South African National Department of Basic Education. As South Africa entered Level 4 of a five-level lockdown system last Friday, domestic work and, it is believed, nannies and au pairs, will only be allowed back at work at level two, with creches outside the school system also falling under this level. 06 May 2020. People have been advised to stay indoors and many cities went into complete lockdown to contain the spread of the disease. © Caitlin Ochs/Reuters For more detail, listen to the interview in the audio here. 28/35 SLIDES 7/35 SLIDES Lessons on DStv Channel 180. Ad The government, however, have been on the ball supplying pupils with online learning services to stay on track during lockdown. But it's easier said than done, even for professional educators. Complete The South African… The Federation of Governing Bodies of South African Schools called on the department to prioritise the safety of pupils when making decisions to reopen schools. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed to take action after a wave of gender-based violence, robbery and vandalism across the country. After the closure of schools, a boy does his schoolwork at home in San Anselmo, California, on March 18. French yoga teacher Nadege Lanvin does a live broadcast of her yoga lesson in Paris on March 18. Women dance to a song in their balcony, as radio stations across the country play music for a flash mob to raise spirits, in Rome on March 20. While the … © Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP via Getty Images Here is a look at how people are getting on with their lives through the period of self-isolation and lockdown. 29/35 SLIDES (Photo by Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images via Getty Images), A young girl watches children playing outside the shack where she lives during a 21 day nationwide lockdown aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Khayelitsha township near Cape Town, South Africa, March 31, 2020. Follow the Health Department’s latest updates on the coronavirus (Covid-19), including the NICD’s prevention methods. Two girls practice a dance they made up in their backyard at the end of their first week of home school in New York City on March 20. 16/35 SLIDES Since the lockdown began some two months ago, millions of South African learners have been forced to receive their education through screens, via eLearning platforms, radio or TV as normal classroom learning is not an option.. A woman wearing a face mask reads a book in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on March 16. Home schooling during lockdown due to the coronavirus is a reality for parents in many countries and for South Africans who have had their lockdown extended. © Eli Berlzon/Reuters The Money Show’s Bruce Whitfield asked Bailey Thomson Blake (Chief of Schools at SPARK Schools) how home-schooling works during the lockdown. A couple sits in the 5th floor apartment window on a sunny spring day in downtown Warsaw, Poland, on March 22. Homeschooling has become the new norm under lockdown. People have been advised to stay indoors and many cities went into complete lockdown to contain the spread of the disease. I am an essential worker and so is my husband, so we take turns staying home and homeschooling. 27/35 SLIDES Two young boys talk to their grandmother through a window as both their grandparents self-isolate themselves at their home in Knutsford, England, on March 22. 11/35 SLIDES Spanish director Isabel Coixet is seen giving a talk about cinema industry as part of the '#NuestroCineNosUne initiative raised by the Spanish Cinema Academy, in Madrid, Spain, on March 21. © Martin Rickett/PA Images/Getty Images Residents clap and bang utensils from their balcony to cheer for emergency personnel and sanitation workers in Ahmedabad, India, on March 22. We’re embracing the opportunity to think differently. 4. Spanish blues singer Beatriz Berodia sings from her balcony during a daily evening concert to support health workers and to make it easier for her neighbors to bear the lockdown in Madrid on March 19. Maternity Week We are all battling to get boys to sit and stop playing. 12/35 SLIDES The regulations outline the staggered return of … French yoga teacher Nadege Lanvin does a live broadcast of her yoga lesson in Paris on March 18. A family prays at home after Friday prayers were suspended in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, on March 20. © Marijan Murat/picture alliance via Getty Images (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP) (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images) It has also partnered with various organisations to provider learners with options to continue their education. Online learning is an obvious way to keep lessons going; however, only a few schools have well-established online learning systems. South Africa is currently on lockdown, which has led to the closure of schools and non-essential services. 1/35 SLIDES © Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images Full Screen Learner Phuti Ngoetjana tries to study math at her family's one-room brick home during the coronavirus disease (COVID19) outbreak in Tembisa township in Johannesburg, South Africa, May 26, 2020. 6/35 SLIDES Free learning platforms: Vodacom e-School – https://vodacom.mytopdog.co.za/users/login WorksheetCloud, an online teaching platform with live school lessons to all learners in South Africa during the national lockdown.www.worksheetcloud.com/live/. CAPE TOWN - As thousands of South Africans work from home, many more who're parents have been forced at the same time to learn how to teach. A family watches Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa address the nation over the COVID-19 situation, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on March 17. 24/35 SLIDES A girl watches an online lecture after her private school closed for five weeks in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on March 12. © Susana Vera/Reuters 5/35 SLIDES A two-year-old girl looks at a hen through a window in San Fiorano on March 12. South Africa South Africa reopened schools for pupils in certain grades after two and a half months of home-schooling to limit the spread of coronavirus. One parent is battling to understand the complexities of digital learning, and at times he's learning more form his children than the other way round. A two-year-old girl looks at a hen through a window in San Fiorano on March 12. 34/35 SLIDES On Monday, about 95 per cent of schools … Like us on Facebook to see similar stories, Row over construction of houses for Northern Cape family of 50, Breonna Taylor: Halle Berry, Samuel L. 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Electronic readers available via all platforms in part… A deserted play area at a primary school in Melville, Johannesburg, during lockdown Level 5. 13/35 SLIDES A man installs a banner on his balcony with the words "Support for caregivers" in Paris, France, on March 21. - … Slideshow continues on the next slide These include: 1. During the lockdown, educators are making an effort to teach remotely and planning for the rest of the school year, Deacon pointed out. Women dance to a song in their balcony, as radio stations across the country play music for a flash mob to raise spirits, in Rome on March 20. A man installs a banner on his balcony with the words "Support for caregivers" in Paris, France, on March 21. Two young boys talk to their grandmother through a window as both their grandparents self-isolate themselves at their home in Knutsford, England, on March 22. 