Hi everyone,

Well, Founder's Day was AMAZING! I was woken up at 8 o'clock (a lie-in yipee!) by my alarm clock which switches to Heart Radio AND projects a picture of the time on the wall. My mum was coming to Founder's Day so she took me in the car and we had quite a long time stuck in traffic, but it was great to see all the Red Maids making their way into the centre. Lots of them were holding Starbucks which was just as well as it was pretty cold. Apparently it has never rained on Founder's Day - 376 years!

The service was a bit long but the singing was really lovely because you could hear the choir coming from behind the choir stalls and even though the sun was in my eyes, it seemed really mysterious and exciting. The Dean spoke and we all thought he did a really good job and made some funny jokes too.

After the service we got a free afternoon. We had lunch at Browns and then we went to see Harry Potter. The cinema was full of Red Maids. We could have all sung the Te Deum together! I think this Harry Potter is the best of all the series.
Talk soon!

Hello again!

Well, I've got a red gabardine hanging in my bedroom at home so every Red Maid will know that means Founder's day is near. I am really excited about marching through the centre and I am in row 6! We were measured for our gabs the other day and it was really cool because I am the same height as four of my friends. It will be good to see myself growing as the years go by and one day I will be at the back wearing a red carnation in the sixth form.

I had a brilliant lesson today. We were translating some paragraphs and at the end we compared what we had. It was really interesting to see how different people had interpreted things. One of my friends got the latin for peacock right!

Only three days to go until Founder's Day and then we get the afternoon off. Thanks John Whitson!

Hi again!

Sorry I haven't been in touch for a while. Loads has happened recently. Before half term we went on our Kilve Court trip which was three days away in cabins in Devon. We had the best cabin of all because it had no bugs. My friend had an earwig in hers!

Outside our cabin there was a welly box which we never filled with wellies but we did put someone's pants in there for a joke! We woke up at seven o'clock every day when Mrs Gupta came knocking. My sleeping bag had a hood so I looked like a slug when I opened the door. It made it really warm. The food was really nice and all the spare food is put out in the garden for the badgers. We saw a badger on our first night eating baked beans and everyone shone their torches on it. It ran away after a few minutes because I think it got a bit scared.

We went on a night walk on the second night and we scared each other because it was really dark. While we were still listening to the bats our guide told us all to turn off our torches. He looked like Matt Baker from Strictly. During the day he showed us places we could see from the top of the hill. He showed us London, Weston and Wales.

On the last day we were meant to have a camp fire but it was too wet. We did a quiz on the teachers (which was really embarassing for them!) and we sang songs.

The bell has just gone so got to go. Talk soon!