The ABCs Of Australian Primary School

    The place we learnt more than just the ABC.

    Tahlia Pritchard
    by Tahlia Pritchard

    BuzzFeed Staff, Australia

    A is for Athletics Carnival

    stbenedictscollege.qld.edu.au

    You got to dress up, yell bizarre chants and run your little heart out in hope that you claim victory for your colour.

    B is for Book Week

    C is for Canteen Duty

    marymacnarre.catholic.edu.au

    Because when your mum was on canteen duty, you knew you were in for a delicious day.

    D is for Dollarmites

    commbank.com.au

    You felt like you were saving so much coin at the time.

    E is for Erasers

    F is for Friends

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    In primary school, the biggest drama with friends was really who got to first play the "wolf" in "What's the time Mr Wolf?"

    G is for Gymnastics

    gymnastics.org.au

    There's nothing like jumping into a pit full of foam to release some good old energy.

    H is for Healthy Harold

    I is for Interschool Carnivals

    reservoirps.vic.edu.au

    So you may have placed in your school one, but things got a whole lot more intimidating when you had to compete with other schools.

    J is for Jelly Cups

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    calorieking.com.au

    For that recess sugar boost.

    K is for Kindergarten

    L is for Library

    M is for Musica Viva

    music.anu.edu.au

    I think we all prefer to forget tbh.

    N is for "Not Hat, No Play"

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    That dreaded feeling of forgetting your hat was like no other.

    O is for Oz Tag

    baulkhamhillsoztag.com.au

    Ripping stray tags off people's bodies has never been so fun... or competitive.

    P is for Pen License

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    That proud moment when you could graduate from being a mere pencil user to a haughty pen scribe.

    Q is for Questacon

    R is for Reflection Diary

    stac.com

    "This week was good because I learnt how to do subtractions, it was very good and I feel good about it."

    S is for Stuck In The Mud

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    The only game where it's acceptable to crawl underneath someone else's legs.

    T is for TV

    U is for Universe

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    Because as you got older, you began to learn there's a whole lot more out there than just your little world.

    V is for Vortex Balls

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    Remember the feeling when these super cool, whistling balls were introduced to school playgrounds? Iconic.

    W is for WordArt

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    That rainbow font really just spruced up your whole assignment tbh.

    X is for Xylophone

    Y is for Yogo Mix

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    shop.coles.com.au

    When your Mum packed you one of these with a little freezer block to keep it cool, recess couldn't come soon enough.

    Z is for Zooper Doopers

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