Children, parents and teachers were all keen for school to resume after spending the bulk of terms two and three locked into remote learning.

At Delacombe Primary School staff welcomed students back with balloons and signs as they walked through the gates.

"It's all systems go," said principal Scott Phillips.

"We ordered four sets of balloons and our art teacher made two sighs for us which our school captains hung onto at the front gate."

Despite concerns that some students might struggle to transition back in to the classroom, Mr Phillips said that had not been the case.

"My biggest fear was some of our kids really struggling to leave parents and us having to do quite a bit of work around that but at the moment ... they all seem to have settled in pretty quickly.

"For everyone it's a bit of a relief to be back to some sense of normality and the fact that kids and parents are not having to deal with an education system totally dedicated to the online format."

Mr Phillips said teachers would assess children in the coming days to identify any who needed help to catch up or extra support.

Urquhart Park Primary School principal Janet Hillgrove said there was a "buzz" around the school on Monday morning with staff in the playground welcoming pupils back to their classrooms.

"We've got a school full of excited kids, the teachers are feeling excited too about getting back into it and I've heard from some parents they were very keen to see their kids back in class," she said.

But for some foundation students it would be about getting to know their friends again.

"Talking to the foundation children, some said they had forgotten their friends ... they've had such a disrupted year," Ms Hillgrove said.

Staff will concentrate on getting pupils from all year levels back in to a routine and focus on children's wellbeing.

"Obviously it's been a very difficult experience but we've been very fortunate as we have a very supportive community. We are all of course worried about children's wellbeing and how they have coped through remote learning and will be asking teachers to be very mindful to check how they feel the kids are going and looking for any indication they are not coping very well."

Ms Hillgrove said there would be an extra focus on grade six students in their final term at the school with plans being considered on how to celebrate some of the milestones they notch up as they finish primary school.

"We are very mindful that particularly our grade six students have had disrupted year in what is a very important year for them. We've been talking with school council and with the staff about how we can make the end of year special for those children and it's going to depend on how things pan out - it's a week by week proposition."

IN OTHER NEWS

Primary schools across regional Victoria resume this week for all year levels and VCE students also returned to class on Monday, with secondary school students in all other year levels heading back to the classroom next week.

In metropolitan areas, primary school students, students studying VCE and VCAL, and students attending specialist schools will return to face-to-face learning from Monday October 12, and students in years seven to 10 will resume classes on October 26.

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