#Osborne Issue #4

5 years….to now!
By Thomas, #Osborne Editor 2015-2016
I would like to talk to you about my time at Osborne school starting from Year 7 to now. When I first started at
Osborne I was really shy and I wasn’t really doing well in certain subjects. I remember the first day I started I
went to the wrong classroom and I didn’t have a clue where to go. My time in year 7 was amazing I learnt so
much from all the lessons we did and I made so many new friends which at the time when I started I only really
knew 6 people at the school. I have got to thank my class mates for really sticking by me for the whole of year 7
even up to now.
Now Year 8 was a really weird time for me and the whole class. We had 2 teachers that actually were meant to
be our teachers that was because the actual teacher we had left. I was still working hard and doing the best I
could but I was just very unsettled having different teachers. Football in Year 8 was really keeping me happy and
taking my mind of all the stress at the time.
Year 9 was a lot better than year 8 we had only 1 teacher this time and nothing went wrong. This was the year
when I realised I was very good at maths and solving questions. I was also good at English as well structuring my
sentences and knowing what to put in my sentences. In year 9 I got a main part in the Christmas production
which was really cool and at the same time really nerve-racking. I was thinking what if I mess up my lines while
loads of people are watching? It turns out I did really well and I didn’t mess up any of my lines. In year 9 I went
on the Wales trip for the first time and it was action packed I did something I thought I would never do and I did
some really fun activities. We did mountain walking which was the most fun and the most challenging. I had to
climb with a group up the second tallest mountain in wales. It was breath-taking when we got to the top. On the
trip I didn’t get much sleep that was because everyone was hyper and excited.
Year 10 has to be up there as one of my favourite years in the whole time I have been at this school. I remember
the induction day we had. We went to the Big Bang Solent in Southampton. I had so much fun looking and trying
out all of the stuff they had there. My football really improved and we had a tough test coming up were we had
to go to Samuel Cody. We had such I time and we did so well. Kyle, our star goalkeeper, kept out every shot that
came his way. I was Captain that day which felt amazing. We didn’t have a presentation for the winners because
there was not the right amount of schools that turned up. So we had to wait for next time to see if we won and
qualified for a special tournament that I will took more about in the next part of the essay.
Year 11 has been really enjoyable but very stressful. It’s been a really important year for me, getting ready for my
GCSE’s and getting all my course work done. At the start of the year we went to Samuel Cody again which I
talked about on the last paragraph. This time it meant something if we came first or second we qualify for the
county finals which is the special tournament I mentioned about. Long story short we won all of our games and
qualified for the tournament. Few months later we made it to the tournament. We got to the place where the
tournament was taking place. The first thing that came into my head was please don’t mess up. We got settled
and got into the games. They were really nerve racking but we played to are fullest. We won the tournament and
the trophy was ours! When we won and I got to pick up the trophy for the team I was on cloud 9.
In conclusion, my time at Osborne School has been filled with ups and downs. I have really got to thank all the
staff, past and present that have been here since I started for being so supportive of all the pupils and for giving
them all the courage and determination to succeed in every subject and at everything. I have some words of
advice for every one of the pupils here at the moment. Enjoy all the moments that you have here and don’t go
wishing your days by because if you do you might just regret that you didn’t spend more time making moments
that you will remember for years and years. And another thing as well. If you try you’re hardest and if you put
the time and effort in you will succeed. I am really going to miss Osborne School for what it’s helped me with.
Year 7 Year 11