Friday’s protest outside the Prime Minister’s residence is one of 36 being held across the country and more than 600 across the world.
Teenagers will rehearse how to seek,give and deny consent under a new national health curriculum that has the support of the country’s education ministers.
Parents say reductions in the length and frequency of suspensions will ensure better outcomes for children,but the teachers’ union warns it will lead to unruly,unsafe classrooms.
The NSW Education Minister said school attendance rates had been strong across the week and,as of yesterday,86 per cent of students across the state were at school.
NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said the deaths included a man in his 30s,who had received two vaccine doses and had no significant underlying health conditions.
Premier Dominic Perrottet said the $500 voucher – similar to the Dine and Discover – can be used to pay for out of hours care for primary school students.
NSW is bracing for the immediate impact of Omicron on the state’s classrooms with fears of staff shortages prompting the government to try to entice part-time teachers to take on full-time work in schools.
There are 2863 people in hospital with the virus,of whom 217 are in intensive care units.
It’s the state’s highest number of daily deaths during the pandemic after Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant warned on Monday that fatalities would rise in the coming days.
Disadvantaged students are falling years behind their peers in literary and numeracy skills and the gaps are continuing to widen,an analysis shows.
The NSW government is undertaking the most significant change in a generation to the funding of support for school students with additional needs.