Then we went to live with my mum's parents house in Newport for two years, then we moved to a house in St. Albans for about three years, then we moved to South Kensington in a flat for about four years, then we lived in Carlton in a flat for about three years, then we moved to north Carlton for about three or four years in a flat right across the road from my school. Then we moved to Ascot Vale. 

The first time me my mum and my brother came to our new house in Ascot Vale we got lost but we found the house. So when we moved into our new house my brother turned five and my dad stared work at the Essendon City Council. My dad worked at Essendon City Council for 5 years, and my mum would stay at home while my dad went to work and me my sister and my brother went to school. We have lived in this house for about eleven or twelve years and it is a nice quiet street and we have friendly neighbours and where we liveis close to the train, tram and the bus and we are close to Moonee Ponds shopping centre and close to Newmarket shopping centre.

I went to school at Princess Hill Primary School in North Carlton. It was a very good school and I liked all the teachers and I liked the school principal because he or the teachers would never use a cane or a strap. If anybody got into trouble, they would get sent to the principle's office or we would have to miss out on our morning break or our lunch break or if we did something really bad we would have to sit in his office or some would get sent home. 

The good thing about going to school was that we lived right across the road from the school and my brother went to the kindergarten in the middle of the school yard. Then he went to pre school and I left my primary school and my friends to go to Ascot Vale special school because I couldn't keep up with my work. That was before my primary school principle found my new school. I started my new school in between 1980 and 1983 in Ascot Vale. My new school was in Ascot Vale but I lived in North Carlton so the school had taxis that picked you up and dropped you off so that is how I got to my new school in Ascot Vale. 

At primary school I got into a lot of fights with a girl I didn't like in my class so if we got caught we would get sent to the office but she would get off nearly all the time. But I also had a lot of good friends in school and out of school and when I had my birthday party I would invite some of my best friends to my birthday party. At the time we lived in a flat. Then we moved to a ministry of housing house in Ascot Vale we still live there now. We have lived there for eleven or twelve years. 

Then when I got old enough I went to the Collingwood annexe which is a higher part of Ascot vale special school, for a few years. At the annexe we could do either cooking or woodwork and I did a bit of both and we did some writing and we did some maths. On some Friday's we would all go out on outing's and on Thursday's, in the afternoon, we would go to the gym. I did a lot of work experience's at all different places.

But the best one was at a maternity warehouse in Collingwood. The best thing about working at maternity warehouse was that I was doing a lot of counting and helping get orders ready and putting clothes in all the right places and in the right sizes or answering the telephone and I did some cleaning too. It was good to work with my boss parents. We all worked well together and one day my boss brought her kids to work with her and I got to take her children to the shop. I now know how quickly people have to work in factories but by the end of the day you feel good but tried. 

I worked in Mary's in the family restaurant. In the restaurant you had to be quick to clear the tables at lunch time because it got very busy at lunch time. By the end of the day your feet would be sore and your back would be sore too, but it was really good too because I got the chance to work in a great place and all the staff were good too. They were very friendly. That was my best work experience. I also did work experience's at St Vincent's Hospital and at different child care centres. I did those while I was at school but I liked all the work experience I did.

I live in Churchill Avenue, Ascot Vale. My house is close to all public transport and it is close to Moonee Ponds shopping centre and close to Newmarket shopping centre and we are close to Footscray market or if we want to go to the Vic market we just get the tram into the city. My house has three bedrooms, one kitchen, bathroom, laundry and one lounge room and we are going to plant some vegetables in our back yard.
 
 

Chrissy  (1996)