4/35 SLIDES For official information about COVID-19 from the Department of Health, please click here. Parents have to navigate a new role that some Tiger Moms and Dads may relish; but many may perceive as their worst nightmare. It's important to be in a routine.". It makes my life so much easier when there is a structure that my child is familiar with… We played hopscotch for PE… We don’t stick to the exact times, but we know what needs to happen in a day so even if we learn at night, we do what we can. A family eats dinner, as a TV broadcasts news on the coronavirus, at their home in Shanghai, China, on Feb. 20. No learner is an island. 21/35 SLIDES A resident of this neighborhood tested positive for coronavirus. South African schools have been closed for over a month since Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga announced their abrupt but necessary closure on 18 March. A young boy pats his family dog while watching an exercise video made by teachers at Northshore Middle School, which has moved to online-only schooling for two weeks, in Bothell, Washington, U.S., on March 11. 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Ad With no signal on a date for schools to return, some parents might just be in for a long haul. Anna Polackova and Alex Polachov, owners of a Czech traveling family circus, sit in their trailer in Riga, Latvia, on March 19. © Antonio Masiello/Getty Images Staff Writer 23 June 2020 The Department of Basic Education has published a new directive focusing on the reopening of schools under South Africa’s lockdown. He left Gauteng while waiting for his results, ignoring instructions from officials but has since been located and quarantined in Limpopo. The Gauteng government deployed a team of health workers to the Stjwetla informal settlement to test people for COVID-19 on day 5 of National Lockdown on March 31, 2020 in Alexandra, South Africa. The Tallest Men In Hollywood: Their Real Heights Many schools have also asked parents to ensure that learning continues at home. © Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images Send HI to 0600 123 456 on WhatsApp. Photos: Life under coronavirus lockdown around the world (Provided by MSN) The departments of communications and digital technologies and basic education have joined forces, to ensure virtual learning is a reality during the nation-wide lockdown. © Lindsey Wasson/Reuters 19/35 SLIDES It is my pleasure to introduce the Policy on Home Education to all South African education officials, home education sites, schools, educators, learners, parents and education stakeholders. © Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Learning continues at SPARK Schools across South Africa, despite the lockdown. A woman washes the hands of her husband at their home in San Fiorano, Italy, on March 15. © Marzio Toniolo/via Reuters After the closure of schools, a boy does his schoolwork at home in San Anselmo, California, on March 18. © Getty - South Africa came under a nationwide lockdown on March 27, 2020, joining other African countries imposing strict curfews and shutdowns in an attempt to halt the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus across the continent. Hagit Bustan holds a video call with her grandmother Ester Wienrib, an Israeli Holocaust survivor who recently celebrated her 97th birthday away from her family due to coronavirus precautions, in Hulda, Israel, on March 15. That is my biggest challenge at the moment," one parent said. The innovative company created a “Home Learning Portal”, targeted at parents, to ensure learning continues at home. Lessons on SABC TV and radio. © Justin Sullivan/Getty Images 8/35 SLIDES © Chesnot/Getty Images REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham. This way, pupils are able to study from home … 23/35 SLIDES Hagit Bustan holds a video call with her grandmother Ester Wienrib, an Israeli Holocaust survivor who recently celebrated her 97th birthday away from her family due to coronavirus precautions, in Hulda, Israel, on March 15. Paper sheets reading "Everything will go well" in Italian are displayed on a window in Brussels, Belgium, on March 21. Two girls practice a dance they made up in their backyard at the end of their first week of home school in New York City on March 20. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - South African authorities on Monday reported that close to 200 schools have being broken into in the first 17 days of a five-week anti-coronavirus lockdown. A mother and her daughter receive an online dance lesson by Takujiro Hanayagi, a Japanese traditional dancer, at their home in Tokyo, Japan, on March 17. By Sihle Mavuso May 18, 2020 The lessons, which are called … © Issei Kato/Reuters A mother and daughter perform artwork in Claira, France, on March 20. Dancer Anika Bendel practices in her apartment in Stuttgart, Germany, on March 20. 2. A man aims to strike a ball while playing cricket at the Pretoria West Rugby Stadium in Pretoria on April 1, 2020 where homeless people are sheltered in an effort to try to enforce a national lockdown amid concern of the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus. The Basic Education Department has made it clear they can't just write off the year but the resumption of schooling, as with so many other things at the moment, will depend on the disease curve. South Africa, like most countries in the world, has ordered all schools to close to try and stop the spread of COVID-19. Ad Resource details: Publication title: Re-opening of schools under Alert Level 3: Amendment Author(s): The department of basic education Publication date: 2 August 2020 What the directives are about: These directives update South Africa’s school year following the break announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 23 July 2020. Because they just aren't in that frame of mind. Wits University announced on Monday that it would begin online teaching in the next two weeks. COVID infections in children ― what do we know? A family prays at home after Friday prayers were suspended in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, on March 20. A family watches Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa address the nation over the COVID-19 situation, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on March 17. Help protect your loved ones by sharing this official South African government COVID-19 service with your family, friends and community. Microsoft and partners may be compensated if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. How will the ANC handle the public protector’s impeachment? 35/35 SLIDES. But many parents, even those who are teachers, are finding it challenging. This is the key advice from teachers, who agree that routine is exceptionally important for children. 18/35 SLIDES 5. Find out more about home schooling or contact the Department of Basic Education.