Tired *yawns*
I had to wake up at 7.55 today for DofE in the morning. It was more fun than I thought it would be...
First of all, we moved the benches in the Junior School hall so that we could sit and listen to Miss Bell telling us what we would be doing. She told us that the expedition groups are randomly selected by her so we don't get to choose :( Then we were split into three groups, my group included: Fiona, Marcelina, Kirsty Davidson, Jenny, Ruth, Coral, Emma Chambers, Rachel Lobban and Fenella. She told us we would be going to the computer room first with Mr. Verrechia; he taught us about contours using the smart board and then gave us some worksheets to do. Then we went to my old primary three classroom with Miss Bell and we learnt about keeping the map facing north. We had to mark where we were sitting in the classroom on a map of the classroom, next she drew a route on Ruth's map and she had to follow the route around the classroom while we had to draw the route she was walking on our maps. After that we went back to the hall and we had to use a map to walk a pathway around some cones while our partner told us if we had gone the right way or not. This was to help us get used to turning the map so it always matched north, Coral was my partner.
We had a break next and I had my packet of crisps and my can of orangade. After the break we went to a classroom upstairs where Miss Monteath's class was when I was in primary four with Mr Henvey. He taught us about grid references and OS map symbols. Finally we went to the most boring one, this was with Mr. Mackie telling us how to measure distance on a map and how long it takes a person to walk a certain distance, we were all practically falling asleep and I needed the toilet all the way through! With that the DofE training was finished for the day and Mum picked me up and took me home so I could have lunch before orchestra.
Orchestra was fun but Robert went crazy on the third violins (unfortunately for us) about bars 37 to 40 of 'Blue-Fire Fiddler'. He kept saying 'one more time' and 'last time' and making us do it twenty times more! Finally we got it and moved onto Pirates which he said was better than it was at the end of last term. The chocolate today was an orange kit-kat which I ate on the way home. Just as I got into my room and switched on the computer my Mum yelled that we had to leave for the optician's.
Finlay took forever for his check-up and he doesn't even need glasses! Eventually it was my turn and it turns out my eyesight has got worse and I need new lenses again. The oprician says that I need to wear them more often because I am tiring out my eyes, and that I have to wear them at the computer -so I am now- it'll be really hard to remember. I asked my Mum if I could get new frames because my old ones had chipped paint and everything, so she said if it's a price that she is willing to pay then yes. My usual price for frames is around £25 because I am still a child and they have much cheaper frames, but now that I'm getting bigger I will need to move onto the ones for teenagers soon. Hardly any of the children's glasses fitted me and I liked even less of them. I wanted something different but I didn't know what as usual. There were some ones which were quite nice but they were £69 so I was like no way, fortunately there were some similar ones which were only £20. So after much comntemplation on my part and my Mum, the optician and the reception and glasses fixer person trying to persusade me they looked nice I decided to get them; they should be ready in two weeks.
So now I'm at home on the computer... yeah well that's all really,
Jude.
First of all, we moved the benches in the Junior School hall so that we could sit and listen to Miss Bell telling us what we would be doing. She told us that the expedition groups are randomly selected by her so we don't get to choose :( Then we were split into three groups, my group included: Fiona, Marcelina, Kirsty Davidson, Jenny, Ruth, Coral, Emma Chambers, Rachel Lobban and Fenella. She told us we would be going to the computer room first with Mr. Verrechia; he taught us about contours using the smart board and then gave us some worksheets to do. Then we went to my old primary three classroom with Miss Bell and we learnt about keeping the map facing north. We had to mark where we were sitting in the classroom on a map of the classroom, next she drew a route on Ruth's map and she had to follow the route around the classroom while we had to draw the route she was walking on our maps. After that we went back to the hall and we had to use a map to walk a pathway around some cones while our partner told us if we had gone the right way or not. This was to help us get used to turning the map so it always matched north, Coral was my partner.
We had a break next and I had my packet of crisps and my can of orangade. After the break we went to a classroom upstairs where Miss Monteath's class was when I was in primary four with Mr Henvey. He taught us about grid references and OS map symbols. Finally we went to the most boring one, this was with Mr. Mackie telling us how to measure distance on a map and how long it takes a person to walk a certain distance, we were all practically falling asleep and I needed the toilet all the way through! With that the DofE training was finished for the day and Mum picked me up and took me home so I could have lunch before orchestra.
Orchestra was fun but Robert went crazy on the third violins (unfortunately for us) about bars 37 to 40 of 'Blue-Fire Fiddler'. He kept saying 'one more time' and 'last time' and making us do it twenty times more! Finally we got it and moved onto Pirates which he said was better than it was at the end of last term. The chocolate today was an orange kit-kat which I ate on the way home. Just as I got into my room and switched on the computer my Mum yelled that we had to leave for the optician's.
Finlay took forever for his check-up and he doesn't even need glasses! Eventually it was my turn and it turns out my eyesight has got worse and I need new lenses again. The oprician says that I need to wear them more often because I am tiring out my eyes, and that I have to wear them at the computer -so I am now- it'll be really hard to remember. I asked my Mum if I could get new frames because my old ones had chipped paint and everything, so she said if it's a price that she is willing to pay then yes. My usual price for frames is around £25 because I am still a child and they have much cheaper frames, but now that I'm getting bigger I will need to move onto the ones for teenagers soon. Hardly any of the children's glasses fitted me and I liked even less of them. I wanted something different but I didn't know what as usual. There were some ones which were quite nice but they were £69 so I was like no way, fortunately there were some similar ones which were only £20. So after much comntemplation on my part and my Mum, the optician and the reception and glasses fixer person trying to persusade me they looked nice I decided to get them; they should be ready in two weeks.
So now I'm at home on the computer... yeah well that's all really,
Jude.