FAR more students are attending classrooms at some Warrnambool primary schools than at secondary schools in trends similar to remote learning earlier in the year, schools say.
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The schools have also praised their communities' adjustment after regional teachers were given just days to prepare remote lessons for a second time this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
St Joseph's Primary School Warrnambool principal Michael Gray said there were 124 students still regularly attending at the school, about 20 per cent of total enrolments.
He said students with permission to learn from school had families that could not work from home, had disabilities or were vulnerable to discontinuing learning.
"It was similar to our attendance in term two, it's consistent numbers daily based on the categories we have been supporting," Mr Gray said.
He said one reason attendance in classrooms may be higher in primary schools was the greater need for young children to be supervised.
"Younger students need that constant support, help, clarifications, therefore if the parents are working they can't be home by themselves," Mr Gray said.
Warrnambool Primary School principal Peter Auchettl said up to 55 students were attending the school, about 10 per cent of all enrolments, similar to late in the last period of remote learning.
"I would think during the next five weeks as more businesses close we could see less numbers of children coming to school," he said.
Warrnambool College principal David Clift said less than five per cent of the school's 1200 students were physically attending classrooms. Mr Clift praised the school community for adapting again but expressed concern motivation could waver for some students.
"This is a long journey," Mr Clift said. "It's about maintaining your sense of engagement, particularly for our senior students."
Brauer College principal Jane Boyle said the school had as few as eight students regularly attending the campus. She said the short time frame to transition to online was a "huge burden on everybody" but the move was easier this time than earlier in the year.
Emmanuel College principal Peter Morgan said up to 30 students were attending the campus each day.
St Joseph's Mr Gray said students and families had shown resilience.
"Schools have worked on behaviours to help students learn well, and show organisation, persistence, endeavour. They've stood the students well in this time."
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