Parents in the Northern Territory have expressed their relief as kids return to classrooms today for the beginning of term two.

Key points: The NT Government has told parents students are expected to attend school in term two

The NT Government has told parents students are expected to attend school in term two Exceptions may be made for some students to learn at home

Exceptions may be made for some students to learn at home The NT Education Minister said the NT was in a fortunate position because it has low coronavirus rates and no community transmission

As several other states and territories around Australia prepare to go online for term two, NT families are heading back to business as usual — with those who still hold concerns able to organise homeschooling.

The Northern Territory remains one of only two Australian jurisdictions without any cases of community spread of coronavirus, a fact that solidified Belinda Mawby and James Gorrie's decision to send their two sons back.

"We recognise that we are lucky in the Northern Territory but we have to keep practising that social distancing so that we stay safe," Ms Mawby said.

'It's not been easy'

Ms Mawby, who worked from her home in Darwin's northern suburbs while also homeschooling her sons Edward and Thomas during the end of term one, said she had started to become concerned about her sons' wellbeing after having to keep them stuck at home for so long.

"We've had the odd day where Edward said there wasn't much point to getting up," she said.

"It's not been easy to motivate them to do the work. For the first few days they were really good but after that it dropped off pretty significantly.

"I'm excited and apprehensive that they can go back to school and we are taking the advice of the authorities."

Belinda Mawby and James Gorrie say it's not been easy to motivate sons Thomas and Edward to work from home. ( ABC News: Ian Redfearn )

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The NT Government has told parents that students are expected to attend school in term two but exceptions may be made for some students to learn at home.

Thomas, 11, and Edward, 13, were both pleased to be heading back into the classroom.

"I've been bored, is what I've done a lot of the time. I've just been falling asleep a lot," said Edward.

Mr Gorrie said the experience had shown how much their sons actually loved school.

"They've been waking up really early hoping they could go," he said.

"But the positive thing has been that I've been spending a lot more time with kids rather than going to work."

If there are new coronavirus cases in the Northern Territory, Ms Mawby said they would bring the kids back home but, until that happened, she was far happier to see her kids in the classroom.

"I recognise for some people, that they would make the choice that they don't feel that school is the right place for their children," she said.

'She's missed out on so much'

Another Top End mother, Jennifer Stewart, said she had struggled to homeschool her daughter Sophie-Lea Cooke, who has additional needs.

Jennifer Stewart says her own learning commitments has made it challenging to homeschool her daughter. ( ABC News: Ian Redfearn )

"She's missed out on so much and having an intellectual disability, she needs schooling as much as anything," she said.

Ms Stewart is a registered nurse but, after a heart attack in January, has not been able to work in her usual position.

She is now studying and said her own learning commitments made homeschooling her daughter more difficult.

"I also need as much time to myself to be able to study. Having to homeschool her would not fit in our criteria at all."

"She needs help with reading and writing, fine motor skills. She's very shy and won't talk to people she doesn't know that much.

"Having all that come back into play now will help us with everything that has been going on."

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Jennifer Stewart said she had struggled to homeschool her daughter Sophie-Lea Cooke who has additional needs. ( ABC News: Ian Redfearn )

Ms Stewart, who lives with her daughter in Palmerston, near Darwin, said she was grateful that the Northern Territory's unique situation would allow her family to step back into more normal routines, while others interstate struggle to manage the demands of homeschooling and full-time work.

"We're looking forward, we are not looking at all the negativity that is going around at the moment," she said.

"My cousin in Coffs Harbour has three children and they all go to school and she is struggling while she works full-time and her partner works full-time."

NT Education Minister Selena Uibo said the NT was in a fortunate position because it has low coronavirus rates and no community transmission.

But she said the Government would reassess its position if the NT started seeing high levels of community transmission and that schools had plans in place in case they needed to close.

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