246. I hear a chapter of a story, and am asked how one of the characters is feeling at that point. I love it because I can get more inside the book. I get to feel how the characters feel.

247. When the teacher lets us keep our shoes off.

248. After parent night I find a note inside my desk from my mum/dad. The first year my parents did this, all they wrote was, ‘Have a good day!’ But the second time they did this they wrote all sorts of things and hid them throughout my desk. I had to take out all my books and I found ten little notes. ‘Have a good day!’ ‘Have you found all ten notes yet?’ ‘Are your friends around your desk now, trying to help you?’ ‘We will embarrass you now and say that you are our little munchkin.’ …

249. It hails. The teachers yell at us to stay undercover, but we ignore them. We run and collect handfuls and throw it at our friends. Our fingers are red and blue and wet. We are frozen… and love school.

250. A ‘special’ pen-grip is organised for me.

(Copy copyright:  I always love school when we don’t have to wear shoes.)