All schools in Wales reopen for face to face teaching - but for how long?
Dyfan, 18, from Trevor, a student at Ysgol Dinas Bran, said: "It feels weird to be back with more restrictions. It's frustrating in a way to come back to more [restrictions] than there were before," he said.
"It's having that balance of what restrictions we put in place without harming education further still for the students, and also for the wellbeing of the students and staff within the school."Uncertainty and disruption has affected pupils and staff, says head teacher Mark HatchThe school has reintroduced year contact groups and has more one way systems in place, to reflect the higher risk levels posed by the Omicron variant.
On Monday, Merthyr council said about 11% of staff were off for Covid-related reasons but there were no classes currently closed to pupils, as is the case across Cardiff and Newport.In Denbighshire, years 7 to 9 in St Brigid's School, Denbigh, will be learning online until Friday, with other year groups going in as usual.
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