Thanks @zac’s Mum. Indeed we are still waiting for Aureus’ response on what they intend to do in this situation. As you have rightfully said, there’s totally no rush to get the child into online classes straight away. This can be viewed as an opportune break for them and slow down pace of life for everyone! Unfortunately I guess the schools are unwilling to lose their revenues in the short term… but choose to take a path which instead incurs was the wrath of angry parents…

https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/aureus-academy-suspension


PLEASE SIGN FOR THIS PETITION!!!

Aureus Academy will be switching to online lessons from 27th March instead of proving parents an option to suspend their classes.

Music lessons require teachers to engage a child's interest and respond to every child's input, which is difficult to replicate in an online setting. Every child is different with different learning needs and areas of strengths and weaknesses that a teacher would need to identify and work on.

E-learning platforms flatten a teacher's ability to attend to every child's needs closely. This is especially so for young children. Moreover, it is already scientifically proven that increased screen time could undo many learning disciplines that parents hopes to reinforce at this early age.

Therefore, we hope that parents at Aureus academy should be given an option of whether they would want online lessons to continue for their child or not. If parents are unwilling to go for online lessons, fees should NOT be charged. Fees should only be charged when we can revert back to usual classroom lessons.