Kaile

“I’m in my second year of biology. I’m very into climate activism. So, kind of learning about all of biology and then also having in the back of my mind, oh like, there might not be all this biology around. It’s quite scary. And it’s also de-motivating and motivating at the same time. I’ve kind […]

Hunter

“I had childhood trauma when I was younger. Being diagnosed with ADHD at six. I carried that label around like it was printed on my T-Shirt. They even put me in a Woman’s Day magazine with the article titled ‘Taming Hunter’ you know, like some sort of a circus act. At age nine, I had […]

Jonathon

“I’ve been growing my hair as long as I can remember, I do usually have hair cuts in the front.  But the back of it hasn’t been cut for years. It’s been well maintained  and long. Very long. Currently longest in my family apart from my mum. Just because why not? It keeps my ears […]

Dylan

“Music’s like one of my big passions. I joined Burnside High because of the specialist music program…. It’s a jazz program specifically. I didn’t really know what jazz was; I knew it was some like, ancient genre from the olden days. I judged it. I’m a rock drummer but I thought eh! I’ll just do […]

Aleksey

“I’m 12 and I’m home schooled. I love the music the accordion makes and it’s easy to carry. It’s an orchestra in a bag!” – Aleksey

Neith

“This started off with me wanting to get into rowing. My teacher said, ‘this is gonna be bloody expensive.’ So I looked at ways to find money; I was looking at getting some sort of minimum wage job. Then I thought why don’t I start my own business? And then it was like, it’s got […]

Toby

“I think the events of March 15 and also the earthquakes of 2010 and ‘11 were pretty defining moments for me. We lost our neighbour in the earthquakes. During the mosque attacks we had been sponsoring a muslim family who’d come over from Jordan. For about 18 months prior to that we had built a […]

Hudson

“Me and my family went overseas around the world like, not like every country but just like in a circle. My animal encounters was one of the main things I remember. We did it when I was seven, which was seven years ago. So we went to the States, the famous places like the Grand […]

Sophie

“So I really want to help people. And due to my own health experiences, I realised that the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff isn’t super helpful. So I graduated in Health Science and I applied for over 70 jobs and got rejected by all of them. It made me realise as a young […]

Olivia D

“I made this dress for my school formal. Unfortunately due to Covid-19 it was cancelled. My grandma was a seamstress and we spend a lot of time making things together. The dress took me a couple of weekends to make; my first day was spent at Grandma’s, cutting everything out and over-locking everything. The gold […]