Adam Carey

Israeli forces have positioned themselves along Gaza’s border and drilled for what Israel said would be a campaign by air, land and sea.

Returning students want to prioritise their mental health and hope for a year of uninterrupted face-to-face leaning after two years in and out of lockdown.

More than a third of Victorian students assessed by children’s charity The Smith Family made minimal progress with their literacy and numeracy last year.

Analysis by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute has found the Delta variant has mostly spread from adult to adult, less frequently from adult to child and is only rarely transmitted between children.

Students in specialist schools were at the front of the queue when children made a staged return to face-to-face learning last year, but they have not been given the same priority status in this lockdown.