Schools in the Borders and Shetland welcome back their pupils on Tuesday for the start of the new term - the first in Scotland to fully reopen since the coronavirus lockdown began almost five months ago. Schools in other areas will start to return from Wednesday. There will be no physical distancing between the children, but staff will be required to be two metres apart from students and other adults. Many schools have chosen a phased approach to bringing pupils back with the Scottish Government saying all year groups must be back by next Tuesday.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has acknowledged that some teachers, parents and pupils may feel anxious about the return to class, but said the importance of getting young people back into education "cannot be over-stated".
Jill Lothian, head teacher of Kelso High School, said pupils will be faced with a change in procedures compared with when they were last on site, including separate entry and exit points and one-way systems. Children will also be required to wipe down their desks and chairs when they start lessons.
Pupils due to return to Inverclyde Academy in Greenock on Wednesday told the BBC about their feelings on returning to school, with some saying they were looking forward to catching up with friends although others expressed some anxiety.
We've been looking at how safe it is for schools in Scotland to reopen - and you can also find out the situation in your part of the country by clicking here.

The government has called on universities to keep places open for those students in England who decide to appeal against the results of their A-level exams. This year's tests were scrapped because of the pandemic and the results due on Thursday will be based on teachers' predicted grades - which will then be adjusted by exam boards to take into account the school's previous performance at A-level. Minister Michelle Donelan says universities should be as "flexible as possible" so that if a student misses their expected grades but successfully appeals against them, they can still start a degree course next term.
The appeal to universities comes after a row in Scotland where high-achieving pupils from schools that had struggled in the past saw their results downgraded. Ms Donelan said the "vast majority of grades" in England were expected to be accurate, but added it was "essential" to have the appeals "safety net".
But the National Union of Students has criticised the system for moderating exam results, saying that using schools' previous overall performance in the name of fairness was "baking inequality into the system".
A-level results day in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is this Thursday, with GCSEs announced a week later - find out more here. There's also help and advice for pupils and parents on the BBC Bitesize website.

US President Donald Trump was abruptly led away from a press conference by the Secret Service during what later emerged to be a security incident near the White House in Washington. Mr Trump - who was led away from the podium mid-sentence - later returned to tell reporters that there had been a shooting outside the building and it was "very well under control". He added that someone had been taken to hospital although he did not know their condition. The Secret Service later confirmed an "officer-involved shooting" and that a suspect and one of its agents were taken to a local hospital while confirming the White House complex was not breached. Questioned by reporters as to whether he was rattled, Mr Trump answered by asking "do I seem rattled?" adding that the incident "may not have anything to do with me".

A revamp of England's Covid-19 track and trace scheme, which could see people who fail to answer phone calls getting a knock on their door to be told to self-isolate, leads several of Tuesday's papers. The Daily Mail terms the move a "dramatic bid" to improve the "beleaguered scheme" and says 6,000 jobs in contact-tracing call centres will be cut by the end of the month. The Daily Telegraph reports that fewer than half of those people at risk of infection are being contacted by phone. With schools in Scotland fully reopening this week, and plans for pupils in England to be back next month, the Times reports on a study which suggests teenagers can transmit coronavirus as easily as adults. The Daily Star leads on a five-day hunt by the RSPCA for an escaped emu which it's feared could run into traffic. Our full review of the morning papers is here.

We all know how delicate a pair of headphones can be, and that is in part down to how they work - based on principles that have changed little since the first speakers were made in the early 20th Century. But one US firm reckons its new way of making headphones promises more robust products with high quality sound. Speaking of headphones, Apple boss Tim Cook is now a billionaire thanks to the climbing value of his 847,969 shares in the tech giant as well as a £96m pay package. But Mr Cook owns just 0.02% of Apple, unlike fellow technology titans Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Jeff Bezos of Amazon, whose wealth comes from the huge stakes they have in their companies.

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