Post photos of your First School Day!

[Kirsten]

Got the idea from the German fotocommunity forum. There's a section for people to post the photo of their very first day at school, and I thought it would be fun to do that here, also!

I start with mine, even though I look very sheepish. LOL I remember that those schoes were not fun to wear, and I hated the dark blue clothes my parents always used to buy for me. LOL Yes, the seventies were a cruel decade when it comes to fashion, looks and haircuts! :)




http://www.catmom.de/pix/schule_2.jpg

First School Day 1972


Now post yours! :)

Kirsten

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

My parents didn't get pics from our first school day. It was 48 years ago, people didn't take much pics at all :D
But I do have pics from my kids first school day! I will take pics from those and post them later!

Okay, here they are!

Jo on his first school day
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y144/berlut/schoolJO.jpg

Indra on her first school day
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y144/berlut/schoolIndra.jpg

[Kirsten]

How sweet! And they look so tiny! How old are they in the pictures? 6 or 7, like the kids here when they go to school?

Kirsten

[Edwina's Secretary]

I do not have a pic of my first day of school ever but this is the first day of some school year. I think it is 6th grade.

I have two questions...what is that you are holding Kirsten?

ANd why are you and Lut's children dressed for cold weather? When does the school year start?

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/p62e6c9d1e53bec6a37ff5191e24b345b/e85c1588.jpg

[Kirsten]

What a cool picture! :)


I have two questions...what is that you are holding Kirsten?

It is called "Zuckertuete", and every school starter is getting one over here. There's no English word for it, I think, the translation I found on leo.org said this:

"large cornet of cardboard filled with sweets and little presents given to children in Germany on their first day at school"


Well, school usually starts in August/September, so it shouldn't have been that cool! Not sure why I had to wear that coat! LOL

Kirsten

[sirrahbed]

This was on my birthday in 1958, which is 9/17 and always fell soon after school started. I have a picture of my first day somewhere - can't find it - but it is on this same porch, with this same curly hairdo and a similar dress :D For some reason, this first year was called "pre-first" and was held at the regular elementary school. I don't think they had kindergarten .
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/p6417760a3b7763644d90bd0389ca612a/e984c0bc.jpg

[Kirsten]

Debbie, how very sweet! :) The cake almost seems to be too big for you to hold! LOL

Kirsten

[sirrahbed]

Fast-forward to 1988 and daughter sirrahsim is ready for her first day of school...
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/pb94e42639e79ca3f92a8492952aa2cef/e984c060.jpg

[Kirsten]

She's looking so happy and proud! :)

Kirsten

[Barbara]

Great thread- but I have no picture from my first school day :(

[Sevaede]

Hehe! What cute little kids! :D

I was five years old in this picture. A future animal lover in the making as you can see... ;) :D :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v26/unbakedbrownie/littlebrownie2.jpg

[koxka]

Love seeing everyone! :)

At four years old at preschool.The official picture on my school file.
Ok, you can laugh at your pleasure :o
I grew on to those ears though.Just like kitties do! :p

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid225/p2be298e9ad78cde4886f26ceceac5e81/e85860e3.jpg

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

How sweet! And they look so tiny! How old are they in the pictures? 6 or 7, like the kids here when they go to school?

Kirsten

Jo was 3, and Indra was 2years10 months. Here kids can start pre-school in the year they turn 3. There are 2 possibilities: start in January, or in September; both our kids started in January :)

[fritz03]

http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/6/1/1133242/grade8.jpg This is the earliest picture i could find,my grade 8 class when was 15.I am in the top row third picture in from the left.

[Sonia59]

Great thread! Unfortunately I don't have any pictures with me.

[koxka]

No worries, we can wait till you are at home! ;)

[koxka]

Barry is you Fritz?

[Killearn Kitties]

I don't have a picture taken on my first day of school. I think the earliest photo that my Mum has in my little school uniform was maybe in Primary 3. I look absolutely miserable in it. A couple of days after the photo was taken my parents had to call the doctor out in the middle of the night. Apparently I had an abscess in my ear which burst, so I probably wasn't feeling great in the photo.

I am enjoying looking at everyone else's photos though. :)

[BitsyNaceyDog]

For some reason, this first year was called "pre-first" and was held at the regular elementary school. I don't think they had kindergarten.

I love seeing everyones pictures. My mom has all the pictures from when I was that young, so I have nothing to post.

Debbie- I went to elementary school in NY and they had a class called pre-first too. In my old school Pre-first was a special class for kids that had already went to kindergarden but weren't yet ready for first grade. Our kindergarden was in the regular elementary school too.