13 May 2020

Coronavirus: New school rules for Alert Level 2

From Morning Report, 6:08 am on 13 May 2020

Children will face a new set of playground rules and classroom practices when they return to school on Monday.

Principals are figuring out how to apply the level two regulations to things like lunchtime games, school assemblies and drinking fountains.

Stephen Lethbridge from the Auckland Primary Principals' Association told RNZ education correspondent, John Gerritsen, the Education Ministry understands schools won't be able to maintain physical distancing all the time.