Creative Writing

SCEGGS students’ heartfelt, thoughtful, inspirational responses to lockdown and isolation                                                                

In what has been a trying time world-wide for countries and governments trying to contain the pandemic that has been in force since February this year, we can be forgiven for not listening to what young people, our children, our students think of the changed way of life since isolation and lockdown has been in force in Australia. Or can we? “Out of the mouths of babes” may be a cliché but how true it is.

In both the 125th book photo competition launched by Ms Allum and responses from my own Year 7 English class in response to a stimulus, SCEGGS students have written heartfelt, thoughtful, inspirational responses to lockdown and isolation during these unprecedented times. Click here to see a sample of what SCEGGS students are thinking and feeling, many as young as Year 7. How refreshing, and thought-provoking are these comments from the generation who, within the next two decades or so, will be our country’s workers, leaders, thinkers, and policy makers. 

Looking into the heads of young people can be a salutary experience. We are very fortunate at SCEGGS to have such passionate, forward-thinking, imaginative students.

Marilyn Pretorius
Head of English