Diary Entries

in my opinion, this pandemic has brought out the best and the worst of people. some people have gone mad about toilet paper and food with preservatives. and others have still stayed at the frontlines of the medical work all the wonderful people have done. all the doctors, nurses, emergency workers, and scientists have done for the world are forever immortal. and deserve some of the highest honor forever. some other things have happened during this period such as new planets being found millions of light-years away this period will be unforgettable in the history of the world and generation to come will continue learning about COVID 19

Trapped inside for several weeks, was not how I expected my first year of high school to be like. There were brutal fights over toilet paper and no rice or flour left in my local supermarkets. I miss my friends and giving them cuddles. I miss seeing my grandma and catching up with her about our days. I started to get constant head aches from looking at a screen and my brain started hurting from working almost all day. The only time I got to see my friends was through Face Time, I couldn't see my best friends for 2 months. But in Australia it's not as bad as Italy or Spain, so there is no place I'd rather been in isolation then Australia.

the coronavirus has changed my life allot the past 6 weeks. i haven't been able to see friends and older family members, in december on my phone a news article came up about a chinese virus but my mother said to not worry. It turns out that when i was in Fiji in January i found out it was about the coronavirus and I was scared to come back to Australia. Social distancing, excess hand washing and not seeing the elderly people has changed my life allot and everyone has to be super careful because you don't know who is carrying the virus which is scary.

During the Pandemic, isolation has been a very fun journey. I have been able to stay home with my pets, bond with my family, bake and do many things that I put off. I have been able to connect with myself and I have been able to better myself and connect with my family and spend more time with them. I have been able to babysit my pets and along with that be home alone with my sister. I have also enjoyed online learning very much. I was able to go at my own pace and to ask for help from my family. I enjoyed being able to go on family hikes and walk on the weekends as we had nothing to do. Overall I have enjoyed the positives of the Pandemic and we have been able to better our world and heal mother nature.

Before covid 19 I was in the same routeen but now I have been going for walks and baking and spent more time with my family and appreciate our family. If it wasn't for covid 19 I wouldn't have nown that you put lemonade in scones. If it wasn't for covid 19 India would have never seen the blue sky for the first time, i think that covid 19 was a good and bad thing that happened. When you go to school some kids are like i wish there was no school but when you aren't there you really miss it and miss seeing your everyday.

As beginning to be a high school student it was at first worrying what would happen during this time, but as soon as I got over that feeling knowing that the school had plans and everything was fine I was excited to see what online learning was like. Online learning is a completely different type of learning where in a class you are surrounded by things that make you feel like you should be learning while at home it makes it so easy to get distracted. Being separated from everyone outside, no meeting in person. This wasn't as much of a challenge for me as I imagine it would've been for others because I had much more than just contacting friends online. I have a very large family, there's 9 of us I'm the youngest child out of 4 boys and 3 girls. Having 3 brothers and 3 sisters makes very challenging dynamic because by the time I was born my oldest brother was already leaving high school the year after. Although one of my brothers and two of my sisters have moved out though one of my sisters lives in a granny-flat in the backyard with her husband. They have the 3 children 2 boys and 1 girl, this made me an uncle at the age of 5, one of my sisters also lives with us in our house. So even though we were in isolation I still had many people to talk to in person, 12 to be exact. This time definitely presents a challenge to the world but hopefully we can use this to expand and improve the world.

The current situation(covid 19) did both good at the beginning but worsened as the situation continued. At the beginning it was nothing much, we just had to stay at home. Then I thought it would be nice to stay at home. But soon I realised I could do what i took for granted. I hope the pandemic finishes soon.

Hey, I'm Natasha. During quarantine I did many things which included: bike riding, walking my dog and spending time with her, going for bike rides, binge watching Harry Potter and MANY other shows. I facetimed SO MANY people including Mikala F one of my close friends, Niki, Bella (many of them, ahahah) olivia, rose, sophia, tom, jess, and many more. I became so much closer to my family and understand so much more about them, it sounds weird but it's true. I appreciate having my family and my friends who I love & adore; they reached out to me throughout quarantine and I really appreciate it! I did a lot of cooking (some didn't turn out well...) and I did something very old fashioned.... I WROTE A LETTER TO MY GRANDPARENTS! I drew and coloured something for each of them and it made me feel very good. It was weird going back to school and seeing my friends, now I'm back at school I am craving to be back in my pyjamas and to eat yummy food whenever I felt like it. I was so happy to see all my teachers and friends and to have a conservation with them, it felt great! I will treasure this epidemic throughout my whole life, we are all very lucky to live in this AMAZING country, I adore everything about my life and am so grateful.

As a 12 year old living in Australia the Covid-19 outbreak was a sudden movement throughout the entirety of Australia. This outbreak affected many Aussie lives and other people on a global scale. For me this was a great break to rethink and understand what I really am doing, I started by going to my home gym and improving myself, after I really found my taste in music and reading more helped me understand what I want to do. In Australia it's great as we are a country that is girt by sea and I couldn't be more grateful.

The Day we Disappeared from School The COVID 19 global pandemic was unexpected. One day we were at school, the next day we weren't. We had "disappeared" from school. Being at home has its positives and negatives. Some of the positives were that we got to spend more time with our family and play board games or watch movies with them. I also found many opportunities to do new things and find amazing talents that I may not have known I even had. There were certain negatives as well. Doing school work at home can be a bit of a challenge and getting bored out of my mind happened a lot too. But overall, it made me realise the things in life that are so precious. Seeing all the nice stories on the news about people finding special ways to communicate and play with each other. I think it has made me a better person.