Post photos of your First School Day!

**Maya & Inka's mommy** · 07-29-2007, 12:04 PM

My parents didn't get pics from our first school day. It was 48 years ago, people didn't take much pics at all

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

Indra on her first school day

**Kirsten** · 07-29-2007, 12:28 PM

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** · 07-29-2007, 01:13 PM

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?

**Kirsten** · 07-29-2007, 01:29 PM

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** · 07-29-2007, 01:47 PM

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

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 .

**Kirsten** · 07-29-2007, 01:51 PM

Debbie, how very sweet!

The cake almost seems to be too big for you to hold! LOL

Kirsten

**sirrahbed** · 07-29-2007, 01:53 PM

Fast-forward to 1988 and daughter sirrahsim is ready for her first day of school...

**BitsyNaceyDog** · 08-01-2007, 07:20 AM

Originally Posted by sirrahbed

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.

**Maya & Inka's mommy** · 07-30-2007, 08:15 AM

Originally Posted by 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

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** · 07-31-2007, 08:27 PM

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** · 08-01-2007, 05:28 AM

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

**koxka** · 08-01-2007, 05:34 AM

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

**koxka** · 08-01-2007, 05:36 AM

Barry is you Fritz?

**Killearn Kitties** · 08-01-2007, 06:08 AM

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.