Diary Entries

Year in at school Yr 6 Hi I’m Oliver I have some bad things that happened and good things that happened in the pandemic. The bad things about Coronavirus are not seeing my friends, not being able to learn how to ride my motorised scooter and not going out. The good things have been not going to school, more time to play games. I finish my work early and I learn how to do tricks on my bike.

The Corona Virus has been scary. Watching the news each night is like watching a horror movie, but instead of a happy ending it goes on and on. People say that there will be a vaccine in 18 months others say 2/3 years. Something that I like about about quarantine is that I get heaps more exercise and learn to appreciate the things I have ( or order some stuff online lol ). I also feel that working from home has taught me independence. Things I don’t like is no contact and social distancing because you have to raise your voice just to talk to friends. I’m looking forward to getting out of quarantine and being fresh and ready for high school.

Today was the first day i entered my school gates in weeks, having to get a sudden change from what i have been used to was quite strange. Getting up at 7:00 for the first time since school was still on, i put on my school uniform instead of staying in my pj's all day. I had to do my hair, look nice, and i had to put an effort in my physical appearance. I have to sit in class and listen to teachers instead of sitting in my bed getting comfy for the day of "school". this corona virus pandemic was my wake up call to how lazy and ignorant we can be. Why does it have take a pandemic to talk to my loved ones two or three hours away? why does it take a sickness to miss our elders? this pandemic is a wake up call for all of us and just that should tell you what our world is now.

Dear diary, It's been 6 week's and I'm finaly at school, I've been waiting for this moment my whole entire life. It's been really boring at home, well not boring it's just that online learning is EXTREMELY HARD and I can't really focus because there are so many distractions. I miss interacting with my friends because that's the only way I really focus. Apart from online learning at home it's been the best, spending time with my family and learning new things with my family.

Hello, welcome to my Diary Files ♡ During the online school times I did most of the work but not being at school with my teacher was hard. Being home was also fun because I got to bake loads of yummy cookies and cakes and different foods. When it was finally time to go back to school I was super excited to see all my friends and talk too.

12:11pm by Paris Xanthoudakis Marist Catholic College Penshurst- yr7 COVID-19 was massive. all I remember was being picked up from school and my mum balling her eyes out . all she said was ''I think I have been exposed to someone with corona''... and my heart dropped. we all went into isolation 2 weeks before everyone else did. she went and got tested straight and luckily she was tested negative. it was so hard being in iso, especially since all my friends were still at school. online learning was so hard. my school didn't end up doing zoom calls, and my parents were working full time so I had no one to assist me. I was receiving 35 emails a day.. having new things posted on compass 24/7.. and things on google classroom posted and expected to be handed in by the next day were so hard. I couldn't go see my grandparents because everyone was being cautious. easter was so hard.. usually every easter we would all get together with all my cousins and all the fam, but this year it was very different and a whole lot lonely. I couldn't meet up with my friends at all, so instead, I had to facetime them. We had Netflix parties and we joined random cahoots. apart from being lonely, it was a good time to relax and reflect on everything that I grateful for. I am really glad that I am back at school.

Positives & Negatives: Being in isolation has been really tough. There are positives and negatives. I started school today, not knowing what will happen. I had so many mixed emotions, anxious, nervous, excited, glad, for so many reasons. I had to do online learning for 7 weeks. Again, there were positives and negatives. During this time there are many positives and negatives. It is our choice whether to look at the negatives and positives.

Dear Diary, Isolation has been a pretty tough time for me as online school is a bit challenging. In my opinion, school face to face is much better then being isolated from my friends, teachers and school. My emails were blowing up from the school work we were getting, but I managed to keep up. When Online school was over it was great! I had more time to relax and binge watch my all time favourite show, The Vampire Diaries. I also tried new things during the free time I had at home. I baked a chocolate mug cake that was actually so delicious! I also tried coffee for the first time, I think I have a bit of an addiction now. Sometimes, I would go to the park and play some soccer if nobody was around, as you know, social distancing and all. I also think that 2020 has been an extremely bad year! But, our earth is starting to heal and things are getting better.

It was two months that I was at home and it was finally time that I arrive back at school. The amount of things I did at home was outstanding. I binge watched shows, cook and baked things that I have never done before, use zoom to contact with my friends and I even did lots of fitness to keep my body in the correct shape. Sometimes I wish I was still being at home but just doing what I want to do, not doing any work, but then I realised that the thing I was using which was technology but all I really wanted to do was see my friends and go out to places where I wanna go out. due to being in isolation, I wasn't able to go out anywhere with my friends. I was planning to go out with my friends like go shopping, have sleepovers, have pool parties, and way more things that I wanted to do. This letter is filled up with all of my anger just splashed onto a piece of paper with bunch of words. This is all i have to say...

Dear Future, Today I went back to school after 7 weeks in isolation.7 WEEKS!. The stores are finally becoming more normal, I can see toilet paper, hand sanitizer, masks, gloves and soaps. The school holidays were different this term(term 1-2).I wasn't allowed to have sleepovers see my friends go to the movies or do anything! The rules were lifted last week on friday as a part of the 3 stages from Scott Morrison that is helping us get back to normal. School online was horrible, i missed stuff and understood the work but I realised that technology is great but what I really craved was human interaction.  My grades went down because I was unable to concentrate at home. Seeing my family was hard but we went and talked anyway. What really intrigued me was the fact that I needed a global pandemic to happen for me to reach out to my cousins who are my age who live in America and facetime. Altogether coronavirus is something I will never forget.