Last week, NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced students would take up online classes for the start of term two.

For parents across the state it's the first time they'll have to do more than help with the homework, so we asked a qualified teacher for tips to help others out in this trying time.

Griffith's Greg Adamson is a qualified secondary school teacher and here's some advice he has for parents taking up the challenge of homeschooling;

Just remember, your goal as a homeschooling parent is not to be your child's teacher!

Together with your child's teacher, you are both aiming to build an independent learner - the most advanced type of student.

As a homeschooling parent, you should be aiming to support your child by;

1) Helping them organise their work. Buy a chart to outline their tasks. Buy a desk calendar or diary and establish clearly defined tasks which need to be completed each day.

2) Define what a learning goal is. You, or the teacher must be able to state what a successfully completed task looks like.

You must be able to say at the end of this task you can do, for example, the addition or subtraction and explain what the numerator and denominator are. Or maybe it's an English task, you will be able to explain alliteration is in the repetition if the first sound of a series of words such as Mickey Mouse, or Donald Duck.

If you can't identify what your child is meant to be demonstrating to be successful in completing the task, than you need to contact their teacher and have them explain it to you. And you know what, it is perfectly OK to say to a teacher "I don't understand the task", or "the concept you want my child to know - I haven't done that since I was in school." If you don't understand the task, your child most likely doesn't understand the task.

3) Generally, don't help them find the answer. We are in a unique period of time where you can really improve your child's education. Every minute you spend with them shows the work they are doing is important to you.

If a child asks you for help, refrain at first, point them to resources which can help them discover the solution. YouTube demonstrations, Google, Dictionaries, there are millions of resources.

If your child has tried to find an answer alone (generally no more than five to 10 minutes), and they are still stuck. Then provide assistance.

4) In the process of learning to be an independent learner, your child will 'crack.'

I've watched every child I have taught this way 'crack.' After a few months anywhere from one to 18 months, generally when there are time pressures, but the cause will vary, they will want to throw in the towel. 'It is all too hard' they'll say.

At this point expect screaming, temper tantrums, destruction, self harm, personal attacks on you, anything is possible.

This behaviour is totally normal, and it is at this point you need to be able to clear your schedule and be there to support them. This is the most important point in the whole independent learning development, at this point you will be developing an independent learner.

You need to follow the steps I suggest above once more, in a way your child understands. Do not ignore their calls for help! This meltdown, which could last two to four weeks is the sign all the effort is about to be worth it.

My daughter, in Year 7 and 8 was learning via video conferencing as part of Aurora Selective School. She lasted right through until Easter holidays in Year 8 before she had a meltdown. It was at that point we need to "rebuild her" - something I've done with many students.

Once she was through this phase she was an independent student, school was too easy, and she started studying mainstream university courses, something she has continued to this day.

This is a great time for student to get a step ahead. Just think of the world in front of these kids, it is so much broader than what we were ever exposed to. Let's build children to lead the world into the future.