Bilsthorpe Flying High Academy students reveal diary pages during a day under coronavirus lockdown

‘Dear Diary, today was like any other day­— deadly Covid-19 plagued uncontrollably and is still capturing souls as I write this.’

These are the words of 11-year-old Lexi Wariner who, like children across the world, is in coronavirus lockdown.

Along with fellow pupils at Bilsthorpe Flying High Academy, she has started penning her thoughts and feelings in diaries that are being sent to the school’s head.

Lexi continued: “This morning, as I was doing my school work, the sound of the washing machine drummed in my ear repeatedly.

“I gazed out the kitchen window and the trees frowned at me as if to say ‘it is alright we will get through this.’

“They didn’t dance in the spring breeze like they would normally do, they just stood there, frozen in fear of what was going to happen next.

“The usual hum of car engines had disappeared when we first went into lockdown so all I could hear now was the buzzing of the washing machine (yet again) and the silent whistle of the wind.

“Why did all of this have to happen?

“Boredom washed over me as anxiety plunged through my heart. Was it ever going to end? Would I be imprisoned in my own home forever?

“I have to go now, it is time to clap for the NHS because they have saved lives from being pulled away. Talk to you soon.”

Rory Tideswell, 11, wrote: “Within the days before this it was filled with happiness and joy.

“Holidays being booked and excitement for Easter coming.

“Until the ones that seek above us sent us grave danger called the dreaded Covid-19

“As soon as it was discovered in the country of China people started to panic. Supermarkets emptied and schools closed.

“Life as we know it had changed.

“The unlucky ones have seen the symptoms of this great disaster and many have lost their lives.

“I’m sat in isolation with my family. My nannie has taught us how to make bread and other things we are unable to get. My dad still has to work moving food across our country.

“My mum is working close with our community to make sure the people in need get their needed supplies.

“Me, my brother and sister are busy doing school work and are not allowed further than the garden gate.

“We can only hope the government find a cure but the best thing we can do is stay indoors while lockdown.”

More children are adding their diary entries on Facebook.

In a letter to her pupils, head Anne Ingle said: “Life doesn’t feel quite normal at the moment does it?

“We are all having to stay inside, completing our school work online, and not seeing our extended family and friends.

“Not the normal things we do. But we are doing this to keep ourselves and others safe.

“It is helping to slow the virus down.

“Each day we do this is a step closer to normal life resuming, this moment we find ourselves in will pass.

“I know it is hard and a little bit scary. It’s ok to feel a little uncertain.

“We haven’t experienced this before, and so it is all new for all of us. But we will get through this together.

“For a little while this is our new normal. This new normal is keeping us safe from the virus.”