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It's ds' last day at primary school today. Where have the last 7 years gone?!

me too :(((

in fact, just going to collect ds shortly, there will be tears x

Dh and I will go down in an hour's time - more to say goodbye to the teachers (the depute and head in particular, as they've become friends due to our involvement with the school), as ds cycles to and from school on his own.

I'm sure we'll be back down again though - if only for the Winter Fair.

He's more than ready for secondary but it's the end of an era.

DS leaves Primary this year too. His year was the first to no longer go to middle school after they were all closed.

I have had a child at that school for the last 15 years so it will be a strange feeling not going there any more, but I won't miss the confusion of the taxi/ bus situation this year and it will be so much easier (I hope) to have them all at the same school next year.

I will still be a bit sad on his last day. His year finish primary a week earlier than the rest of the school because their last week of term is an introduction to upper school.

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Dd2 finishes in a few weeks: she has her part in the Leavers' Assembly, the disco is booked, any day now they will doubtless start practising the leavers' song which is guaranteed never to leave a dry eye in the house.... I cried when dd1 left, but this one will be an utter sobfest. I love her school and her teacher, and so does she - I'll miss the school run, the fairs, the class assemblies, knowing her teacher and her friends.... It's the end of a really lovely era, and I'm really sad.

Everyone always says 'oh but they're ready for it, aren't they?' - this time round, I'm not so sure.

Ds' Leaving Assembly was on Monday and his Leavers' Party was last night. He finishes at 1pm today. He was quite tense this morning - I think the relative enormity of it was hitting him.

7 weeks and then Secondary School!

He came home with one of his now old school sweatshirts covered in signatures and messages from friends and teachers.....

.....and puffy eyes!

Dh and I had a nice walk down to see them as they came out - and I didn't actually break down myself even if I got a wee bit starry eyed

Our dd finishes 5th July; slightly different as it's a little independent. She will then join the associate school for Y4. She's been there since she was 3 years old....it will be a tearful day and I'm planning on not wearing any mascara. She even said the other day that it feels like home ...poor dd!

DD still has three weeks to go, but reading this thread has left me very teary. I am fortunate that DD2 is yr2 so don't have to say good bye to that whol;e chapter just yet.
I am dreading her starting secondary, going to school my little baby and coming home with a whole new attitude.
'Good bye' knowing her friends and teachers and 'hello' to not knowing what the hell she has been doing all day.
Whole new era, and feeling like the new parent all over again.
No doubt I will make her cross when she goes off for her first day playing this song Just like I did with both of them on their first day at school

... and now ds will get pissed off at the BBC EBC because they don't acknowledge that the Scottish schoolkids have stopped and only start the "holiday" programming once the English schools stop

indeed prettybird! i even remember hating that as a child x

When I was at school, there was no such thing as daytime TV, so it was never an issue

We have received DD1's info pack from high school today; she still has another three+ weeks to go but that was enough to set me off.

We've still got a few weeks left yet. So I'm not there yet, but I expect I will be.

My DD has had a fab time at school and has done really well. She started y6 not feeling understood or recognised by her teacher, but this changed through the year. They don't have a leaver's service that has parents invited, but they are having class assemblies next week which may bring a tear to my eye.

Mostly, though, I'm getting caught up in the excitement that she has in moving on and moving up.

Now - when DD2 leaves and I no longer have a school run to do etc, that will be a different matter entirely.

Oh man nooooo.

She is sooo ready for secondary and I know she will love it. I teach secondary and I know exactly which child in my form she will be like

Mind you a) she is my second to leave b) I still have a child at the school and c) she has another 3 weeks so ask me at the end of July!

No tears here.

She's excited, I'm excited for her. She's definetly ready to move on. It's nice to see her growing up, becoming her own person, etc.

My DD2 leaves this year and so do I after spending 11 years standing in the playground to pick them up. I remember when DD1 left and the car felt so big just taking one to school so don't know how it will feel come September when it's just me (assuming the bus is on time).

I keep looking at the calendar which is so full of end of term things but it has three more things on it - leavers party, assembly and LAST DAY. DD2 is so ready for secondary school but I feel so sad as I have made some great playground friends who I probably won't see any more, unless I sneak up there with some made up excuse just to go into the playground.

I also don't like the fact that I won't know her friends and their families as well as I do now as we have stood together for 7 years at various concerts etc. I will also miss sports days (I think!!) as when they get to secondary school it just happens without you.

I will be twiddling my thumbs come 3 O'clock and not know what to do with myself as feel I am pre-programmed to go out at that time without fail..... But I know she will have a ball at her new school and hopefully be the same as her 15 year old sister who grew out of the attitude quite quickly or did we beat it out of her!!

miss I'm in just the same position - even to the 11 years!

Does anyone have a grip I can borrow? I just checked the school website for Dates for Your Calendar and have welled up actually just reading the words 'leavers assembly' .

oh me too!
My DS leaves tomorrow at 10.30.
He has gone into school today with his school shirt to get his friends signatures on. He is very nervous about leaving and going to the big school, even though he got his first choice.

I will definitely need a grip if anyone finds a spare one.

We've got three weeks - but they are flying by so fast!

Ds is very excited about going to Secondary and is very ready for it. I think his puffy eyes which he wouldn't admit to were because he is goiing to a different secondary to most of his class (which isn't the norm in Scotland), so only 3 other of his class mates will be going to the same school. He's also well liked by the teachers the sook and they wrote some lovely things on his sweat shirt.

In terms of routine for me, it won't change much - never really did the school run as I worked full-time up to three years and for the last three years he has been walking or cycling (the last two years) to school on his own.

Got out the photograph of his first day at school and contrasted it to yesterday: gosh he looked wee - and very cute. The cute wee boy has gone - but a handsome young man is developing :):)

I'm waiting for someone very bracing and sensible to come on and say they really don't get all this sentimentality, it's just school, why would you not be excited about dc growing up and moving on etc....

It's everything though, isn't it? When they come out into the playground, it's all gingham and toddler younger siblings and bake sales, and then walking to the shop together to get a lolly or a bun.... and then in September when they come out, it will be amongst massive 16 year old boys who look like men, and they'll walk home with people I don't know and stop at the shop to buy an energy drink with saved dinner money, and they'll talk about things happening in places I can't visualise....

I've been really lucky that this year I've been able to pick up and drop off nearly every day, and I wish I'd never moaned about it!

I'm starting to well up just reading the thread
DS has a few weeks left too.
I'm excited about him going to High School, and all the oppotrunities he'll have there, but a bit sad and wistful for the 'end of an era' too..

I can induce a tear by just thinking the leavers song in my head. I think I need to sing it at the top of my voice all the time until it wears itself cry-proof!