2008 Achievement

Fay went to Australian Girl's Choir audition. This is what she has to say, "We have so much fun! We have to sing 'Happy birthday', copy the movement of the teacher. Could I please goto audition again?" She got accepted and will start her 'fun' next year, we hope. We are waiting to see if there is a place for her as there is a long waiting list. Result from the audition on her memory "Excellent" - she still remember those who didn't attend her birthday party 3 years ago!

Fay has chicken for her birthday, unfortunately only one survived from the vicious attack of a 'gang' wild birds - they managed to break one of the wood at the corner of the chook house and attacked the chicken. The surviving one was the smartest of the 6 chicken (like her owner), she hid among the woods. She laid her very first egg on Saturday, 20 Dec 2008.

Fay's best friend at school is Samuel, they played 'Robin and Batgirl', isn't that cute? They won't be in the same class next year, but their classroom will be right next to each other, so this is ok according to the little girl.

Before the end of year, our little girl got a merit award, this is what the teacher wrote :
"Your positive and bubbly attitude has been such a delight in our classroom this year! Thank you for always wearing a smile!"

Even her 'mean' brother Matt has to agree that Fay is always so cheerful!

Nearly forgot to mention that Fay has got 2 'A' in her report, reading and writing at Grade 2 level.

Tennis - Matt was playing against a younger, new player who is playing for the first time. It's interesting how he automatically play it easy, let the boy win a few points and encouraging him by saying 'Good shot!'. Some of the other boys were doing the same when they played against this little kid. It's good to see that the kids know the right thing to do, they are displaying great sportsmanship.

Matt competed in 2 events for District Sports: shuttle relay and 800m run. Didn't get into zone but have a good time competing. His team came second in shuttle relay. He is very determined to get into zone next year.

As part of the award winning team, this is what Matt's teacher has to say:
"For always bringing enthusiasm and a positive attitude to the classroom. Keep up the great work!"

He also managed to win the classbook "All about us!" with informtion about each child in the class. He was shocked when the teacher made the announcement that he has won by "always completing his homework in time and doing his best even though he didn't finish the extension component of the homework all the time."

This is something that Matt declared to me one day, something he will definitely have when he grows up and Mum can't do anything to stop him, which got me a bit worried. Drum roll ... ok ready for the answer, "A Golden Retriever!" Phew, that was a relief.

Matt performed at one of the Suzuki's piano concert this year, this is what he said, "My stomach went funny just before I played. But once I started playing, I was fine, I just played." And played he did, you could hear the pin dropped while he performed. His teacher, Lisa was very pleased with his perfomance as she received a lot of complement from other parents after the concert.

Jonathan is now doing a Certificate III in Supervisory Management - sponsored by his employer, McDonald's. He gets paid for studying and is wondering why he doesn't get paid to go to school. He must be a good employee, he has won $50 from McDonald's.

At school, he has won a 'Academic Award' for 'the most outstanding performance in Year 11'. Some of the results are: 98/99 for Psychology exam, after 'standardization' he has 105% for one of the maths exam. His lowest mark is 'A' and higest is 'A+'. How does he live with himself? Despite the good marks, he still needs much soul-searching as to what he wants to do in terms of career.

Jono got his learner permit this year. I took him to take the test, as usual with government office, we need to wait in a queue, even though we did have an appointment. Anyway, he went in and before I knew it, he is out. Meanwhile there were at least 10 people who went in before him and still in there doing the test. I thought there was some mistake, the lady at the office thought the same! She went to check at the printer and there it was, Jono's test result, perfect score! (I wish I have some of his brain!)