CLASSROOMS may be closed due to the Covid-19 crackdown but learning is continuing thanks to virtual schools springing up across the kingdom.
The two-week-long enforced closure, aimed at curtailing the spread of the coronavirus, has led to innovative ways being introduced to connect teachers, pupils and parents.
Riffa Views International School (RVIS), for example, has implemented an action plan it had worked out earlier this year when unrest between the USA and Iran looked like spiraling out of control.
Head of School Tara Waudby said: “The goal of Virtual School was to ensure learning continued in the event of school closure.
“We’re all learning together, and this is exciting because this showcases the future. Our goals are being fostered as students engage in an authentic online environment."
One early morning live session with Grade 5 students, including the head’s daughter, Mia, 11, had teacher Nicole Neutzling hosting a virtual one-hour maths lesson, and she could be seen and heard clearly on the children’s laptops, desktops and big screen TVs.
Mia and her younger sister, Madison, eight, said they both missed being with their friends in the classroom environment but this was a ‘fine’ alternative. They were enjoying the virtual lessons and communicating with classmates online, and were ‘not bored’ at home as they both had plenty of activities and teacher assignments to get on with.
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