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What was your favourite school memory?

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Comedyshortsgamer · 16/12/2017 20:22

And don't say leaving

Mine was at pgl seeing my friends pouring a bucket of cold water on the teacher

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Kazzyhoward · 17/12/2017 17:43

Why not "leaving" - it's a perfectly acceptable answer. Far too many kids absolutely hate their school years, often due to bullying and abuse. I was one and I can honestly say I don't have a single happy memory of the awful place.

Witchend · 17/12/2017 23:20

I think OP says not "leaving" as she's looking for nice memories, and leaving is a bit predictable.

I can think of a few nice ones.

Coming back after the morning off for a music exam in year 6 to find the head telling me that I was invited to the reception form Teddy Bear's picnic. I helped in reception form at lunch three days a week, and the rest of the form was madly envious.

I didn't really have a best friend at primary and sort of drifted not being particularly friendly with anyone, nor anyone generally being a problem. When we were going on the residential in year 6, they decided to sort the dorms by asking random people to name who they wanted in their dorm. First girl asked chose me in one of her four. I was so proud to be chosen by her as well as amazed.

Sing-songs at the end of term with the whole school, followed by three cheers for the teachers. one teacher always came out with cotton wool in his ears because he said it was too loud.

A school trip in year 2 to a windmill.

Some of the school plays we did. Especially the Christmas show.

At Secondary: Lots of memories with friends like sports day (none of us was ever in it) sitting on the field chatting in the sun. I had a lovely group of friends who generally were very kind and inclusive people.
House debating used to be very funny, particularly the final, which had the added advantage it was over lessons.
Some of the charity concerts the 6th form ran ("Head girl and the seven prefects" pantomime I think was one of them)
Our Year 7 English teacher who had a funny way of teaching, but I can still remember some of his lessons almost word for word. "Fish's ruler like black pudding" was one such lesson. "Get that Walrus out of my bathroom!" another... Amazingly I can even remember what he taught too.

6th form. Not as much fun really. I changed, which was probably a mistake, but parents thought it was a better school (wasn't, they were just better at window dressing and pulling wool over parents' eyes)

I remember one of the boys putting another one through a window messing about (neither hurt, one who went through thought it hilarious) and then the story got up to tell to the teachers to explain it-they clearly didn't believe it, but accepted it with two statements: "Why did you choose today to do it?" (it was open afternoon for prospective parents) and "Right, I've accepted that, can you tell me what actually happened now?" (we stuck to it)

The fire alarm that was accidently set off by two of the 6th formers trying to learn to juggle and no one thought to tell the fire brigade before they'd turned up-4 engines worth. And then they found the fire alarm system had been wired wrongly so the alarm was showing the wrong alert button had been pressed so they had to check the whole school before letting us back in.

We had some fun in what was grandly called our "study" designed for 4 people, ours crammed 10 in. We had the Christmas party where one of the girls bought some home made wine in, and we sprayed silly string everywhere and bust the hoover trying to clean up.
Then it snowed and we had a girl from Hong Kong who'd not seen snow before and we were banned on going out, so we collected snow from outside so she could build a snowman. Once it was melted we used the one remaining hoover to try and remove the evidence and, unsurprisingly, bust that one too...

I was lucky in school in that my years were generally nice people with a few exceptions, but I tended not to come across the exceptions too much.

TansyViolet · 18/12/2017 00:01

I remember friends and I finding silly, harmless things we'd done or heard hilarious but it not being an appropriate time/place to laugh, so having to hold it in and laugh silently or get to a place where we could laugh our heads off. Those are probably my fondest/funniest memories.

YoungYolandaYorgensen39 · 18/12/2017 08:10

Most of my best school memories are from between 8-12 years old (I went to a middle school and then high school from Year 8 on.) I loved my middle school and think it was the happiest time of my life.

In high school I had a harder time because of bullies but my best memories are all linked to the school plays I was in, or the residential trips we went on which were so much fun.

I think my favourite memory is of putting on A Christmas Carol when I was in Year 8. I was one of the youngest in the show and I was so much in awe of all the bigger, older kids who seemed so grown up. One girl, who played Mrs Cratchitt, was absolutely lovely. Very motherly and perfect for the role. She took me under her wing and made rehearsals, especially the long Sunday ones, less scary for me. She used to cuddle me, plait my hair and give me sweets. I was sad when she left at the end of the year. I often think of her but haven’t been able to get in touch.

Frogletmamma · 19/12/2017 12:04

Making Christmas decorations when I was about 7-it was a snow day so there were only a few teachers and pupils in.

Tinty · 21/12/2017 15:35

None, I went to a terrible school, so glad my DS and DD have gone to good schools. (And I was coming on to say: Leaving) Grin.

Or I could say the times I managed to run out of the 2nd set of school gates before the bullies could catch up with me and I got home safe, I am so sad to hear that some schools can still be like this (from what I read on here anyway). Sad

Snowtato · 21/12/2017 15:42

Our form room would get locked at lunch time.so we used to leave a window ajar,then one of us would climb on a bin and get through the window and let the others in through the fire escape.
Every now and then we would move the chairs/tables/peoples bags around.write random things on the white board.smoke weed in there(by the open fire escape)
We would leave before the bell went and line up for it to be unlocked.people used to moan about things being moved/the smell of weed etc.my form tutor used to dismiss them every time as the door had been locked all lunch time.

AnnabelleLecter · 21/12/2017 15:55

School discos- people going crazy pogoing, air guitaring. Happy memories.

French exchange - first trip abroad on a plane, it felt very exciting.

We did loads of outdoor stuff- rock climbing, orienteering, canoeing. I loved it.

I still couldn't wait to leave though all the rules and bitching.

PettsWoodParadise · 21/12/2017 18:21

Exchanging scratch n sniff stickers in primary school.
A teacher telling me I could go to University when I had previously believed it wasn’t for ‘families like us’.
Drama plays in secondary school.
Being in sixth form and discovering that it was soooooo different as everyone had chosen to be there and it was bliss compared to lower school.

APcreator · 21/12/2017 18:31

Mine was my friend going through our maths teachers bag while he was outside the class and waving to everyone what he had brought for lunch. The teacher came in as my friend had my teacher's sandwiches in the air. The teacher lost it. I nearly died of a laughing fit.

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