Maiden Gully Primary School assistant principal Jordan Ancrum said the school had about 60 students attending face-to-face classes each day this term, with more than 500 other students learning from home.

"The community has been very supportive," Mr Ancrum said.

"Parents have been fantastic in facilitating our programs and the plans that have been pushed out by the teachers. There has been a lot of work done by teachers.

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"The challenges have been trying to get that balance right and ensuring parents have the ability to facilitate the tasks to their kids while juggling their own personal work loads.

"So families really need to be thanked for the patience, support, and time they have put in."

White Hills Primary School principal Andrew Schaeche said his school was also having a limited number of children attending face-to-face classes each day.

But Mr Schaeche said those numbers had been slowly rising throughout the past few weeks.

"I think that some families initially took time off work, thinking this would all end quickly," he said.

"But now they are required to go back to work. We're following the directive from the Department of Education - if they can learn from home, then they must learn from home.

"But we are being very supportive and understanding of those who fall under exceptional circumstances."

Mr Schaeche said teachers at White Hills Primary were keeping in regular contact with students through email, phone calls, and the app ClassDojo.

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But he said the school also wanted to take the pressure off parents.

"We are certainly not pushing families to go and get every little bit of work done," Mr Schaeche said.

"We don't want to cause issues or fights at home. We understand how difficult this situation is for everyone."

Mr Schaeche said his school had also lent 135 devices to students to assist with remote online learning.

"Our wellbeing team is working with families to give them that additional support to learn and work from home," he said.

While the federal government has been increasing pressure on states to return schools to normal, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has remained firm that current restrictions would be in place until the end of term two.

Both primary school said they would continue to follow the state government's advice.

"We would love to open schools to everyone," Mr Ancrum said. "We're just waiting until we are told it is safe to do so."

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