-to-face teaching has been supported by on-line resources for many years, as teachers regularly upload their lessons to Google Classroom.
More challenging was the Junior School (Transition to Year 4) so we put more work into that area early on.
Having said that, all last year the staff in the Junior School have been slowly implementing the SeeSaw online platform augmenting what the teachers do in the classroom. Switching to this as the dominant teaching and learning model was therefore relatively uncomplicated for the teachers but a challenge for many parents.
The planning we undertook included not only online lessons but issues like child protection and mental health issues which also needed to be considered.
Macarthur Anglican School has more than 840 students across Transition (Pre-Kindergarten) to Year 12 and all of those students moved to an online teaching and learning model in March. We took the decision to keep the School campus open for those parents and carers who still needed to bring their children and we will continue with this plan once Term 2 begins next week.
While the transition to online learning occurred quickly, Dr Nockles acknowledges that it’s not an easy crossover for many students and their parents.
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