It was a nice surprise for the year 11 pupils, who won clothing company, Rarewear's competition for their symbolic t-shirt design.

Year advisor Sonya Reid said the criteria was to design a shirt displaying how students survived the coronavirus pandemic.

"We had a year meeting and the students felt that not only have they survived the coronavirus but also the bushfires - they wanted to combine that in their design," she said.

The year 11 group has now started year 12 studies. Ms Reid said she was extremely proud of how well they coped through remote learning.

"I submitted the artwork with a blurb about how proud I was as year advisor, through the bushfires and going through remote learning - how amazing the kids were," she said.

"They were really supportive of each other and their resilience to come back, they all stuck together."

At the start of the year, Ms Reid said students struggled: "They were quite anxious and apprehensive of how they were going to be looked after.

But now they are focused and staying positive, looking forward to the Christmas break - they are such a great bunch of kids."

Teachers aid Ruth Burgess designed the final product, incorporating the fires, coronavirus and Indigenous art.

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The shirt has the school's emblem, with the motto changed from "together we soar" to "together we survive". Students were presented with their winning shirts last week.

"The kids were really stoked with them, they loved the design and were really happy to put them on," Ms Reid said.

The year group can wear their new threads on weekly sports days.

After staff saw the new shirts, Ms Reid said some purchased their own for $50.