That was one of the key messages to come from Prime Minister Scott Morrison after the latest national cabinet meeting today.

Changes to Australia's social distancing rules won't be changing any time soon. The best we can hope for is a review in another four weeks, the PM explained.

"A positive thing to say is we have often found ourselves, as we have now, in a better place ahead of time," he said.

"And if we are able to achieve that well and good - but we want to be very clear with Australians, baseline restrictions we have in place at the moment, there are no plans to change those for the next four weeks."

In other words, keep calm and carry on.

Mr Morrison went on to explain that states with tighter restrictions would be responsible for their own arrangements.

The Prime Minister's office also unveiled a list of seven national principles for the education system's response to the COVID-19 crisis today.

Mr Morrison said the best outcome would be teachers educating children in school classrooms.

"In relation to my own kids, I want my kids to go back to school and be taught in a classroom by a teacher. That's what I want to see happen."

The PM also, however, emphasised a crucial point: "The Commonwealth does not run State Government - state schools, they are run by state governments they set policy and rules."

Earlier in the day NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced that online learning will continue for NSW students in the first two weeks of term two.

Her position didn't impress the NSW Teachers Federation president Angelo Gavrielatos who said teachers were struggling under the extreme weight of inconsistencies.

In Victoria, where schools are planning for the possibility of the whole of second term to be delivered via online learning, they were just getting on with home-based learning.

Victoria's chief health officer Professor Brett Sutton said: "This is because having around a million children and their parents in closer contact with each other, teachers and other support staff has the potential to increase cases of coronavirus not just in schools but across the community."

So in other words, keep calm and carry on.

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