Amelie

My name is Amélie, I am 8 years old and I attend my absolute favourite primary school in the Netherlands. I love singing together, playing the violin, field-hockey and meeting my friends, and ​“playing horse” with my older sister on the trampoline in our garden. I really don’t like the Corona virus. I can only see all school friends, singing‑, violin- and hockey-friends through Zoom. But it is very difficult and sad for everyone, perhaps most of all for all grandfathers and grandmothers, all people who are not very healthy and for all refugees. They are not allowed to receive visitors and have nowhere to go. That is why I think this Dollhouse project is very good because especially for them (for refugees) this time is very difficult and sad. We talked a lot about refugees in the making of this house, my mother was also a refugee a long long time ago. I play outside every day (with my sister) and then I have a lot of fun, but we are also sometimes Corona-tired, and then we have a fight more often than usual. In the kitchen I then try to make a treat for all 4 of us, from chocolate, whipped cream and strawberries. And we also have activities digitally (online). And I also play a lot of music with my sister. I wrote my 2nd piece of music (on the computer) and I called it the ​“Zuiderhoef schiereiland” (Zuiderhoef Peninsula). And we play horse games on the computer, and we get even more bedtime stories from my dad than usual. Thanks for my sister who helped me a bit with my Dolhouse, Greetings Amélie.