The Senior Students Speak

Now that we have finally returned to onsite learning full-time, I asked Senior School students three questions about what freedoms they are enjoying now and what they are looking forward to.

You may enjoy reading some of their responses below:

Since restrictions have eased, what have you been able to do?

  • Meet up with my friends at parks – Summer Z, Yr7
  • Go out for dinner and catch up with family – Layla H, Yr11
  • Go to JB Hi-Fi – Nathan K, Yr10
  • Meet up with all the lads and muck around – Declan L, Yr10
  • Go to the Murray River for the long weekend – Millie M, Yr8
  • See friends and have the best sleepover ever! – Cassandra S, Yr8
  • Go roller skating – Maddie G, Yr9
  • Go anywhere without feeling guilty and unsafe – Saanvi P, Yr7


What is the best thing about lockdown ending?

  • Being able to go out and not being at home all the time – Brianna M, Yr7
  • I get to meet my friends again, and all my teachers – Diya J, Yr8
  • No more curfew – Meher K, Yr9
  • Online school is over – Ethan M, Yr7
  • Life is going back to normal – Jacob C, Yr9
  • I don’t have to wear a mask – Maddi R, Yr7
  • Going back to face-to-face learning – Tessa S, Yr7
  • I can go shopping – Ashleigh C, Yr11
  • Going out and life returning to normal like it was years ago – Noah A, Yr7

What are you really looking forward to?

  • Christmas holidays – Riley S, Yr10
  • International flights reopening – Tanay K, Yr10
  • Just going back to how things were before lockdown happened – Asad C, Yr9
  • Connecting with people again and going back to things I love doing that were on hold for a while – Aastha S, Yr11
  • Rather than looking at a laptop screen for six hours, interacting with classmates and teachers at school – Sophie A, Yr9
  • Going into the city with my friend for her birthday – Olivia R, Yr7
  • Having a Covid-normal summer – Rachel S, Yr12
  • Going camping – Jack P, Yr8
  • Early commencement and the holidays – Gurleen K, Yr10
  • Going to the beach – Andreea G, Yr7
  • Playing netball again and starting tennis – Guvani R, Yr7
  • Getting a haircut and travelling – Bianca R, Yr8
  • Playing golf – Kian M, Yr7
  • Going to the gym – Prabhu A, Yr11

Kate Morgan
Head of Senior School