{"id":1397,"date":"2026-09-15T09:16:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T09:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/418\/?p=1397"},"modified":"2026-09-15T09:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T09:55:07","slug":"%f0%9f%8c%9f-big-steps-mustafas-first-month-%f0%9f%8c%9f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/418\/%f0%9f%8c%9f-big-steps-mustafas-first-month-%f0%9f%8c%9f\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udf1f Big Steps: Mustafa\u2019s First Month!&#8221;) \ud83c\udf1f"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1402\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/418\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-14-at-7.12.46-AM.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/418\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-14-at-7.12.46-AM.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/418\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-14-at-7.12.46-AM-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/418\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-14-at-7.12.46-AM-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/418\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-09-14-at-7.12.46-AM-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/h1>\n<p><b>Dear Diary,<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Guess what? I am a BIG Grade 1 boy now at Beaconhouse!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>On my first day, I had butterflies in my tummy. I was scared! I thought, Where is my class? Will I make friends? And&#8230; Is it snack time yet? \ud83e\udd6a<\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 464px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1397-1\" width=\"464\" height=\"832\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/418\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Video-2026-09-14-at-6.57.52-AM.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/418\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Video-2026-09-14-at-6.57.52-AM.mp4\">http:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/418\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Video-2026-09-14-at-6.57.52-AM.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><b>But school is NOT scary! It is awesome! Look at what I can do now:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0Reading: I can read words all by myself! \ud83d\udcda<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0Maths: I am super good with numbers! \ud83d\udd22<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0Friends: We play tag and laugh SO hard! \ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Time went by super fast! My shoes still fit the same, but I feel so much smarter now because I learn new things every day! \ud83c\udf1f<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>I love Grade 1. I want more coloring, more games, and MORE SNACKS! \ud83c\udf4e<\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 464px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1397-2\" width=\"464\" height=\"832\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/418\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Video-2026-09-14-at-6.56.39-AM.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/418\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Video-2026-09-14-at-6.56.39-AM.mp4\">http:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/418\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/168\/2026\/09\/WhatsApp-Video-2026-09-14-at-6.56.39-AM.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><b>Bye-bye, Diary!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Mustafa (Age 6!)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Diary, Guess what? I am a BIG Grade 1 boy now at Beaconhouse! On my first day, I had&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/418\/%f0%9f%8c%9f-big-steps-mustafas-first-month-%f0%9f%8c%9f\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\ud83c\udf1f Big Steps: Mustafa\u2019s First Month!&#8221;) \ud83c\udf1f<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":732,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/418\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/418\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/418\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/418\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/732"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/418\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1397"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/418\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1415,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/418\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397\/revisions\/1415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/418\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/418\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/418\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}