Student Reflections

I wasn’t here at the start of the term. I arrived in week five. I was honestly excited to be at school after having a long holiday. Being back at home for the holidays, it was great to be with friends and families, but I missed being in class, learning new things and just hanging with friends, all the teachers, and mentors. As soon as I got back to Yiramalay. I was keen to be in class, but sadly after one day of school, I found out I was COVID positive.

I had to isolate for seven days which wasn’t too bad for me. I was tired, frustrated and annoyed about getting moved around and having to go into town for three whole days, just sitting in the hospital for hours, I was really upset with it. But I chose to believe everything happens for a reason, I’m glad I got through it and got out of isolation. I made the most of my freedom and went to all my classes on time. I also enjoyed going for an afternoon cruise down to 6 Mile, it was peaceful swimming around and yarning up with Gavin, Marilyn, HB and Kelwin, it was nice and quiet being down there.

Niniesha Norman, Year 12

In week three I came back to Yiramalay and got straight back into class and did most of my work. Rhett did some after-school and evening activities, which was fun. We even went to the old homestead. I haven’t been back there since 2019 so it was good going back there. We had a good day swimming and cooking up a feed. We packed up and headed back to the cars, and as we were about to leave Rhett got one of the cars bogged and Kerrie got the car out. It was fun that day.

One of the hardest things this term was going into isolation. It was so hard being away from my friends, sitting down and staring at four walls every day. But it was good having some time to myself. I had a lot of ups and downs going through it, but I managed to get through it all.

Being in quarantine was stressful and fun. Although I had a lot of time to myself, I got to ring up my family every day, had visitors come to see me and teachers gave me classwork to do while I was in isolation. They gave us movies to watch and games to play. Tavia took me and Shanine to the gate for a walk to get outside of the dorms it was a fun experience doing quarantine.

I’m happy it’s all over!

Jirrwirliny Jefferies, Year 12