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Bradley started Grade 0 today, and there was a school assembly this morning which all the parents were invited to, which was followed by a champagne breakfast under the trees. And of course, I went with my trusty camera 
A sea of boater hats and caps at assembly
One of the traditions at the school is called the “Short Walk”. The whole school forms 2 parallel lines through the grounds of the school leading to the Senior Primary classrooms. The Grade 4′s (who are now leaving Junior Primary), turn their blazers inside out; the girls put their boater hats under their arms and bash them, and the boys turns their caps inside out. They are then led through the pathways by a bagpiper to their new classrooms.
It was such a special thing to watch!
The bagpiper
Lovely tradition and beautiful photographs.
what a wonderful sounding school, and what awesome photos to capture the tradition with!
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Oh wow – that’s a goose-bump moment!! So nice that they have created traditions (it’s a fairly ‘young’ school) – long may it continue!
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Oh wow, fantastic shots, and really love the black & white! Sounds like a wonderful school, hope Bradley will be very happy.
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The top photograph has a wonderful nostalgic look to it.
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What a special day Jeanette, I can’t believe our babies are in school already!
Thats such an amazing tradition! how did the first day go? i would love to see more pictures!
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What an awesome tradition!!
That first pic is really cool
We are off today to start!
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How special- did you cry? ( I do buckets at these type of events -lol)
Oh wow! You must tell me what school he goes to. The blazers look like CBC blazers! Good traditions and great that the children have them. Seems a modern thing to ignore, but I think its important.
What an awesome traditional South African school you are sending your son to.
Here in Germany they dont have school uniforms and everyone looks so sloppy – nothing like a neat school uniform with years of tradition.
Thanks for sharing.
I went to a convent school so know all about tradition – uniforms, blazers and those dreaded hats!! In high school its just was not cool to be seen wearing those hats….hehe
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WOW-I love this!!
Where is this at?? It reminds me of the cartoon Madeline, so cute!!
Great pictures!!!
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I love the second photo! The little girl looks so happy and proud.
Look at all those wonderful hats in that first show. And than bagpipes too! Definitely sounds like a wonderful event for the kids. The b/w shots totally fit with the event too.
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Amazing pics. I love the hats.
okay I got goosebumps and i wasnt even there.
Which school is this by the way?
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WOW! we don’t have anything as cool as that here. I love traditions like that. wonderful!
Wow! They really did make a fuss! Wonderful!