My Quarantine

Hi, my name is Kathy, I’m 11 years old. As we are all aware about coronavirus. It changed everything as we had to go to a lockdown for a few months. School was off and everyone was bored and scared at home. Now I want to tell you all about how my lockdown went.

So, when lockdown was announced I was in the middle of year 6 and I

I live on a road with many elderly people. During lockdown I felt a yearning to be proactive and to do something positive for my elderly neighbours.

I wrote my name, address and mobile number on a card and dropped it through their letterbox. I said I was available to collect their prescriptions from the chemist and offered to buy basic food for them such as milk, bread and eggs.

MY QUARANTINE By Kathy Githinji

had no idea what was going on. All I heard was’ CORONAVIRUS IS A DANGEROUS VIRSUS’ ‘SCHOOLS ARE GONNA BE SHUT DOWN’. Of course, my first reaction to hear that school is off was ‘yess no school. I was so wrong.

The first two weeks of lockdown were fun. I stayed home went on my phone and played with my brother. But when it got to three to four weeks in, I was so bored. I was doing home-schooling and It really help me not fall behind my schoolwork.

Although we did do some interesting activities like painting and drawing it was still very boring being at home all the time, not seeing my friends and going out for activities. There was one thing

Luckily, a few days later the government said that students in year 1 and year 6 needed `to go

By Annice Thomas

I received a call from my elderly neighbour who said she had hurt her leg and could not get out, she gave me the details to collect her prescription. This became a weekly occurrence for two of my neighbours. On a Friday I would regularly bake bread and on a Saturday, I decided to wrap 4 pieces of bread and deliver them to each of my elderly neighbours. The bread was gratefully received and the conversations developed as I stood 2 metres safely away on their driveway. During the summer I grew potatoes and onions in my garden. When I dug them up there was far too much than I could manage so I made 20 bags and delivered them back to school.

I was incredibly happy, and school was fine. I was a bit worried about going secondary because of lots of things like {SATS} but I didn’t let them stop me from finishing Primary school.

So around the last week of July I finally finished primary school. My friends and I planned a small leavers party {we were socially distancing and were at a park} and that’s was it. I was off to YR 7

Starting secondary school knowing that I won’t know what set I’m in, due to not doing STATS, and that I didn’t know whether I would make friends or not was scary .But now I’m soo happy that I went because I have made so many lovely friends. Know it’s my third week at my school and I already feel soo

Little Things Mean A Lot

comfortable. to my neighbours. Again, this gave way to discussions and neighbourly friendships started to develop. I have been blessed by my neighbours and the sacrifice on my part has been minimal. I have been rewarded by their strength and their courage through this difficult pandemic. I would encourage everyone to choose one neighbour on your road to befriend. You do not have to give a lot of your time as what is most important is that you are committed and consistent in giving 15 minutes or an hour a week. It has been my experience in the most meaningful way that little things mean a lot.