More than a quarter of students at Catherine McAuley Catholic Primary School have returned to school although an official return date is yet to be mandated.
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Principal Michael Croke said 140 students attended the school on Monday, up from 110 who attended the school on Friday.
"We have said since day one of term two, school will be open for any parents who need to be back at work," Mr Croke said.
"We've seen a big increase since last Monday.
"That seems to be a bit of a trend in Bathurst diocese, our actual start date, when that's mandated we don't know when that will be."
There were a variety of reasons why parents have started sending children back to school and Mr Croke said for some it was because there were safe outdoor areas to play in, and a social environment, which not all students had at home.
He said helping young children with school work at home required more intensive supervision than for those with HSC or high school students.
"We are happy to have them back," Mr Croke said.
According the the NSW Department of Education, the advice continues to be for students to learn from home this week, where practical.
However, from May 11, next week, students will start attending school one day each week as part of a phased operating model and will learn from home on the other days.
More information on the new model as well as the plan for the remainder of the term is to be provided to parents and students by their schools before the start of next week.
Kinross Wolaroi School boarders will return with their year groups starting with year 11 and 12 students next week.
Year 7 will return from Monday, May 18, and years 8, 9 and 10 will return from May 25 when remote learning finishes.
A statement from the school said supervision for those who must attend school will continue for all students who are still on remote learning during this period.
James Sheahan Catholic High School is also taking a staged approach and in a message to parents said that many of the students could be considered young adults rather than children in terms of the potential transferring of the virus.
This week students are only attending school due to parental work commitments or special circumstances and the staggered return will start next week.
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