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I know that it's common in the US for schools to publish yearbooks, but it's a relatively new thing here. Eleanor's yearbook shows each pupil's school photos from Year 7 and Year 11, a photo of each class in the school year and messages from the form tutors, head of year and deputy head (as they had a substitute head at the time the yearbook went to be published). Next to each pupil's Year 11 photo, it gives their name, their nickname, their most memorable moment and their final message.
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Daniel's yearbook was a slightly different format to this one so I suppose it changes from year to year, however, it's a nice reminder of the people they went to school with.
What a lovely thing for Eleanor to have to remind her of her school friends
ReplyDeleteI think yearbooks are a great idea. There's many people I went to school with who I've forgotten now.
DeleteI think it's a great idea. She may not appreciate it much now because all the other children/young adults are still familiar to her. However, in years to come she can get this book out and reminisce.
ReplyDeleteI'd have loved something like this to look back on. I only have individual photos of myself at primary school, and certainly no class photos from age 11 upwards.
Something to treasure. x
I do too. Our class photos stopped after primary school at age nine and I've forgotten so many people now. It's nice that they're all named in the book too, though some class photos have this feature these days.
DeleteTime marches on. Too quickly.
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It certainly does. There's such a difference in the Year 7 photos compared to the Year 11 ones, they've all grown up so quickly.
DeleteMy recollections of school are just a faded memory nowadays! Flighty xx
ReplyDeleteSadly, mine are too. I remember certain events but have no recollection whatsoever of others.
DeleteIt looks great, Jo. I hope she gets her friends to write something in it. :o)
ReplyDeleteI wish they'd been handed out before they finished school as they only see their friends in school when they have an exam now, and they're not all taking the same ones. I remember Daniel got lots of friends to write things in his.
DeleteHow nice, Jo. My yearbooks are very special to me. I have a simple paperback one for eighth grade, when I finished middle school, and then my high school and college yearbooks, which are much fancier hardback tomes. I think it's a nice tradition.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a lovely tradition, I wish they'd done it when I was at school. Daniel and Eleanor have only got the one from when they finished secondary school, the primary school didn't do it when they left.
DeleteWhen I was at school we wrote on each others school ties - probably to make sure that they could never be worn again!! - and had nothing like this, so I think it is a good idea. Love your little hats from your last post too Jo! xx
ReplyDeleteI can't remember doing anything when we left school. They all sign each others shirts now, that's the big thing at our secondary school.
DeleteWhat a lovely memory from your High School Years. As above, I only remember snippets and as I left in 3rd year when I was fifteen, my High School years were quite short, compared to the rest of my school life. Hope the rest of Eleanor's exams go well. Take care.
ReplyDeleteDaniel and Eleanor went to primary school until they were eleven and then five years at secondary school, then there's a further two in the sixth form whereas I went to primary until I was nine, middle school until I was thirteen and then three years at high school, so my high school years were short too. Eleanor's been in for her English exam this morning, just three left to go now.
DeleteThe year book is a wonderful idea, I didn't know any schools in the UK did it, none around here do as far as I know. I wish they did.
ReplyDeleteI think it's catching on all over the UK now so you may see it popping up near you soon. As you say, it's a lovely idea.
DeleteOur yearbooks will probably be given out any day now. I still have all of mine, they are a good trip and laugh down memory lane. This year we had 3 to buy...gets expensive!
ReplyDeleteOur school only produce them in Year 11, I think that's a good idea, it makes it more special than getting them every year and as you say, it gets expensive too.
DeleteIt's a while since our third grandson left secondary school so these year books are a new idea to me. I don't think they have year books at our grand daughter's school either. It sounds like a nice idea and a way of bringing to mind fellow students in later years.
ReplyDeleteI think they're a great idea. I wish they'd had them when I was at school.
DeleteOh goodness think I must have been a sleep and missed this post. I think the year books are a lovely idea none of mine had anything like that or if they did they were so embarrassed by the photo they never told me. It will be nice for Elearnor to look back on when she is older. Hope the exams are going ok.
ReplyDeleteThere was much hilarity about some of the Year 7 photos, some of the kids are unrecognisable five years on. Eleanor's just got three exams left now, she'll be done by next weekend.
DeleteI think this is such a lovely thing for the children to have. The day I left school I took in a notebook and got friends to sign it with messages, lots of others did the same thing. A photo book would have been great and just think of all those dreadful 80's hairstyles we could laugh out now looking back on it!
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I can't even remember the day I left high school, probably because the day couldn't come soon enough. I absolutely loved middle school though and I can remember my last day there really clearly, we were all in tears as my circle of friends were all splitting up and going to different high schools.
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