The schoolday I'll never forget
Writers on their most memorable day in the classroom and beyond
The schoolday I’ll never forget: ‘A teacher smashed my friend’s nose with a rounders bat’
In primary school, I had a friend who I wanted to keep all to myself. Then fate intervened, in an unexpected and unfortunate way, to make it happen
The schoolday I’ll never forget: ‘I had no idea how pivotal passing the 11-plus would be’
The schoolday I’ll never forget: ‘I staged a play and caused a riot’
The schoolday I’ll never forget: ‘Our dog followed us to school - to be greeted by the dogcatcher’
The schoolday I’ll never forget: ‘Our teacher broke all the rules and took us for a wild day out’
The schoolday I’ll never forget: ‘I hitchhiked 100 miles home from my school for the blind’
The schoolday I’ll never forget: ‘We were told about periods – and I wanted to disappear’