Most children begin school when they are five years old or just before but matilda's parents forgot to send her. she was five and a half when she when she went for the first time Crunchem Hall school had about two hundred and fifty children and the head teacher was called muss Trunchbull. she was a terrible woman who frightened the children and the teachers.When she came near you could almost feel danger coming from her and if four or five children got in her way. she crashed straight through them pushing them right and left.
Matilda found herself in a group with eighteen orther small boys and girls about her age. Their teacher was miss honey and she was about twenty-three. she had apretty face with blue eyes smile. but all the children loved her.