Along with some light-hearted stories about Easter hat parades and how the students took turns to make Mr Preston a hat and the 'interesting' creations that came from that, and the collection of student artworks that adorned his office walls, including an ornamental magpie made by a girl in infants, she wrote about how he "encouraged us to always do our very best and aim high", "told good jokes", was "quick with one-liners" and was "genuinely interested in what his students were doing".