Back to school post COVID

By Margaret Maccoll

As school returns this week in a year that’s looking a lot more normal than the last one, the disruption experienced in 2020 because of COVID19 brought with it some unexpected changes.

St Teresa’s Catholic College principal David McInnes said students stepped up to the challenge last year showing greater independence and resilience.

In a school of 850 students and 120 staff there were varying degrees of success, he said.

COVID highlighted challenges in collaborative and online learning that already existed in the organisation but brought them to the fore.

When the early days of the pandemic resulted in school closures they had to quickly adapt to online learning entirely.

Mr McInnes said each…