COVID-19 restrictions easing in NSW

NSW is easing COVID-19 restrictions around school and community life due to lower community acquired COVID-19 case numbers.

WEDDINGS

* Up to 20 people in the official wedding party can take to the dance floor, where previously only the bride and groom were permitted

SCHOOLS

* Interschool activities can resume on Saturday with a COVID-19 safety plan

* School sport will return to normal next term but no parents on school sites .

* Playing wind instruments, singing and chanting permitted with strict restrictions

* Year 6 formals and graduations permitted

* High school formals permitted after HSC

* Kindergarten orientation back on

* Year 7 transition back on

* Excursions and camps can resume with strict guidelines

* School choirs and musical ensembles to resume, as long as players keep a 1.5 metre distance from one another, or three metres for players of non-reeded woodwind instruments.

* Community Languages Schools Program will resume face-to-face learning;

SPORT

* More than one parent may now attend community sporting activities if physical distancing of at least 1.5 metres can be maintained

* Accommodation facilities and overnight event organisers must implement a COVID-19 safety plan

* Carpooling should continue to be avoided

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