Zac’s stories keep all informed

Zac Williams was doing an assignment for school about coronavirus and he decided to take it a bit further.

Now he’s doing a newsletter every week, writing about his own experiences, as well as keeping his readers updated with facts, figures and news.

His proud mum Kirsten Forsyth said: “He decided to do an extra one for an elderly neighbour, because she is quite isolated, and then he began making them for his nanas in Hawick and Wales to let them know what’s happening.

“He also submits one every week to his school group and adds an anagram every week for his friends to guess.

“He puts a lot of work into them.”

One week, Zac found himself making the news as well as writing it.

Kirsten, a nurse in the children’s ward at the Borders General Hospital, said: “On week three of the lockdown, he became unwell and needed to go in for a swab to see if he was positive for Covid-19.

“So he wrote about his experience to try and help other kids to be less scared, by explaining what happens.”

Zac, who attends St Boswells Primary, wrote that week: “On Monday, me and mummy went to the side of the hospital. We had to stay in the car and a friendly nurse came to the window.

“I had to get my nose and throat swabbed. The nurse was wearing a mask so you could only see her eyes.

“I was feeling scared when I saw her, but she was nice and chatted to me so I wasn’t scared any more.”

The good news was that Zac was found to have tonsilitis, and ended his story by saying he was allowed lots of ice cream and juice, although the medicine was a but “yak”.

Zac’s newsletters are a big hit with friends and family, and this week he had a special anagram for them.

We’ll give one clue to the answer ... it’s probably printed at the top of this page!