Chapter 9 - First Day At School

My First Day At May Road School

As we entered the school office a kind lady came up to us. I thought that she was the office lady her name was Miss Witherspoon. She said that I was going to a class called Smarties. I think they named that class that because they have a lot of smart children? I thought. The Teacher that I will have is Miss Featherpin. I wonder what class my neighbor Jumaanah is in? I hope she’s in my class.

We went down a few corridors and up some stairs. There were two classes, which one was mine? I thought to myself. Finally I saw a arrow sign saying “ Smarties.” The arrow was pointing to the class on my right. I was so nervous. My heart was beating faster than a cheetah. I had butterflies in my stomach. I saw lots of kids in the class room. Miss Witherspoon told me to hang up my bag over there.

After a few minutes the bell rang. “ BB RRRRR IIIII NN GG!!!!”  That was loud. Soon all the noise of the children talking disappeared and it was complete silence. Everyone was looking at me like I was some sort of alien. I sat down right at the back and waited for the teacher like everyone else. Soon Miss Fetherpin came along. “ Good Morning class” she said in a sweet voice. Everyone replied like this “ Good morning Miss Featherpin”  Miss Featherpin introduced me to the class and gave me a buddy that would show me around.

“ Woo Hoo my buddy is Jumaanah” I thought to myself. I finally found out what we were going to do it  was art day.  I was so excited. I don’t feel nervous anymore. I think I will do good in this class. For the whole day block we were making our dioramas. Dioramas is a model representing a scene. Mine is a bedroom. I used different materials to make a bed and curtains. I made a wardrobe as well. At the end of the day we all had a diorama. Miss Featherpin hung them up on the big long beam. I made a lot of new friends at morning tea and lunch. Soon the bell rang for hometime.