The staggered start will then transition to twice a week.
“We hope by the end of Term 2 we will be in a position to have students going back to school in a full capacity by Term 3,” Berejiklian said.
There will be extra cleaning at schools, and there will be sanitiser on site.
Parents will stagger drop-offs and pick-up times.
Recess and lunch breaks will also be taken at various times.
“Schools will also have capacity for temperature checks where they think it’s appropriate,” Berejiklian said.
“This is really to ensure that not only are our school communities safe, but everybody feels safe within them, whether you’re a parent, a student, and, of course, our teachers.”
Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning Sarah Mitchell said the hope is that around a quarter of students will attend schools each day.
“There will be flexibility and discretion on a school level as to how they implement this,” she said
“But we are asking them to certainly consider family groupings, keeping siblings together, so that that will make it a lot easier for parents as we transition back to normal schooling.”
It comes as NSW recorded only six new cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the state’s total to 2969.
More than half of those diagnosed in NSW have since recovered – 1755 people in total.
There are currently 249 people being treated by NSW Health, a mix of hospital and “hospital at home” care.
This figure includes 21 people in intensive care, 17 currently requiring ventilators.
