MY FIRST TWO WEEKS AT REDDAM By Jonas Holle

 I shut the door of the car and waved goodbye to my dad. I looked nervously up at the school towering before me, and even though it looked welcoming I still felt nervous. Through the gate I could see my friends and I felt the butterflies in my stomach decrease slightly. I joined them and we all began to talk about how annoying the new school shoes were and how cool it was that we only had to wear the blazer once a week up until the teachers began to call all the children into their classes. I soon realized that I had nothing to be worried about, the day passed easily without any dramas. That afternoon I caught the bus home with my cousin. 

The next day was the swimming carnival and usually I look forward to swimming carnivals but not this time, you see its not that I'm a terrible swimmer, I can swim fine its just that I'm not that fast in-fact I'm very slow and I wasn't particularly looking forward to humiliating myself on my second day of high school. But as it turned out once again I had nothing to be worried about it was the best swimming carnival I've ever been to it had a DJ and we were allowed to go in the baby pool when we weren't swimming and we could use the canteen, plus I didn't do super terribly (which just means I didn't come last). The next three days were camp which personally I think was a great idea because it gave everyone a chance to meet everyone else. Camp was really fun I liked every single activity. And I have to say it was probably the best camp food I've ever had.

When I returned to Reddam after the weekend the real school started, we were given times tables with all our classes on them in a ten day cycle so that monday we walked around from class to class meeting all our new teachers and being assigned to our different classes and groups. The next day we brought all our books in and I swear the bag was so heavy I began to worry that my back would give way underneath this enormous weight and we had to carry it everywhere! And so for the next few days we trudged around the school, from class to class carrying what felt like a baby elephant on our backs. Finally Friday arrived and it was my first day in the tie and blazer and personally I found the tie really annoying I'm not a fan of any thing that wraps around your neck. Then we received some glorious news that we were receiving lockers on monday and that is what really made my day. So I have to say it was probably the best two weeks of school I've ever had in my entire life.

By Jonas Holle