Barbie - New Girl at School
Hi Chelsea, how was your weekend?
Boring!!
We had to stay home all weekend cause the twins needed their rest
and then Annabelle and Isabelle decided that they'd keep me up all night with their crying
Did you have a good weekend?
Yeah I did actually!
We went to Wet 'n Wild on Saturday, then all you can eat pizza,
then we went to the movies, and then...
Ok,ok! You're making me cry!
Who's that?
Mum, I don't want to go, I'm scared
I have no idea and I don't understand a word she's saying
Don't be worried. You'll make new friends soon
Me either, it sounds like Italian!
Bye Gracia!
Bye Mum
(School bell)
Ooops! Better get to class!
Good morning class!
I hope you all had a great weekend and you're
ready for a big week of learning
Yes Miss Jenna
Good to hear. Let's start by...
Sorry to disturb you Miss Jenna,
but we have a new girl that's starting here at Riverside Elementary today
and her name is Gracia
Hello Gracia!
Welcome to our class
Class, please make Gracia feel welcome…
Hello Gracia
Hello everyone
Ooohh! She does speak English
Gracia, why don't you tell the class a little bit about yourself?
Do we have to hear this?
Tamika!
Please go on Gracia
Ummmm, ok.
Well, my name is Gracia which means Grace in English
I come from Rome in Italy
You were right Madison. She's Italian
I lived there with my Mum and Dad, but my Dad got a job here so we had to move
I have lots of friends there and my Nonna and Nonno
that's Grandma and Grandpa
still live in Italy
That's really nice dear,
and what are some things that you're really good at?
Well I do really love to dance
I've been practicing since I was 3 years old
Cool!
And I'm really good at speaking Italian
Oooh! Why don't you say good morning to everyone in the class
Good morning everyone in class
Excellent!
Chelsea, why don't you give it a try
Ok! Bone goono too-too in the classi
(Laughing)
Hey! It's not easy!
Thank you Gracia.
Why don't you sit down and we'll continue reading our book
Ok, who's going to read first...
Gracia, why don’t you go first?
I'm not very good at reading Miss
That's ok. Just give it a try
Julie was not very
excited
excited about going to see the
the
the circus
circus
That's ok Gracia, you have a rest.
Why don't you try Tamika?
Ok Miss.
Julie was not very excited about going to see the circus this year.
She remembered the catastrophe that...
Poor Gracia
Hey! My Mum forgot to give me chips
Hey girls, do you think we should invite Gracia
over to eat with us
Nah, I think there's enough in our group anyway
and I don't speak Italian
Yeah, she's right.
You know the saying
Five girls are perfect, six is too many
Who's saying is that?
Mine! I just made it up
I wish I could dance like Gracia
It's easy
I'm sure can you can do a Pirouette
give it a try
Ok, here goes
(Thud)
See!
What about a "Jeté"?
That can't be hard
Ok, one, two, three
(Thud)
Yeah maybe you need more practice
I bet Gracia can help
Come on girls, let's go play
Hey, Gracia!
Wait!
Oh, hi Chelsea
You didn't have the best first day at school did you?
Ummm, no, not exactly
Sorry about my friends before
They can be silly sometimes
That's ok if they don't want to be friends
Well I'd like to be your friend
Would that be ok?
I guess
I miss all my friends back in Italy
Thank you for asking
No problem.
So what do you want to do?
Well my Mum's waiting over there for me,
but I would like some help with my reading
I can help you!
I like to read and I'm the best reader ever
Just ask my two little nieces Annabelle and Isabelle!
Why don't you come to my house now
That would be great!
Cool!
I'll get my big sister Skipper to speak to your Mum.
Chelsea! You're home.
How was school?
(Whisper)
I had fun at school Barbie
Huh?
Did I say it well?
Ahhh, no!
Barbie, this is Gracia.
She's my new friend at school
Lovely to meet you Gracia. What a nice name!
Nice to meet you too
I love your accent!
I'm going to help Gracia with her reading
and I was hoping she could help me with my dancing
Sure! That would be fun!
Sounds good
Just be careful not to wake Annabelle and Isabelle
Ok!
(Thud, thud)
What is she doing
(Thud)
(Babies crying)
Chelsea!
Hey girls!
Gracia is going to play with us today
But...
No buts!
Gracia is really cool when you get to know her
I'll be the judge of that!
Oh yeah. One other thing.
Tamika, you mentioned something about a Pirouette yesterday...
does it go something like this?
Wow!
I think you mean beautiful!
And Madison, was it you wanting to see a Jeté...
What!!! How did you...
Do you mean to say, fantastic?
That's cool Chelsea. When did you learn all that?
Gracia taught me yesterday.
Gracia you're a good teacher.
Yeah your great,
and you want to know a secret ...
I love your accent too!
Sorry we didn't include you in the group yesterday
I guess we were being a bit silly
Hey! That's exactly what I said!
That's ok girls.
I would like it if we could all play together
Sure. That sounds great
Cool! What should we do first
How about you teach us how to dance like that!
(Laughing)
...and Julie had a great time at the circus.
She apologised to Grandpa Joe and said it would never happen again
Grandpa Joe just shrugged his shoulders,
It's ok Julie. I was scared of clowns too when I was your age!
Wonderful reading Gracia
What an improvement
Thank you! I had some help from Chelsea
See! Told you I was the best reader
Mum! Mum! I had the best day!
I'm so happy for you Gracia
See you tomorrow Gracia
Bye Chelsea. Thanks for everything
Well Gracia seems like she's a really nice girl.
She is!
I mean, she is!
Oooh! I see you Italian is improving
Yes. I pick my nose all day.
That means, I've been practicing all day.
Oh right
Do you want me to kick you on the leg?
That means, do you want me to teach you?
Chelsea, I think you need more practice…
No. I'm going to eat Ken for dinner?
That means I'm going to show Ken after dinner.
Oh Chelsea...