Daniel Butler's first two weeks

My first two weeks at Reddam were much better than I expected. 

On the first day I woke up very early and was really nervous because everyone had built high school up to be a really big thing.I put on my uniform and new shoes and felt much more mature than I had at primary school because I knew I was now in high school.

I met lots of new people that I liked, even on the first day. 

I missed the swimming carnival on the second day because I was sick. 

On the third day, luckily, I was better because we were going to camp for three days and I really didn’t want to miss it. 

The bus trip to Cataract Scout Park was quite long but we still had a lot of fun. It was a good opportunity to get to know the other new students. When we arrived, we unloaded our bags and went down for afternoon tea and then headed to our cabins. I shared my cabin with Darcy, Ethan and Jonas who were friends from my old school. It was very rural out where we were. Over the next few days we did many activities such as Giant swing, Flying fox, Rock climbing, Challenge Valley, Caving and Orienteering. All of these were fun but I found the giant swing scary and I got lost in orienteering which seemed funny at the time. On the last night there was a black out in the middle of the night games and everyone was tired and a bit scared. We had to get a car to shine its lights through the door so we could continue the games. Later we left with our torches and I nearly fell in a ditch which gave me a fright but made everyone laugh.Camp was a very good way of meeting new friends and having lots of fun together. 

The next Monday was the first real day of schoolwork. We were given our classes and our timetables. I was a bit disappointed that I wasn’t in the same class as my old friends but I had already made new friends and it didn’t seem to really matter. I would see them all at lunch time anyway.

It was a bit hard to get used to changing classrooms and subjects every period but I started to get used to it by the end of the week. I made a mistake reading my timetable and was a bit late for one class and was told that next time I might get a demerit so I will try not to do that again. I was very nervous about my first english test but than I was told not to worry because it was only a practice test. 

I really like most of my teachers. I think I have already improved in Maths and am really enjoying English. I am now getting used to the school, teachers and especially the students who I did not know before.

So Far So Good!        

Daniel Butler