At the age of 5 Rosie was already showing off her imaginary skills and giving the reader a glimpse into her world through story writing. Rosie found reading both easy and enjoyable, she particularly liked bible stories and would often draw pictures of her interpretation of life and heaven from these stories. Maths however was a great mystery to her and remained to be so for the rest of her life. Her school reports throughout her infant school all commented on how cheerful, helpful and quiet she was.

Her junior school reports again echoed how helpful and kind she was and made great efforts in all subjects, but English still remained her favourite subject. She had friends in all years and as she went through the school the younger children always held a special affection with Rosie, she would always be ready to help them out. One friend who was older than Rosie wrote to us on her death, that she would always remember Rosie as the little cheerful girl skipping around the playground.