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Perspectives on the COVID-19 disruption – not wasting a good crisis
Phillip Heath, Head of Barker College Jeremy von Einem, Head of Curriculum Division, Barker College
In the final dark days of World War Two, as the concept for the formation of the United Nations was being imagined, Churchill is believed to have said “never let a good crisis go to waste”. It is hard to see how COVID-19 is a “good crisis”, but there are ways in which educators have sought not simply to survive these days but, by careful use of creativity, enable our teachers and students to thrive. Amongst many other initiatives that were generated by the “good crisis”, two have been worthy of note – a revised Shape of the Online Day; and a Reimagined Academic Year, with a Personal Interest Project available to every student from Pre K to Year 10.
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