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21 Things All Aussies Remember From Primary School

Would I save money if I used Dollarmites now?

1. The joy of putting a couple dollars in a brown paper bag and getting a tasty lunch out of it later that day.

2. Dollarmites made you feel like you were getting rich.

3. And this puppet taught you all you needed to know about health and safety.

4. Though Healthy Harold couldn't stop you from indulging in these sugar hits.

5. In boring classes, rubbers decided your fate.

6. This was the standard background for all school photos.

And if you were the shortest in the line, you always had to go first.

7. And class photos were always awkward.

There was always one person blinking.

8. You were the coolest kid in school when you brought one of these in.

9. Getting your pen license was one of the proudest moments of your primary school life.

10. Peer Support every Friday was a great excuse to get out of doing maths.

11. It was the absolute best when your teacher suggested playing wink murder after lunch.

12. Going to gymnastics was the highlight of your week.

13. And "Stuck in the Mud" was a beloved lunchtime tradition.

14. Though as you got older, Oztag became your favourite.

15. All your assignments used various forms of WordArt to really jazz it up.

16. You had a reflection diary that was handed in every Friday, detailing the week that was.

17. Swimming and "running" carnivals were a convenient chance to dress up and yell bizarre chants at other colours for extra points.

18. Plus winning a ribbon for your colour was the stuff dreams are made of.

19. Friday assemblies were a chance to show off in front of the school if you got a merit award.

20. Primary school was the one time you could fully remember the second verse of the national anthem.

21. And the days you forgot your hat were the WORST.

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