The national cabinet has said it "was no longer business as usual for schools" and there would be "a new mode of operation following the school holidays" but the Victorian government is yet to clarify if all students will learn remotely from term two.

Warrnambool's King's College principal Allister Rouse said 200 students from prep to year 12 would receive lessons online when term two commences after the holidays.

He said the college would remain open and staff would supervise students doing online work if they needed to attend a classroom because their caregivers were essential workers.

"The college is not closing," Mr Rouse said.

"The college is well prepared for remote and online learning. We have had platforms in place for more than five years.

"In rolling out the full suite of online learning tools on the last day of term one, our students have told us they feel confident that learning is going to continue."

He said there would be varying levels of expectation on students for online learning depending on their year level. Sixty-six students in the college's three-and-four-year-old kindergarten will continue to attend as normal.

Mr Rouse said the national cabinet had also recommended educators who identified as high risk, vulnerable or caring for vulnerable family members work from home.

'We have a number of staff in this category and want to ensure all of our staff and parents who are at higher risk from this virus are well cared for," he said.

Emmanuel College principal Peter Morgan said the school "expects to be operating in virtual school mode from the start of term two".

"The college critical response team has determined it will wait until next week before confirming this position," Mr Morgan said.

Beyond the Bell executive officer Kate Roache said transitioning to remote learning could be a disruptive time for students and educators.

"We know that teenagers love to hate a routine. Social and emotional well-being is going to be something we are really concerned about and schools will be too," Ms Roache said.

"We are certainly worried about the disadvantaged, in respect to the access to technologies and the data. That's our number one concern at the minute."

She said students following a timetable, working from a defined place at home, maintaining virtual contact with peers, and seeking support services if needed would remain crucial.

"As a nation and a state and community I am hoping people will be home right now so this time spent is less and we can go back to some form of normality as soon as possible."

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