Primary school in Sydney’s south goes viral after teachers make dance video
A group of teachers and staff from a small primary school in Sydney have gone viral on social media after making a very special video to help keep schoolchildren's spirits up while they were learning from home. WATCH HERE
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A small Sydney primary school's video about remote learning has gone viral, clocking up more than 10,000 likes on YouTube.
The video from Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic School at Miranda features teachers and reception staff suddenly breaking out in dance and was originally conceived to keep schoolchildren's spirits up while they were learning from home.
Principal Rose Andre said younger members of the school staff thought up the idea and sent out a choreography the night before for their colleagues to learn.
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"I have a few ex-dancers on staff who have danced most of their lives," she said.
"They sent the routine out the night before and said have a quick look, you're doing it tomorrow."
"It has gone viral, we have over 10,000 likes on YouTube."
She said other schools within the diocese of Sydney were now filming their own renditions of the song while school students were making their own videos and sending it back to the teachers.
"The kids absolutely loved it, parents loved it, they're watching it over and over … it is a real morale booster for the community and the school.
"A lot of it was done to keep morale up and for wellbeing, making sure people are in a good space.