Wednesday 10 October 2012

Week 1 – Meet the cow

By Kirsten

One sunny day, at Muirfield high school, an unexpected visitor arrived in the year 9 Visual Design classroom. When year 9 walked into their class that morning, they were surprised by the unexpected sight of what looked like a real life cow. Only he was white and covered in bubble wrap. Everyone was baffled by his arrival but had decided to make the most of it. But of course, the first thing year 9 needed to do was to figure out the cows name and why he was here. To start off, they sat him down and tried to work out his name, considering that he would not talk to them. The class gathered around the white board and wrote down many suggestions. Some smart, and some so far fetched that they were silly. We were all stuck at and end, until we heard a voice coming from the back of the room, “T-BONE” they heard. Everyone’s head turned, and looked towards the cow. It was as if he was yelling his name. But then their eyes travelled to the door, where the schools youth worker was standing. The children all loved the name, and the cow seemed to agree. They had officially named their new visitor T-bone.

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The next step the class took was to unwrap their new friend, and make him feel more comfortable and happy in his new environment. The class took T-Bone for a tour around the school so he got to be familiar with his surroundings. The class took him to the front of the school and everything, so that he could an official photo infront of the school sign, where a special welcoming message was awaiting him. He was then taken for a full tour around the school, where he had many different pictures taken doing various school activities. At the end of the day he even managed to score a photo with the entire year 9 Visual Design class.

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