Video / Mark MitchellThe Education Ministry won't know the true extent of how many primary pupils intend returning to school this year until tomorrow when Auckland primary and intermediate schools report attendance numbers. In a bulletin to school leaders Auckland principals are being asked to text in how many children have returned to school tomorrow morning. It comes as hundreds of thousands of children in Auckland and Waikato returned to school today and for some it will be the first time they've been in a classroom for three months. Students at Gladstone Primary School returned to school today after a three-month absence. Principal Dave Shadbolt and Barbara McPherson welcome students back to Gladstone Primary School.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 17, 2021 04:47 UTC