Diary Entries

The COVID 19 pandemic in my opinion has changed the way Australians live their life everyday. For me, being stuck at home wasn't really a problem at first, but as the weeks went on, I felt myself getting restless and annoyed. There is only so much you can do at home. I couldn't believe when a normally busy street had turned into an almost deserted ghost town. I spent a lot of time with my dog which I wouldn't normally be able to because of school and other things. The first time I went to the mall, almost everyone was wearing a face mask and rushing to the shops to stock up on items such as food and toilet paper. Videos showing people fighting each other just for a simple eight rolls of toilet paper. It really captured how this virus was bringing everyone to their worst. I am delighted that this pandemic is almost about to end and everything is going back to normal. Schools are open, more people are on the streets and the safety measures are becoming less restricted.

During my time at home, I enjoyed some peace and quiet. It was nice to have a break from reality and take a step back. When school started again my first experience of remote learning was actually impressive, i was thinking about how amazing technology has come and how we can learn at home. After a week I was not enjoying remote learning, I hated having so many distractions while learning. Being able to have access to everything was extremely annoying, you could just stop working and go off and do anything was very distracting. Coronavirus ruined my holidays, although it was nice staying at home, I would've enjoyed going out and having a great time with my friends and family. We could've enjoyed going to the beach, going to swimming pools, going for bike rides and so much more. In the holidays we didn't do much, most of the time we did stuff at home like cleaning and fixing up all the issues with the house. It wasn't fun at all but at least I got some time to do what I like. I was gaming with my friends, riding bikes with my cousin and watching Netflix in my spare time. Overall, the holidays were average and remote learning wasn't that great.

Right now we are in the middle of a pandemic and it's changing the way everyone lives. First, everything was shut or cancelled which made everything seem worse because there wasn't a lot to do other than stay at home. It started to get better and things started to open up and we can finally see some of our friends again. NRL is starting again so there's finally something to watch on TV and sports might start again. While staying at home I've been wondering what everything will be like when all of this is over and even in the future. Is everything back to 'normal'? Is anyone scared that something like this will happen again? What's the most popular sport at the moment? Has anything happened in the world that's significant? What's the latest trend? They're a bit random but maybe something interesting will happen in years to come. Easter and Mother's Day weren't the same as they usually are and we couldn't see some of our family. Lots of things will be different when everything is over. I'm just waiting for the day when we can go out and play sport and see all of our friends again without having restrictions.

During my time at home I went on a lot of walks and I did around 3-8 km every day and I would walk to my local supermarket or I would go to Olds Park and do laps of the AFL oval. Some days being at home got boring but i just had to find something to entertain myself with, whether it be my Ipad , my Phone and I even painted something with fun colours and patterns but I always found something to do. School hasn't been super hard but i have missed all my friends, but I loved how I didn't have to worry about what time I would have to go to bed or what time I had to get up in the morning. I could just take my time to get settled into my work and i didn't have to worry about homework because I had done it all in my school time. I found remote learning fun and enjoyable, it wasn't the best thing in the world but it wasn't horrible. Overall i found learning from home fun and relaxing. by Mia Vais

Covid 19 has affected me in many ways. For me I think there's been more good than bad. Honestly, I was working at home for school and that didn't really affect me any badly. Now I'm back but it was actually very nice spending more time with my family. But it has been a bit of a bummer that I can't really see anyone else but it's getting better now that I can see some of my other family. In my view, Australia has benefited from this and are actually having less deaths because less people are getting the flu and there are less car accidents. The government is bringing things along pretty fast and there may even be some more outbreaks and I may even have to go back to working from home. This has been a global pandemic and it saddens me just looking at other countries seeing that so many people are dying. I know nobody that has actually got coronavirus so I'm very lucky there, and I hope none of my family will get it, fingers crossed. I hope someone sees this entry in the future and I hope everything gets better. Covid has been a once in a lifetime experience and it has rocked the world back and forth.

