In Rowena's wheat and legume farming district in the state's north, rain has fallen and planting is now in full swing after five long years of drought.
"Farming's all go here. The rest of the world is shutting down, but in our community we're starting up again after five years. Our families are flat out putting seeds in the ground," Rowena Public School principal Paul Cecil said.
When learning from home was introduced in response to COVID-19, the school had to quickly solve a number of challenges.
The cycle of sowing was a priority for parents and every available man, woman and many children were working the land; the internet was "sketchy at best" and the load was stretched with high school boarding school siblings now home and also needing access for online learning.
"Our goal was to do exactly what we did in class normally, but we had to have a variety of delivery and flexibility for the students and their families," Mr Cecil said.
"The reality is many of our kids are helping out on farms so we recognise that it's not a normal 9am to 3pm day for them. Some kids are getting up at 4am, doing schoolwork until 9am and then going out to plant."
The school timetable remained the same but students complete work at any time as long as the weekly learning package is submitted by Fridays.
Lessons include Zoom and FaceTime sessions, paper workbooks that teachers deliver and collect from farms, teacher videos loaded on to USBs, and extensive use of photos, screen shots and text messages for feedback and to submit work.