I don’t know about you, but we are SO ready for it to be the summer holidays. Sausage has really enjoyed Year 3 and loves her current teacher but she’s definitely in need of a long break from the 32-mile-a-day school runs and if I’m honest, so am I! We, like most families, start September with very high standards of polished shoes, new stationery and a strict timetable but by this time of the school year things have well and truly slipped so I thought I’d give you an amusing insight into how we know it’s almost the end of the year:
- Your super-strict “we MUST be out of the door at 8am SHARP!” becomes “meh, it’s 8.10…we’ve got a few minutes before we absolutely HAVE to leave…”.
- At the beginning of the year, snazzy new school shoes have lights in them…only one of those lights now works and you have absolutely ZERO intention of working out how to fix the broken one.
- Socks which were once white (and kept that way through weekly soaking in a whitening solution) are now distinctly grey…or pink…and will be staying that way until they get binned in two weeks.
- Pristine book bags are now replaced with random rucksacks…or on a very bad day, a Bag for Life because the other bags have been shoved somewhere during a tidying frenzy and can no longer be located.
- Healthy packed lunches and bottles of filtered water are now hastily bought dinner tickets and a bottle of pre-made Vimto from the corner shop.
- Creative homework, which was lovingly crafted at the beginning of term is now largely forgotten, or done in a five minute panic on a Sunday evening.
- Uniform, which was once immaculate, is now looking a little worse for wear with inkspots on shirts and summer dresses which are a little on the small side…but you’re definitely not going to replace it before September!
- There’s a massive chart on your wall where you tick off the days until the summer holidays and it’s literally the most exciting thing you do all day.
I’m sure there are other surefire signs of how much we’re DONE with this school year. What are yours? Leave me a comment below, I’d love to hear them!
Yay, summer is here! Those last few weeks seemed VERY long didn’t they?
We are all just so tired!!! Just 5 days left… we cannot wait :O)
I’m not sure who has been more eager to count down the days haha! I’m not a morning person x
Everyday I get asked how many days is it until they break up
Haha, I remember it all well! Its been a while since my lot were at school but your list is spot on, lol. Made me chuckle. Enjoy the summer break x
I can’t wait for the bell to ring next Friday! It’s been a long academic year and I cannot wait to have Leo all to myself!
I recognise a lot of this but we don’t have uniforms, packed lunches or book bags in France so clothes aren’t as worn out, lunches haven’t changed and bags are OK! Luckily though we’ve already been on holiday for 10 days (primary) and a month (secondary)!!
My son’s wearing brightly coloured trainers to school right now as there’s no way I’m buying new school shoes 😉
Never mind shoes with lights, on of Maxi’s shoes has a whole in them and the only pair of trousers that fit have holey knees too!
We have two very decrepit looking book bags and lunch bags as well as very battered drinks bottles, shoes and uniform. One frazzled mum looking forward to not getting up at 6am too.
All hail the premade vimto!
And what on earth is whitening solution?!
I recognise most of this, but believe me my son’s book bag is far from pristine!!
The kids shoes are still in one piece but definitely seen better days. We are all shattered and ready for the holidays! x
hehehe….I glued my girls school shoes back together last week. I refuse to buy new ones for a couple of weeks…I can’t want wait for the holidays x
I think we are all ready for a school break now – I was chatting to another mum on the school run today who said the same thing! I’d love a lie in!
I know what you mean. H’s book bag has seen better days, but not looking to replace just yet.