Miss Honey

Crunchem Hall Primary School

1997

Matilda was five and a half when she entered school for the first time. The school is described as bleak and it has about 250 students.

Introduction of Miss Honey

1998

Miss Honey is a twentythree-year-old teacher at Crunhem school. Children adore her as she is sweet, mild and caring. As regards her appearance, she's got an oval face with blue eyes and her hair is light-brown.

Description of The Trunchbull

1999

Miss Trunchbull is the headmistress of the school. She is described as a tyrannical monster who frightens the students.

Matilda's first day of school

2000

Miss Honey asks the class if they have learnt the two-times table and few of them raise their hand. Matilda begins reciting all the multiplication tables with great facility and tells Miss Honey that she taught herself how to multiply.

Child genius / prodigy

2001

Matilda shows Miss Honey that she is capable of multiplying difficult numbers without using a calculator. Miss Honey is spellbound by Matilda's intelligence and feels she has met a truly mathematical brain. On this occasion, Miss Honey considers Matilda a "child-genius" or "prodigy".

Limerick

2002

Miss Honey challenges Matilda to read a limerick and she does so perfectly. In addition to this, Matilda tells that she has made a limerick about Miss Honey and reads it out loud. Miss Honey smiles widely and blushes. Here Matilda admits that she taught herself how to read.

Books at the public library

2003

Miss Honey is so captivated by Matilda's ability that she asks her what books she has read. Matilda mentions that she has read all children's books available in the public library and even some books for adults.

The bell rings

2004

When Matilda is giving her opinion on the books she has read, the bell rings and the class is over. By this first day of school, Miss Honey is completely mesmerized by Matilda's intelligence and humility.