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UPDATED: Lead detected in ceiling dust at an Adelaide primary school building has forced nearly 100 students to evacuate and take lessons in the gymnasium, with the school canteen also shut down.
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UPDATED: South Australia’s daily COVID-19 cases have broken through 6000 for the first time, as a growing number of schools move to online learning due to rising infections.
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Children who are classroom contacts of COVID cases at school can now take part in extracurricular activities such as school sport, excursions and camps if they are symptom-free, under changes to isolation rules.
South Australian teachers on leave have been asked to consider cancelling their holidays to fill emergency relief teaching positions, despite the Education Minister saying only about 15 per cent of dedicated relief teachers are currently working.
Outbreaks of COVID-19 have forced classroom shutdowns at four South Australian primary schools this week, as outdoor education operators plead for the return of excursions and camps.
UPDATED: Principals have been assured by the Education Department there will be enough relief staff on standby when students return in full to classrooms next week, as official figures show more than 400 staff were absent on one day this week for COVID reasons.