The time during COVID19, was quite a time because we were to do remote learning online, while living in isolation and to excercise everyday while avoiding people on the same street. Working from was quite stressful at sometimes because if you don't quite know what the teacher is asking you to do for the task, you have to email your teacher, and if the teacher does not email back straight away, you have are left with nothing to do. But on the bright side, being at home was a relaxing time, and we got to take a break from going from point A to B and then back. It was also nice not having to rush to go to school everyday, but instead we were doing it at home. Because we are in isolation, my sports were cancelled, the training and the competitive games on the weekend, which I miss. Being in isolation, gives us time to catch up on whatever we were falling behind in, and catching up in sports, by learning new skills. Even though my sports were cancelled, I would go for one hour walks everyday with my family and then maybe 5 days a week, we would go to our local park to play soccer. I think COVID19 has a positive side, and a negative side. The positive side is that people get to be with their families, and some families that maybe don't see one of their family member often, get to see each other. The negative side of COVID19 is that the population has tremendously decreased in size and lots of people have lost their family members. In conclusion, COVID19 was good and bad in its own ways.

During this time of the national pandemic everything became hard for the people of the world. In my life I am pressured to keep up with school work and not fall behind but to me that wasn't as important as my health and the health of my family. I keep thinking to myself and praying that my grandparents are safe and that their health is something that they are worrying about more than anything else. I wonder, when is this going to end but in a way I don't really want it to end because I don't have to go to school. All around the world there are signs of anxiousness, people are stocking up and it only feels like a few days ago that people in Australia where panicking and stocking up on toilet paper and I thought to myself who would stock up on toilet paper. How's that going to help you with a global pandemic.

I don't mind isolation too much. While I hate being inside locked away from the rest of my family it has become like the new normal to me and I think I am getting use to it. I like that it gives me a bit of a break from school (I do still have to do it at home) and me and my friends have still being talking through games and facetime. I haven't been doing much exercise but I don't normally so that is fine with me. The only thing I can't stand is having to stay away from all my family during this corona virus. Usually I would go visit some of my family weekly or even daily to play games and just talk and catch up. Now I can't even see them, of course there is facetime but my grandparents not in a million years would be able to properly use that. Overall I think isolation is good for a little bit to get a break from all the outside work and what you usually do but without your family it starts to get boring. Being locked with your brother and sister is something I am hoping will end soon and as the restrictions ease off I hope to go back to what I usually do soon.

Everything was most curious. Although it was a very harsh time, I believe that when we finally came together again, we were closer than ever. It was rare that people would hoard vast amounts of produce, but today it was mainstream. Everyone loves makeup or gaming PCs, everyone today collected toilet paper. Why toilet paper? I have converted from a scruncher to a folder during the pandemic. Distance learning was tough. My mum, a teacher with little knowledge about technology, struggled greatly with home teaching. I would often help my weeping mother with how to shared a google doc, or how to move it from one folder to another. I would help you late into the night, the hours ticked by slowly. I woke on the 11/5 and on the news it said that children would go back to school 1 day a week. I had to go back to 4 days a week, the same time as Year 12 students. It was because of the catholic schools system. Crazy time with all this Covid-19, people wouschool ld treat it like a meme, but it is still hanging around. It is only a matter of time before the next pandemic hits. First the Spanish Flu, now Corona virus, they are coming back big and more evolved. The only thing that could be done is prepare, and prepare is all that we can do. Have a Great Day...👍

Living through this Covid-19 pandemic has been challenging, but it does have some positives. Being in self isolation and not being allowed to go many places has been hard, I miss my friends, my family, my school, my netball studio and my dance studio. A member of my family has recently had her new born baby girl, I would really like to thank all of the doctors and nurses that helped her through, even during this pandemic. I am currently back at school, this has been really enjoyable as I am able to see my teachers and friends. Some positive aspects of this pandemic are that our pollution levels have dropped dramatically, we are now all realising how much pollution we actually put out there. On Friday, we get to have 5 people over and have a gathering of up to 10 people! I can't wait to have my friends over! So many people have passed away during this pandemic, my heart goes out to all of those families suffering from loss. Love, Amelia x