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On the 31st of march 2010, I was born at St Vincent’s hospital. The doctors noticed instantly that my left leg was different. My leg was smaller, with my knee half the size of my other leg. My foot was also pointing towards my face, which was the opposite of average. This would cause me a lot of problems later on. Having a different leg made me appreciate different things more than others, like walking.

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2 years after my birth, I had an amputation to my left leg. For months now, I had been getting splints to make my foot flatter against the ground. Now, it was time to have no foot, and get a prosthetic leg. It took a while, but in the end we got one, and I could finally start to walk. This made me grateful to be able to finally walk again.

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In this time, I attended a child care just on my street. I made some friends that I would meet at school later on, which was a big coincidence as I never followed up with them after kindergarten. I remember we used to play poison ball, where someone throws a ball and you have to dodge it. This made me love sport because I loved poison ball and played it all the time.

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In 2015, I went to a kindergarten called ELC. At ELC I met people like Kaito. I made new friends and enjoyed more independence. I also learnt how to be creative with the art programme there. Their playground was the highlight though. It had big tyre swings, tree houses and a down ball court. It was also connected to the childerens farm so we went down there sometimes.

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This was my first year at school. At school I started to learn how to read and write. I loved maths, and still do. My prep teacher was also really strict, so that’s where I learnt how to listen to rules and obey them. I also made friends with Jem and Charles. Together with Kaito we played football. This developed my love for sport. My mum was also doing a uni corse so I learnt how to cope with not as much attention.

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In 2017, grade 1 I had a mild concussion. I didn’t feel the same for the rest of the year. I became less happy and wanted to stay home. This taught me how the world isn’t always nice. I also became friends with Aidan and Seth. They liked to play video games and showed me my love for them to. With video games I also started to like YouTube. I liked memes and this is a song from one that I really liked. https://open.spotify.com/track/6Q1KlB6kpTwPKspzSzYhKV?si=OPdPDtO6S4SN3rsyv9eN1A

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In grade 2 I started playing guitar. I loved learning a new thing and this had a big impact on my life because I had something to do at home. I also loved the creativity with it, and progressed really quickly. This taught me my love of music. Nothing much else happened in this year that I can remember, although I remember that it was a fun year! Also the grade 2 sleep over happened and we watched the secret life of pets.

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In grade 3, I had an amazing teacher called Vicki. She was really nice and helped me get my work done. This year I made friends with Jacob and jasper and elias. Jacob liked going into nature and jasper and elias liked video games. I shared their interests so it worked out really well. My dad also got an operation, which made me worried for him. It wasn’t the best year, and taught me how to be resiliant.

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In grade 4-5, homeschool started. I grouped these years together because homeschool turned into a bit of a mush of memory so I can’t remember what happened when. I remember grade 4 started like any other year. Suddenly we were homeschooled and was in the longest and strictest lockdown in the world for a time. I didn’t feel happy during lockdown. At the very end it taught me that good things eventually come. This is a song I heard a lot during lockdown and reminds me of it.
https://open.spotify.com/track/4cOdK2wGLETKBW3PvgPWqT?si=HXh7MXHbSPS2zVF9p4mZLg

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In 2022, grade 6 we had a lockdown at the beginning of the year. It was really annoying, but when we came back to school, I found grade 6 really fun. I started playing down ball with my friends and I did really well with my swimming, winning 4 golds at the national championships. When I joined a swimming club this year it made me feel happy to make new friends there and satisfied that I was improving so fast. This year has taught me to do what I like, and become more confident.

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Clifton Hill Primary School is a waterslide. Every term we stop down, slipping and sliding around. When the slide comes to an end, we walk back up to a new term. When the park closes, we wait til the morning, and start a new chapter in our lives.