Lockdown and the remote learning that went with it has been a big part of our school year. Here are a few reflections about the experience. 

I liked lockdown in some ways but not in others. 
Good : In lockdown we don't have to rush around all the time. 
Bad : I missed my friends and school. 
Good : I had time to do a lot of stuff I usually wouldn't have time to do. 
Bad : I couldn't go to a lot of places that I usually went to.
Lola 

Lockdown was hard at first but it got easier when you got the hang of it a little bit.
Ben 

In some ways lockdown was nice. I had more quality time with my family and could catch up on cooking and reading. I also went to school on some days and made many new friends.
Jack 

At first I thought this would be fun to be at home. Then after one and a half weeks I started to think that is was boring not seeing my friends and not going to school.  

Also I thought to myself what are some of the advantages to stay at home to work, this is what I thought- being able to get most of my work down before my meeting (12:20), the weather has been nice to us by letting us have warm weather. The last thing I thought of was that I don't have to wear school uniform. 

In the mornings before school I walked up to school and back to my house so it was like a normal school day.
Erica 

Lockdown wasn’t bad. I could finish school earlier and eat if I’m hungry between doing work. I could also have breaks often. School is a bit easier doing it at home. 

In my breaks I played on the trampoline doing flips and playing on my iPad. Mum and I have been going bike riding a lot to Glenrock. At Glenrock, there are jumps and each time I did the jump I got a tiny bit further and further but still didn’t clear it. I didn’t clear it because I didn’t have enough speed. The riding was very fun and very tiring when going back home. Sometimes I rode to Subway to get a Subway sandwich. 

I’ve been swimming in the pool every time I come back from a ride. The pool was always cold but after a while I got used to it. 

If it wasn’t for lockdown I wouldn’t be able to go for as many rides and jump in the pool. 

The only bad thing about lockdown was I couldn’t see my friends so I had to FaceTime them.
Fin 

This term we have been working on poetry as part of our writing in English. Here are a few of our poems. 

Frogs are green  
frogs like to hop  
They used to be tadpoles 
pop, now they're frogs  

They go into the wild  
they eat all the flies  
they jump on the logs  
They make funny noises  

They’re sometimes wet 
They’re sometimes dry  
frogs cry out  
we need more flies  

Zara

Sunset  

Out of the sunsets red 
Into the blushing sea 
The day’s wind drops dead 
And dreams come home to me. 

Erica 

The Sun  

The sun is bright 
It's the opposite of night 
It will heat up your house  
You'll feel as small as a mouse 

Amelie 

How do witches learn spells?  
Adventures through the wizard's world  
Races off to Hogwarts in the steam train  
Ron's whole family goes to Hogwarts  
Yelling every way in Harry's head  

Potion class  
Off the train they get to hop on a boat  
They finally arrive when the train stops  
The person that saves the day is Harry Potter  
Everyone is very elegant  
Really nervous on their first day of school.  

Eve 

Summer sun 
Up high in the sky 
Never stops shining bright 
Scorching days 
Heat waves 
Igloos would melt 
Never bring a penguin near it 
Eggs would fry 

Rory 

Locked inside your house 
Over the last days I couldn't sleep because I was not allowed to see my friends  
Currently I don't like lockdown  
Knock knock - no one is there because no one is allowed to visit  
Deep inside I want to go back to school even if I don't like it  
Open up, is this the life you want where everyone is in isolation? 
Where will you go? What will you do? Stay home and watch TV all day? 
Never ending lockdown is what I think it is.  

Isabella 

Yin and yang are the sun and night  
one so bright and the other right. 
The sun is fun the sky is bright  
the moon makes a boom and the stars are the night 
And yin and yang are in between  
none is mean and none is right everything is just bright. 
Yin and yang are a symbol from over seas  
Together they do so many good deeds. 
It takes the lead oh so many times  
and yin and yang won't part tonight. 

Charlotte