Term 3 will begin next Monday 13th July for students at all Wimmera schools as planned.

It was announced on Tuesday afternoon that, as part of a return to Stage 3 restrictions throughout metropolitan Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire north of Melbourne, students in those areas will not return until Monday 20th July – unless they are studying VCE or VCAL subjects.

Education Minister James Merlino said that “there will be no changes to Term 3 for regional Victoria other than Mitchell Shire. Schools outside of metropolitan Melbourne and Mitchell Shire will return to face-to-face schooling for all students on 13 July.”

Other than border restrictions being imposed for travel from Victoria to New South Wales and South Australia, there are fundamentally no changes to restrictions in regional Victoria from Tuesday’s announcements.