Annabel Lange can't wait join her big brother and sister at Garran Primary School.
The four-year-old had a great time drawing a colourful bird at the transition day and would now head off to kindergarten today ready to learn.
If her mother, Peta, sheds a tear at the school gate they would be happy tears.
"She's been so excited now for so long about going to school and joining her big brother and sister, but I think she'll have a wonderful time," Ms Lange said.
Twins Finn and Lulu, who are starting year 3 this year, are avid readers and will often switch off the television in favour of reading Harry Potter.
They had a taste of home learning last year when the pandemic reached the ACT and schools pivoted to a remote teaching model.
Ms Lange said teachers did a great job of adjusting the curriculum but that it was a real struggle for working parents to hold down their jobs while also supervising the children.
"I think it gives you an appreciation for for teachers and why they get into the job and the value that they bring. I think I've been classified as the worst teacher that ever existed by my children. They were pretty excited to get back," she said.
New students, including kindergarten and year 7 students, head back to school today, to be joined by the rest of the school population tomorrow.
An ACT Education Directorate spokesman said public schools would operate largely in the same way as term four last year with respect to COVID-19 measures.
"Assemblies, excursions, incursions, music and sports will continue and parents and carers are welcome to attend school grounds with their children or to volunteer, as long as gathering and density restrictions are met," he said.
"On school sites, gathering and density restrictions do not apply to students and staff. They only apply to visitors to school sites, such as parents, carers and contractors."
No more than 500 people are allowed to gather, not including students and staff, and visitors must also respect the one person per two square metre rule both indoors and outside.
Fundraising events, volunteer activities and hiring school facilities could still go head as long as density and check-in requirements were met.
There would be extra cleaning of high-touch points and hand sanitiser has been provided to all schools.
Motorists were warned from February 1 the 40 km/h school zones would be enforced from 8am to 4pm on weekdays.
Meanwhile, Ms Lange was keen to see what her children would achieve this year.
"They've all got a real thirst for learning. So I think that's the exciting thing, being able to send them to school and see that come to life," she said.
