In March and April last year we brought you Lockdown Legends – a Facebook series featuring our students and staff who were totally blitzing Alert Level 4. During Auckland’s lockdown last week we jumped at the chance to profile a couple more of our amazing students.
In case you missed them on FB, here are the profiles:
Grace Chen
Today we want to introduce our Head Prefect for 2021, Grace Chen, who is spending the three day lockdown with her parents and dog Rosy. Having rocked on through the previous lockdowns, we asked Grace to tell us about her week so far, and to give us her top piece of advice for other at-home learners.
Today we want to introduce our Head Prefect for 2021, Grace Chen, who is spending the three day lockdown with her parents and dog Rosy. Having rocked on through the previous lockdowns, we asked Grace to tell us about her week so far, and to give us her top piece of advice for other at-home learners.“On Monday, my dog Rosy decided it would be a great idea to run around in the heavy rain for a few hours. She enjoys exploring the garden at the wrong times. On Tuesday, I think she really regretted her decision as her fur ‘poofed’ up and she smells… well, like a wet dog. Hope she has learnt her lesson.
My top piece of advice would be to get enough sleep. It’s easy to get distracted by our devices at night and end up staying up until very late. So my tip is to try to remove your devices from your room at least 30 minutes before you go to bed. This way, you can avoid falling asleep (refer to the photo) or feeling tired during class and instead, tune in and be an active member of the classroom. A minimum of 8 hours a night will leave you feeling refreshed and energised the next morning so that you can take on any task that comes your way.”
Charis Allison
Our second profile is our wonderful Deputy Head Prefect Charis Allison. Charis is pictured with her dog Cario, settling into work on Day Two of the lockdown.“My top tip would be to make use of being at home and do some things you wouldn’t normally do. This will help to break up the monotony of being at home and make your days a bit more interesting!
Another thing that would be really cool to see is whenever you go on a walk, take a bag and pick up some rubbish along the way, I’ve started doing this and it makes me feel a lot more grounded and connected to my neighbourhood and environment through this rather uncertain time we find ourselves back in.”