Can Your Remember What Happened On Your 1St Day Of School?

[DTCwordfan]

Following on from the Prince George at school thread.....

Mine was in Bolton-le-Sands, a primary on the A6 right next to a humpback bridge on the canal, one Mrs Swain running the establishment and quite ferocious, her husband built like a six ft six willow tree.

I had one of those swivel crayon and pencil boxes.

I can remember sitting under the table and refusing to come out - all sorts of bribery tried to no avail....the parental units coming at lunch time to rescue me.

The second day, I can not remember.

I got my revenge later when the Mrs Swain tried to make me eat a banana and got more than she expected when a barf projectile caught her square on.

Over to you....

[albaqwerty]

have absolutely no idea of the first day. I remember playing with sand and water which was quite interesting.
Better memories from when I was about 5 or 6 and could embarrass my prefect brother.

[EDDIE51]

Yes ,my mother was a school teacher and had already taught me to read and write plus basic addition and subtraction. Once the school teachers realised I was already ahead of the rest of the class they basically ignored me. My Mum was so good as a teacher of reading that the school virtually refused to let her retire . She was still taking small groups of 'remedial readers' at the age of 70!

[Prudie]

No memory whatsoever. I do remember my first day teaching at a secondary school though September after my PGCE year. I was petrified, the kids were like aliens although I grew to love most of them eventually!

[davegosling]

Not my very first day specifically, but I have memories of hating milk (though I love it now!), playing with Lego, the teacher writing the date on the top of the blackboard every morning, being taken for swimming lessons in a coach driven by a woman who looked like a man, the local vicar visiting occasionally, etc.

[Bazile]

I can't remember my first day at school ( i'm impressed with those that can - although your current age might have a bearing on how much you remember - for example if your'e in your thirties you may remember more, than if your'e in your seventies )

I went to a private school until i was about 7 and do remember it being very strict - you were there to learn .
For example i knew my times table - 1-12 by the time i was about 7 years old and could read and write at a standard above other pupils of my age .

[andy-hughes]

I'm 62, and I remember my first day at Priory Road Infants when I was four. I can see my mother walking up the path smiling, as I was sat on Miss Jones' knee while I cried, being aware that all the other children were looking at me, and none of them were crying.

[Sqad]

Yes.....clearly.My sister (mother) took me to school and the teacher sat me next to a boy called Sammy Bloye.
The teacher said" Say hello to Sammy" and i replied "No".
We had a band and i wanted to play the drums, but i was given the triangles.....hopeless.

[sandyRoe]

I'm not sure if it on the very first day but some of the other children asked if I was an American. They'd confused my London accent with those they'd heard in the cinema.

[MargoTester]

My Mum took me to school - no going in with you in those days, no pre school, nursery etc. Decided I didn't and I left and started to walk home. They caught up with me just up the road and dragged me back - I hated school from that day on.

[-SharonA-]

You are joking!!! But I can recall various other primary school days.
I can remember getting the ruler across my hand in late primary years.

[Bazile]

sqad - lol

//The teacher said" Say hello to Sammy" and i replied "No". //

Were you like the 'Doc Martin' character , in your practising days - no messing and to the point ? :-)

[Sqad]

Bazile....if i was born 30 years later, I would have been diagnosed as ADHD and shipped off to a child psychiatrist, luckily I escaped their clutches....LOL

[hereIam]

I don't remember my first day, but I remember an early day when I was 5. I was picking my nose (as kids do) and the teacher saw me, she shouted out at top of her voice 'My name stop picking your nose' !!! I must have been embarrassed as I've never forgotten it !

[Mamyalynne]

I recall it quite well, I marched straight in and a nice lady was very pleased when I went directly to my own coat peg as I could read my name.

On being collected Mum told me she was a bit upset I hadn't turned and waved like the others, guilt set in early but I adored school and they had to make me leave.

[Toorak]

There were too many children in the new intake so some of us were moved to an older class (who had started 6 months previously - there were 2 intakes a year then). I remember sitting in my new classroom crying because I had left my brand new school bag in the other class.

[Cloverjo]

I remember the class sitting on the floor while the teacher read a story. Someone had undone the clip and zip on the back of my skirt so it fell down to my ankles when I stood up. I was mortified.

[Patsy33]

Yes I can remember part of it. For some reason I started on my 5th the birthday. I clearly remember my parents telling me I was a big girl, now that I was 5. My mother took me into the classroom and I remember feeling shy seeing all these other children. The teacher, Mrs. Workman, took me to see another female teacher in next classroom and said, "this is ( my fathers name) daughter and they were smiling and staring at me. I can remember the smell of that dark red carbolic soap from the cloakroom, also the coloured wax crayons!

[Bazile]

Mamy
//I adored school and they had to make me leave.//

I loved school as well and was very sad when i left
( Are we odd / strange do you think ? )

[DTCwordfan]

Great ones, love Jo's.....

I enjoyed my prep school enormously, we had woods that we could build huts in and have fires to cook baked beans etc. Then there were the willow-herb wars, take a stalk, strip it and throw like a spear. The biggest hut was Leakey's named after one of the Kenyan anthropologists.

[DTCwordfan]

Jo - you weren't at school with Sqad were you? He may have had a lingerie interest back then!