Last week on Friday morning I was so excited and a little nervous because it was St Patrick’s 175 Jubilee and I was reading during mass but I had practised heaps of times.
As soon as I arrived at school I was feeling happy. When the bell rang we lined up and walked up to church and we sat in our seats and then when it started, Eldrich went to the front to speak because he was doing the introduction. He had said he was nervous and we all said you can do it. When he came back I said ‘well see I told you, you could do it” and he was relieved.
After Father was talking, he began the Prayers of the Faithful and I knew it was nearly my turn. I was nervous because the church was filled up with heaps of people. I felt relieved when I returned to my seat.
When we finished mass Father said we were going to dig up a time capsule so we went out of church and gathered around it. When it was finally dug up, we looked inside and there was old stuff from 1998. After that we walked back to school for morning tea.
Later, Ms Bullot called our names out for teams to enjoy some games. My team first went to Mr Bell. We had to throw three tennis balls and when we threw the last one, the fielders had to run and get the ball and put it into the hula hoop and the thrower had to run to the other side. We helped the little ones play the game because it was quite difficult. We went to all the other teachers too. My favourite activity was with Sr Evalesi.
At the end our leaders handed out popsicles but I didn’t want one. Mrs Deeney said I could help to collect the rubbish. After lunch we went back to class and we read and drew pictures while Ms Kyle read us a book.
On Sunday morning we went to church again and when we left home we thought we might be late. Luckily we made it in time. I saw Nixcent and Mrs Agnew walking. When we sat down more and more people came and soon we were very squashed. It was amazing when a little Tongan girl was sitting on a chair (fata) and four men were carrying her down the aisle. She gave the Bible to Father. There was also a girl singing really high and everyone started clapping.
After mass everyone went to the hall and we sang three songs for the parents and guests. There were lots of people there but everyone was happy. The Samoans, Tongans and Filipinos danced and sang. I think it was a successful Jubilee celebration weekend
