Primary school students stuck in level 3 are still waiting to hear if they'll make it back into an actual classroom this year - which means yet more remote learning.
While the government has pencilled in 15 November as the return date, it's not set in stone yet.
For Aucklanders, it has been twelve weeks away from primary school.
And some principals have told Checkpoint as few as 40 percent of their students have been engaging with online learning because of problems accessing devices and a lack of internet.
Ellen McGregor-Reid, Early Learning and Student Achievement deputy secretary at the Ministry of Education, said it had been a hard time for schools.
