Ursula- from the Latin, meaning “little bear.”

Ursula would probably be a panda, because she too is a docile creature who likes to eat her greens. She’s often tried to get a vegetarian society started at school, but one look at Fiona usually causes her to lose heart. At the weekend, Ursula volunteers at a stray dogs’ and cats’ home, and she’s often managed to rope Laura into going with her. Hopefully, this will give Laura the opportunity to be proud of something that happened in the last decade for once.

Veronica- from the Latin, meaning “True image,”

Unlike most of her classmates, Veronica more than lives up to her name- she’s a very talented photographer. More talented than the headteacher would have liked, in fact- it was Veronica who got those pictures of him and the Head of Geography. It probably says a lot about Veronica’s honesty that she didn’t try to blackmail the headteacher, instead choosing to send the photos to everyone else in the school the second she got them. We should all have such integrity.

Winona- from the Sioux, meaning “firstborn daughter.”

Quintana does not want to hear any of Winona’s whining.

Xanthe- from the Greek, meaning “fair haired.”

According to stereotypes, blonde women are all dimwitted bimbos. You might expect Xanthe to be offended by this belief, but in fact she encourages it in everyone she knows. It makes the look on their faces once they’ve realised that Xanthe has utterly outwitted them and stabbed them in the back so much more satisfying.

(Word of advice- never play cards with Xanthe. You will regret it. And possibly have to remortgage your house.)

Yolanda- from the Spanish, meaning “violet.”

Extracts of violets can be used to treat asthma and insomnia. This isn’t much use to Yolanda, though, because she’s never had either of those. In fact, she’s never been sick a day in her life. She sees any kind of ill health as a sign of weakness. She insists that you just have to exercise properly and have the right attitude. She says that you have only yourself to blame if your body lets you down. And if she says that to her more sickly classmates one more time, they’re going to work out how to infect her with the bubonic plague.

Zoë- from the Greek, meaning “life.”

And “life” is exactly what Zoë’s classmates say she should have got for what she did to that supply teacher. Zoë’s defence is that the woodwork room is full of dangerous equipment, and sending in somebody who doesn’t know what they’re doing is asking for trouble. The rest of the class maintain that people with much longer hair than said teacher have spent time in the woodwork room without their ponytails being caught in the sander. Of course, none of those people happened to yell at Zoë for a full ten minutes because her skirt was an inch too short.

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