And that’s it, my Little Man’s primary school days are over. He is from the class of 2021 and my last child of five to finish primary school. Here he is sporting his Class of 2021 t-shirt which his Dad had to pick up from the school. It has all the names of the year six children within the 2021 on the back.
It’s been a time like no other. When the schools broke up early last year and they spent the last term learning at home, we thought that come September all would be well again. But it wasn’t to be, Covid was still around and the school took extra special measures to keep the kids safe. I take my hats off to them because they did incredibly well and the Little Man only had to self isolate once. The very last week of school. It was heart breaking to have got so far and then miss out on all the fun stuff planned for him and his class mates, most of who he will not see again.
During lockdown the Little Man was the only one of my three children who worked really well at home, but even he got a little fed up of it towards the end. The last week of Primary was spent in online lessons and it was bitter sweet. The kids had their cameras on, whereas before they hadn’t bothered. They knew it was the only way they would see each other for the last time. The teacher was at home, also self-isolating but she made the lessons as fun as possible. They didn’t really work, they did quizzes and played games. The last day they spent telling each child what they thought about them. They were kind, considerate, caring and they made my Little Man weep when their time was over. It was the saddest end of term I’ve ever known.
I know we are not alone, so many other children missed their final weeks at school. My son’s school, which had done so well, went from 0 to 2 to 167 self isolating in a couple of weeks. The Little Man sat next the the boy who tested positive in his class and we worried when he started coughing. Then he developed a fever and I made him do a PCR test. It came back negative and we were so relieved.
It’s the end of the school year and the end of an era. In September my youngest child will be going to secondary school and Star will be starting college. I’m hoping this Covid situation gets better for their sakes.
How sad that your Little Man had to spend the last week of school in isolation – what a relief that his PCR test was positive though! I hope you all have a wonderful summer holiday and that school will be easier for everybody next year.
#MMBC
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*wasn’t positive! Autocorrect playing tricks :o(
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I really hope school will be easier too. Just five more years to go and we are done!
It may not be the planned end of term, but it sounds like the school and teachers did their best to make it special and memorable. I hope Little Man is looking forward to the next stage. #mmbc
They really did, I only wish I’d sent my boy to that school from the beginning instead of him suffering so much at his last school. He really changed in the last few years he was there.
You wrote that it was the saddest end of term you’d known, but it sounds quite beautiful to me! I hope he enjoys secondary school. #MMBC
Oh it was really touching, but my Little Man cried so much. And he really wanted to just be with his friends. He told me yesterday he was over it all now though..boys eh!
I feel sad but happy for your Little Man. Glad that he is well and safe and sad that he missed being with his class mates for the end of school. I’m praying for all of us in the world as this virus just keeps mutating and killing. #MMBC
It’s like nothing we would expect, especially being global. Hopefully we will get it under some control soon.
I can’t get my head around that your boy has finished primary school. I still think of him as a 7 or 8 year old. Time does fly.
The schools have been amazing since the pandemic began.
It sounds like your boy did so well with working at home. I think we were all fed up by the end. x
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haha, we still think of him as a young child, it’s hard letting your baby grow up. I guess we have no choice though. x
Oh that makes me so sad reading about the kids having their cameras on for that last week of online learning just so they could see each other for the last time. Not how primary school days should end at all. Love the leaver’s T-shirt though. Glad the teacher made it as fun as they could and that Little Man’s test was negative. Wishing him all the best of luck for secondary school. #MMBC
Oh my goodness, I felt so emotional reading that! The end of primary school is always emotional, but how cruel to have all of the excitement taken away like that.
Thank goodness the Little Man wasn’t poorly though, you must all have been so relieved.
Good luck to him for secondary school and to your daughter for college.
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This was the same as my young man last year -he finished his final week of primary school via Zoom, each kid was wearing their leavers jumper on camera also. It was a little sad but I was so very proud of all the work that he had done and the effort that he had put in. Congrats to your little man for working so hard – Thanks so much for linking up and for sharing with #MySundaySnapshot.