13-05-2025
It's time to go to big school. A story in verse
Starting secondary school is no joke. Nate has navigated a difficult final year of primary school and a new world of anxieties and expectations awaits: City Academy.
'Teachers with tans wear new start smiles: Welcome, welcome. This way to the hall. This must be how gladiators felt on their way to the arena.'
The sanctuary of his old school, with its colourful walls and his inspirational teacher, Mr Joshua, is in the rear-view mirror and he must learn how to stand up for himself in this new place where the stakes are higher and the bullies carry screwdrivers inside their blazers.
'It's like I dunno … A hospital or summat. Nah, man, scratch that: a prison. We get the odd quote from Einstein in big
