British Primary School NostalgiaSkip To ContentHomepageSign InSearch BuzzFeedSearch BuzzFeedlol Badge Feedwin Badge Feedtrending Badge FeedCalifornia residents can opt out of "sales" of personal data.Do Not Sell My Personal Information 2022 BuzzFeed, Inc PressRSSPrivacyConsent PreferencesUser TermsAd ChoicesHelpContactSitemapPosted on 23 Aug 2022 26 Primary School Things That Are Lodged Deep In Your Subconscious Two words: the apparatus. by Hanifah RahmanBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestTwitterMailLink When it comes to British primary school in the early 00s it seems there are some experiences that are universal Oxford Reading Tree When the UK said "National Curriculum," they weren't messing around. Yes we all loved parachute day and were desperate to sit on ~that~ bench but there are so many more things that were essential to the primary school experience Maria Symchych-navrotska / Getty Images/iStockphoto 1 Like the flood of disappointment of realising that even though you d upgraded to bench privilege you had to sit on this part Sophie Gadd / BuzzFeed It was still better than the floor though. 2 Being absolutely mesmerised by this magical object which was way more relaxing than it was educational Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF BBC 3 Getting totally hooked on all the adventures of Clever Cat Golden Girl Bouncy Ben and co Letterland / Amazon / Via amazon.co.uk Developing an irrational dislike for Kicking King = a natural part of the primary school experience. 4. Drawing a shit self-portrait on a tea towel that your mum probably treasures to this day. Primary School Tea towels (Maybe just a UK thing?) from nostalgia 5 Freezing on the playground the moment this Victorian artefact was brought out Marianne Purdie / Getty Images 6 Getting this book learning Hot Cross Buns and thinking you could be the next Mozart Music Sales Ltd / Via amazon.co.uk 7 Building the ultimate poking device out of these bad boys EDX Education / Via amazon.co.uk 8 This false sense of security SATS Papers UK / Via sats-papers.co.uk 9 And the rich meandering narratives on maths tests that served as more of a distraction than a help SATS Papers UK / Via sats-papers.co.uk Like, why was Samira in France? What was the present? Who was it for? So many questions. 10 The social currency of being able to draw this S Hanifah Rahman / BuzzFeed Why? We'll never know, but knowing how to do this was very important. 11 Two words the apparatus Richard Bailey / Getty Images The sense of danger made it so much more exciting. 12 And the apparatus less fun cousin – the pommel horse Sophie Gadd / BuzzFeed If you don't remember scraping your face along that sweaty suede, our childhoods were not the same. 13 Being in desperate need of a wet paper towel after getting hit in the face with this weapon Cavan Images / Getty Images/Cavan Images RF And if it was used in the rain?! This ball was a true danger to us kids. 14 The immense feeling of pride and superiority when you finally got your license to use one of these PaperMate /.Amazon / Via amazon.co.uk 15 Followed closely by the sense of betrayal when you learned that the blue side does not infact erase pen _jure / Getty Images/iStockphoto Oh the lies. 16 The endless collection of cereal box learning coupons MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images / We may never know what we were collecting for, but it felt good to be a model primary school citizen. 17 Learning how to become King of the road from these two lads Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Central Office of Information / Via think.gov.uk 18 And of course decorating your bookbag and coat with these the moment the clocks went back Getty Images You'd have thought we were doing the school run in pitch black with the annual giveaways of these. 19. Being desperate to get the chance to use this superior instrument in music class. The Instrument we all fought over in Primary School. from nostalgia The güiro, claves, and xylophone = the music class holy trinity. 20 Using these in swimming lessons but never questioning why every single one had a chunk bitten out of it Imgorthand / Getty Images/iStockphoto 21 This treat which is literally just a hot dog bun covered in icing sugar Eddwestmacott / Getty Images/iStockphoto Let's be real, deep down you knew this wasn't cake. 22. Using these exact headphones whenever you got the use the classroom computer... Did anyone else’s school have these really uncomfortable headphones in the computer lab? from nostalgia Sure, they squashed your ears, but how else would you Paint in peace? 23. ...And being slightly afraid of shutting it down properly, courtesy of this message. It's now safe to turn off your computer. from nostalgia The forbidden "off" button was very alluring, though. 24. Belting out "Harvest Time," "Kumbaya," and all the top hits from this book in singing assembly. This English hymn book from the 80s/90s from nostalgia If the teach split everyone into separate groups for a canon, you knew things were about to go wild. 25 And these books which were the font of all knowledge and wisdom Flickr: mypandorasbox Wikipedia could never. 26 And finally the primary school answer to the Met Gala Owen Humphreys - Pa Images / PA Images via Getty Images The red noses, the pyjamas, and some kid who decided to sit in a bathtub full of beans. Good times. Don t forget to share your favourite primary school moments in the comments so we can all relive the memories Share This ArticleFacebookPinterestTwitterMailLink