Whether they were the best days of your life or the worst, you never forget your school days...
I suppose it depends to some extent on whether you went to a church school or a state one. Although back in the seventies, most state schools were quite Christian centred - more so than these days. I went to a state school, and we would always have a prayer in assembly and occasionally a...
These days, it's 'Bikeability' and 'Cyclewise'. But who remembers the Cycling Proficiency courses of the 70s? I think they were run by RoSPA. Around the age of eleven, I recall our school playground being marked out with bollards and tape. One afternoon a week for about six weeks, we turned up...
In the last year of Junior school, I was a 'tray monitor'. At lunchtimes, the kids would file passed the serving counters to collect their meals and then walk over to a vacant table. We monitors would collect the trays and put them back in the pile at the start of the queue. When everyone else had...
Did any of your teachers have nicknames? Heres a couple from my old school Harry Honda Mingy Murphy Big Joe Flannigan Mrs Mcharg ( Mchagg) Mr Kane ( Wee Stick) All fine^^^ :) Moderators edit please keep if fun and light hearted no nasty names and nothing that could be seen as...
We just MUST have a thread on this subject! In infant school, there was a thing called 'Music and Movement' that involved moving around the hall while 'Spanish Flea' or 'Walk in the Black Forest' by the Tijuana Brass played through the speakers. Later, at junoir school, we got out the...
Do you still have a school lunch box that you or maybe your kids ECT use to take to school? i still have a Brook Bond Tea lunch box with pictures of the PG Chimps on the front of the box, it is now used for storing photos.:) What other picture Lunch Boxes do you remember. Transformers, Smurfs,...
What pranks and tricks did you get up to as a kid?
Who remembers those bags you bought from school for swimming.Can remember a few colours bright orange,green,red and possible blue.They had a black pic on them,but the biggest memory was the smell....they stunk of the strongest rubber/plastic you can think of :eek:
Another post reminded me of all the songs we used to sing in a 'round' in music lessons. I really loved doing this. I can recall :- Londons Burning. Row, Row, Row Your Boat. Frere Jacques. Three Blind Mice. Anymore? We also sang some great old songs like:-
Well, I've done a thorough search of the forum and I can't find this topic discussed. Can't quite believe no one's brought it up. So here goes. My first experience of this was in the sixties at about the age of six - so a bit outside the remit of DoYouRemember. But in secondary school, at...
This is one that's just popped in my head today while looking through this new forum. Going way way back Every week for a year or two the teachers handed out little song books and then they dragged in a trolley with a big radio on it. The programme started ( Songs for Schools ? ) and the...
Does anyone remember Sportpax bags? They were plastic draw string bags, in a range of colours including red, orange, green and blue. There was a design printed on one side: a footballer or swimmer. They were popular at my primary school, loads of kids there had one. I had one in my very first...
Biology is one of the subjects that most stands out for me when I recall secondary school. I was average in the subject but it often seemed to be the source of the most drama and hilarity. *The rats that were bred for experiments. "Ooo look, she's had babies! How sweet." (There's next term's...
When you sang hymns in assembly, how did you read the words? When I first started school two older children had to stand at the front and hold up a giant hymn sheet with the words on for us all to read. This was ok but I had only just started school so couldn't read. I had some intresting words...
Did you love it or hate it??? It's that time of year again for our local schools. My son won a 3rd,2nd and 1st place today, they did the classic Egg and Spoon, a Dolly in a pram race, and going though the hoops, balancing bars etc. My Daughters is to be held on Thursday. I remember being in a...
What school trips did you go on??? Were you a front or back seat traveller, did you stick with the tour or wander off??? I remember being more excited about the fact I got to take a "packed Lunch" It was the highlight of any trip. Worse of all were you ever made to stay behind and join a...
what did you play at break times. i remember statues, top trumps and a game called queenio cokeio (spelling). also seasonal games like conkers. i guess the youth of today link up there PSP'S and knock the sh!te out of each other:eek:
At middle school it was very poular to 'back" your work books in your Mum 'n Dad's wallpaper. This then allowed you to write whatever you wanted on them, slogans, pop bands etc.. At our school we were encouraged to do this by the teachers and it resulted in some really awful looking books with...
I have children that are going through school now and a lot of their homework is reading. I used to love reading the pirate books at school. Anyone remember these? There were different coloured pirates depending on your level of expertise. I remember getting excited going from one colour to...
Who remembers trips to the dentist only to be faced with the dreaded gas mask? The rubber smell was enough to make anyone sick. I'd rather have gas than a needle any day though;)
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