Me,+Myself+and+I

Hello (:

My Name is Clare Nicola Manley and I love Dance and I try really hard to succeed in it. I have done jazz dance since the age of 4 and I did Ballet for 9 years but quit because I don't have strong enough ankles to go to pointe. That was very upsetting so I put all my Hard work into Jazz. When I was 3 ½ I started dance. I was showing Mum everything I had learnt on my first lesson and I tripped over a toy that was on the ground. Thats all I can remember but my parents told me the rest. When I fell I hit my head on the edge of the door Frame and knocked myself out and cracked my head open on my forehead. My baby sister Grace was woken up and I was rushed to hospital to get 18 stitches in my forehead. I still have the scody scar  on my forehead.

I love going for holidays in a small town in the Maniototo called Patearoa, and I love going to Wanaka. We have a Farm house in Patearoa that we rent off Ian Smith who is the Father Of Mandy Barker, Margot Hall and Janine $Smit h who all attended St Hilda's as Borders. Ian was also on the Board of Trustees for 10 years. In Patearoa in the Summer it is really hot and in the Winter it is a completely different story … it is freezing ! It is fun in both seasons because there are always different jobs on the farm and in the Winter we go Ice skating at Naseby and we have lots of bonfires but in the Summer it reaches a Minimum of 35° In the middle of the day. We go swimming a lot in the wonderful waterhole  and we also have a pool in our backyard; blow up might I add but it is the size of Saturn   !

I was born on the 31st of July 1996. I went to a Fairfield Primary School and have been at St Hilda's since 1st form. I have one Younger Sister Grace and she is now at St Hilda's too. She is 11 and she has really blonde hair. My Mums name is Julie and she works at School Support Otago. My Dads name is John and he is the Area Manager at Ash Air. I have two pets. Their names are Smudge and Meg. Smudge is a Charcoal Persian cat and Meg is a black Labrador. My Great Grandfather and my grandfather both passed away about a year apart (my grandfather first) when my Dad was about 14. Both of them were Police Officers and I would love to be in the AOS Force when I leave school. I think it would be fantastic because It would be exciting and you would never know what would be around the next corner.

I really enjoy St Hilda's and I wouldn't want to be at any other school (:

Clare Manley … (: