"My name is Gwen and I am ten years old. My name is Welsh because my father comes from Wales, but I have always lived in Oxford in England.

"On school-days my dad wakes me up at 7.30am, or earlier if I need to have a shower. Then I have breakfast, which I get myself. I have cereal and toast, or sometimes I make pancakes. I don’t have to wear a school uniform so I wear sports clothes. We are not allowed to wear make-up or nail varnish at school. My friends Joanna and Charlotte come to collect me at about 8.30am and we walk to school together. School starts at 8.45am and finishes at 3.30pm.

"My favourite subject at school is ADT (Art, Design and Technology) and I also like Geography. Last term, in Geography we learned about Ghana - we looked at books and drew pictures. I think farmers in Ghana work very hard. The children go to school at different times to me because it is too hot to work in the middle of the day. I like my PE (Physical Education) session - we play netball and basketball and sometimes we go cross-country running. I don’t like maths very much because the teacher is very strict."

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