As I was all set for the day I was very nervous that my friends wouldn’t be in the same class. I was also nervous about what we would do. As I came to the school there where so many kids lined up ready to go. Although I knew that I would do well I still was really nervous about starting high school. As I came I was greeted by my two friends Raymond and Theo. I got my name checked and was all set. We first went to the Auditorium where we were welcomed to the school and got into our lines. Sadly I wasn’t with Raymond but I was with Theo. After we where welcomed we got to see a rehearsal of a junior production called the Dr. Seusical about Dr. Seus. I found the play very interesting and creative although the actors didn’t speak that loud. We then had recess where we played outside and where I got to met my brother playing Basketball. Although I was sort of nervous I was then much more comfortable playing soccer with the even year twelve’s. After we had recess we had a TEST!

I was very anxious about doing the test but was still confident. As I was doing the test I felt like I was flying through. I thought that the questions where quit easy. The test was a General test about Maths, English and Grammar. I thought afterwards about what we would do. We then met our Art teacher where we made key rings and patterns.

We then had lunch where we again played soccer with old friends like Eric, Matthias and some friends that I have met during sport.

When we where outside we also went into groups with older students playing name bingo, the name game and Bang! which where all quit fun. I won in Bang! where someone says a name and that person ducks where the two people on either side shoot each other.

At the end of the day we where all smiling and having fun  when while the teacher was talking about what would happen my phone rang, it was humiliating. Orientation day was great I met new people and made new friends.

I couldn’t believe it when we went to old parliament house and new parliament house. On Wednesday we went to old parliament house for elector education. We watched a short video about what it is to vote and the lead up to voting from the aboriginal times to the 21st century. They talked about when parliament house was built and when it stopped. After we watched the video we went to an interactive screening about voting and we actually took a short vote about what we like better apple, orange, banana and peach. We tallied up the scores and apple won but I couldn’t believe what a long process it was to get to the last stage. After voting we learnt about the house of representatives and we got to sit in the old house of representatives with white gloves so we wouldn’t ruin the furniture.

On the Thursday we went to the new parliament house! We because of safety reasons couldn’t bring anything in. As we went inside the building we saw Joanne Ryan our old principle which became a representative for the Laura party. After we met Joanne we went inside to where we had a role play scene about the court. We all had different roles as the Sergeant – At – Arms or the speaker and even the minister. I was the speaker. We then got a bill to debate about which was if the school’s should be until 5:00 pm. It was really fun saying who should speak and leaving the chair. The two groups switched from seeing the senate and the house of representatives to the role play. We first walked to the senate where there was interesting debates and rules about how much time you have to speak. The senate was red due to England and the house of representatives was green due to the gum leaves the we have. We did get to see the Sergeant – At – Arms and the mas which is originally covered in gold with a wooden core hand made given to us by the English. As we went to have our lunch we met Bill Shorten the person in control of Maribynong and a part of Labour. The day was amazing.