My First day in secondary school

The First Day back at School


By Tríona Buckley,

Just thinking about it makes me nervous.
It is like starting off at junior infants again.
This year I’m starting secondary school, approximately 10 miles from home.
I’m on my own. I know nobody else starting with me.

I can imagine my surroundings, as I got a great tour of the school on the open day. The smell of the big hall where we will all gather. Mr. O’ Brien, the principal will probably welcome us.
We are the only class to go in on Friday August 31st .
Hopefully I will make some friends.
Even travelling on the bus is a new venture for me.

I am excited and anxious about this new journey.
Chapter 1

I live on a cattle and dairy farm. We milk the cows twice a day but I do it mostly in the evenings. First we put out the ration and gather up the cows and when they have finished eating we start the milking. Towards the end of the milking we feed the calves and the cattle and leave of...