Lockdown thoughts from Ōmokoroa No. 1

Lockdown is pretty hard and different for everyone. Here is a perspective from two different areas of our school. Firstly, from Year 2 and then Year 8.

“Three positive things that happened in lockdown for me were hanging out with my family, doing online activities on Seesaw each day and creating the point throw game.

“Something that wasn’t good was when I went for a bike ride and had a flat tyre. We had to turn around and go back home. My feelings about lockdown are happy feelings, but I was excited to go back to school,” says Billee MacDonald.

“I’ve missed going to school and playing with my friends. I really like staying safe at home. What I haven’t enjoyed is I can’t go to the Warehouse to look at and buy toys. My Mum has had to go to work because she is a midwife, so I always miss her and hope she is OK,” says Elizabeth Jenner.

“Appreciation of lockdown. Spending time with family. Exploring different tasks other than normal school work. Knowing that I will have stories to tell when I am older.

Having time to myself. Interacting with my family during school hours. Helping my siblings with their school work. Learning differently,” says one Year 8 student.

“Feelings about lockdown. A little weird, bitsy, calm. The dog is happy to be with us; excited to do other activities; fascinating to hear about Covid; going for walks and runs; strange not to be able to see people. Yummy food, missing my friends, masks when you leave the house; wake up later than usual. Kindness goes a long way,” says another Year 8.