I had just moved to the country from Bulgaria and I was very nervous about school. I didn’t know any English and I had no friends there, when a member of staff from the office took me to my class. She took me to my new teacher, Mr G and introduced me but not knowing any English, I just stood there and stared at the ground. It was so awkward I just sat down and lay on the table, because I was too embarrassed to look up. One of the teaching assistants gave me a book and we started Maths.
When I was back in Bulgaria, I left before finishing Year 2 and they did multiplication and adding numbers in the hundreds. I couldn’t do any of it so I just sat there pretending to do something by wiggling my hand with the pencil in it and looking at the book. When it was time for assembly, I went to the toilet but when I came back everyone was gone. I searched the whole school but they ended up being in the bottom hall!
The rest of the day was pretty much the same but a few days after this, I started to learn English by listening to people speak. I started making friends.
Wow, thank you ILikeFishFingers, for thinking back and writing so honestly about how nervous you felt when you started at Holbeach. You have worked so hard to become such a brilliant member of the school community. It is interesting to learn about how you coped with the things you found difficult. You know I only speak one language and it’s good to learn that listening to English helped you. What else helped you to learn as well as you do?
Your new school is very lucky to have you!