Joshua's Final Day at Juniors

Wednesday 24^th June was Joshua’s last official day at Junior school (well half day anyway). He wore a special T-shirt which was printed on the back and then spent most of the morning getting the whole school plus teachers signing his shirt and his leavers autograph book. The couple of days leading up to the final day have all been pretty exciting with the leavers meal, final assembly and so on.

The end of year assembly that the Year 6 did was pretty special and had most of the Mum’s and the head mistress balling their eyes out. The kids all sang versions of songs like “High Hopes” by Panic at the Disco and "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers. They even repeated a song that they had sung back in their foundation year assembly. Each of the kids had to get up and say something about their fondest memory, or funniest moment, or their career aspirations etc. Joshua had to tell of a memory from junior school and he recited the fact that everyone calls him “the silly 2 question boy” as he apparently is always asking silly questions (first I had heard of this).

One of the funniest moments of the assembly was an extended version of Carpool Karaoke that they had produced which was just hilarious. Joshua dressed up as a gangster with 2 of his classmates and was sat at the wheel trying to be all hip and cool for his section of the video. Even the teachers joined in at various parts and it culminated with a hilarious scene where the teachers simulated skidding the car and slamming their heads forwards and then the camera skipped to the bonnet where the head teacher was sprawled across it singing “Hold On”.

Anyway once the kids finally left school at around lunchtime the parents all made a tunnel with their arms and the kids filtered out 1 by 1 like celebrities, it really was a special moment as they exited the school for the last time. A lot of the Year 6’s had then arranged to meet in Wickford High Street where they seemed to hang around and grabbed something to eat in the Chicken place.

So it’s the end of a chapter for Joshua and he now moves on to the next stage in his education.

Joshua at his leavers assembly on his final day at Junior school.

Joshua stands up to tell us what he is thankful for.

The funny carpool karaoke with Joshua the gangster rapper.

Fellow school leavers, Tom, Ethan, Josh, Luca and Laurence.

And there I was saying that all the Year 6 students went to the leavers meal on a bus. There's always one person who thinks they are better and turned up in their Uncles Ferrari (still Josh and Jared used it an a photo opportunity).

Joshua's right of path as he leaves Junior school for the very last time.

Lovely idea of the parents to make an arm tunnel for the kids to walk through. Although Josh is nearly as tall as most of them and having to duck!

Not sure that Joshua could have got much more written on his leavers school shirt.

The back wasn't any better than the front, Oh well one for his collectors box.

The FAPS group alo got all the Year 6 boys a nice 2019 leaver t-shirt.