By Sophia Zammit
(Disclaimer: these are all just my opinions, because I’m still just a Year 6 student and not completely sure what high school will be like)
Isn’t it ironic how my first article would be about ending something? Since this whole issue is based on graduation, I decided to acknowledge the changes from Year 6 to Year 7.
Honestly, while it just seems like moving up a grade, it’s actually a big change. It all seemed easy in primary school, but now you suddenly have a million teachers and are rushing around a much, much, much larger campus to try and avoid concerns that lead to detentions.
As a Year 6 student, I, for one, am not excited about the last one. I like having no concerns to worry about! But I guess it has to change. Ugh.
So while I’ve got the basics sorted, I figured I’d state the positives and negatives.
Benefits
On a positive note, high school is a chance for new beginnings, with over double the size of your primary school grade and a high chance of making new BFFs. There are also wayyyyy more houses. We move from Benedicta, Dorothea and Clare (which is the best house, may I add) to Kendall, Ward (the best high school house), Mullhall, Mornane, Kuring-Gai, Barry, Aston and Maye. Spoiler alert: I’m going to be in Ward.
There are also more teachers, instead of the same teacher for every single day (which can feel repetitive sometimes).
And to be honest, I feel like it’s great to start something new, so I am not moving in the same routine I have now for the next 6 years. That’s nearly as long as I have already been at school!
Drawbacks
While I am writing this, I am expecting the negatives to be much longer than the benefits (no offense high school), because I’m in Year 6 and prefer primary school much more than secondary at the moment. This is why…
First of all, I’m not excited about moving from class to class. Not because of having different teachers, but because we have to move from one side of the school to the whole other side of the building. In 5 minutes!
Yeah, not excited for that. I’ll probably get detention on the first day for being late to classes.
I’m also not excited for the stricter concerns (as mentioned before). Primary can be strict with concerns, yet they are still quite rare. We would receive a concern if we, say, graffiti on the walls (a more serious offense). But in high school, we could receive a concern if we don’t have our hat, are 1 millisecond late to class, or if we don’t know when Issac Newton started Year 5.
I’ll confirm this for myself next year.
Things I am Not Sure About
First of all, how many teachers will I have? Am I meant to know now? I think about 15. Am I right?
Next, are there any new subjects? I know there’s something called Integrated, but I have absolutely zero idea what it’s about. And how will classes work? Will I have similar classmates in each class, or will it be different? How will swimming lessons run? Will leadership positions be similar, or will they be very different? Most importantly… will long recess be as good as ours in the Primary School? (Anyone in Primary can agree, it’s pretty hard to beat.)
Yeah, I’m clueless.
Personally, it all seems so scary, because in the blink of an eye you have to change to something that you’ve never done in your whole life. For example, there is no more Book Week, Grandparents Day, etc. Oh well, at least there is Normo Fusion.
It’s Term 3 now, (and so close to Term 4), and it actually all feels so scary. And pressuring. But at the same time, exciting. I’m going to admit, since I was little I’ve always dreamt of being in High School (mainly thanks to High School Musical). I always imagined a bunch of musical numbers and easy going dancing in the halls (even if only the last one is true, *cough* long recess *cough*), but now that I’ll be graduating in a term, it also feels too sudden. My thoughts may change, or they may not.
So am I excited? Yes. Am I a nervous wreck? Yes. Will I receive a lot of concerns? Probably. Will I enjoy it though? I guess I’ll see.
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