{"id":278,"date":"2014-10-28T11:34:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T11:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2014\/10\/xyz-schools-out-for-ever.html\/"},"modified":"2014-10-28T11:34:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T11:34:00","slug":"xyz-schools-out-for-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/2014\/10\/28\/xyz-schools-out-for-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Xyz &#8230; School&#8217;s Out For Ever!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><i style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: blue;\"><br \/><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><i style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">&#8216;Schools there are many,&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><i style=\"color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;\">renowned in our story,&nbsp;<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><b><i style=\"color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;\">founded by Kings,&nbsp;<\/i><i style=\"color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;\">in the days long ago&#8230;&#8217;<\/i><\/b><\/b><\/div>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><i style=\"color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;\"><br \/><\/i><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Last week our son finished at school,&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">singing the rather apt school song one last time<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i style=\"background-color: white;\">Schools there are many&#8230;<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><i style=\"background-color: white;\"><br \/><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">His education has spanned nine schools<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">on four different continents.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Despite this, he&#8217;s turned out alright<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;\">!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Says his Mother &#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-E5VI-OyxVWc\/VE8gyQNOghI\/AAAAAAAAEfk\/2ZdFUpwx8Tc\/s1600\/JL2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-E5VI-OyxVWc\/VE8gyQNOghI\/AAAAAAAAEfk\/2ZdFUpwx8Tc\/s1600\/JL2.jpg?resize=640%2C460\" height=\"460\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Starting school with only one eye and one arm<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Born in Belgium, to British parents, and like all local kids, he started school at two and a half. We had the choice of French, Flemish or our native English schools. We wanted him to be good at languages, unlike his parents, so we choose a French Maternelle school.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">He had passed the only entry requirement, which was to be fully potty trained with flying colours. In those early days, he had a teddy bear in his locker which he would nap with during sleep time, after he&#8217;d eaten a three course cooked school lunch. Extreme weather meant on snow days the school was closed.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-GQjNwWiYN1Y\/VE8e0YoHMUI\/AAAAAAAAEfY\/4o01UMRlpK0\/s1600\/JL1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-GQjNwWiYN1Y\/VE8e0YoHMUI\/AAAAAAAAEfY\/4o01UMRlpK0\/s1600\/JL1.jpg?resize=480%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Carnivale &#8211; Belgium Maternelle 1999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">When he was three we moved to Australia where they were horrified at the previous loss of his childhood. An Australian education starts in Prep aged five years old, and it is not uncommon to hold the kids back, especially boys, until they are six years old, to give them a good start at their education.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Three and four year old Kinder places book up early and so the only option as a new arrival was to attend an all girls private school, where in pre-prep they took boys. I&#8217;m not sure he&#8217;s ever thanked us enough for this part of his schooling!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-JpsAklPwjpg\/VE8hseyfCOI\/AAAAAAAAEfo\/9id2hlG7x4I\/s1600\/JL3.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-JpsAklPwjpg\/VE8hseyfCOI\/AAAAAAAAEfo\/9id2hlG7x4I\/s1600\/JL3.jpg?resize=640%2C460\" height=\"460\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">School distractions cause back to front number confusions!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">At five years old he joined his sisters at a local Aussie French bilingual primary school, wearing his blue shorts, red top and blue broad brimmed hat. Here 40% of the curriculum was in French. We slipped, slapped, slopped on his sunscreen most days and had the excitement of extreme heat meaning that school was optional when temperatures soared above 30 degrees Celsius. Like many Australian kids his after school activities led to a busy life! He played Milo cricket, soccer, took Kumon Maths, had weekly swimming lessons and went to Little Athletics.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-sspSPL_rL8Y\/VE8n5PuvmWI\/AAAAAAAAEf4\/Y4hZzVpqh8c\/s1600\/JL4.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-sspSPL_rL8Y\/VE8n5PuvmWI\/AAAAAAAAEf4\/Y4hZzVpqh8c\/s1600\/JL4.jpg?resize=640%2C468\" height=\"468\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">The average Australian childhood means flying to many extra curricular activities<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">At six he moved back to Belgium to the International School of Belgium, where no uniform was required, but guards checked the car every time we drove to school for explosives. His fellow students contained the kids of the movers and shakers of Europe and beyond. We were happy to hear that his spoken French still sounded authentic with that wonderful throaty sound, that his parents have never mastered.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-7aQx7LLHcEI\/VE8_HlJ4W0I\/AAAAAAAAEgU\/9EHTb5iOyYc\/s1600\/HK.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-7aQx7LLHcEI\/VE8_HlJ4W0I\/AAAAAAAAEgU\/9EHTb5iOyYc\/s1600\/HK.jpg?resize=480%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Hong Kong high rises<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">At seven he moved to Hong Kong and with an impressive <i>Ni Hao<\/i> took up Chinese and learned to tie a tie like his Dad each morning which he wore with a rather over the top Aussie green blazer with gold piping.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">His life as an Expat Third Culture Kid was in full flight. His home life now included a domestic helper and a driver\u2026and a Mum saying \u2018even though we have full time help you still need to tidy your room&#8217;, which he shared with his eldest sister.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">He watched the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens and competed in China for Touch Rugby and played soccer. He swam throughout the summer either at home or the Clearwater Bay Country Club, where we played tennis. We lived with extreme humidity and high pollution. School was occasionally closed when a Typhoon eight or above warning was posted.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;\">\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-FPp5gBiokMY\/VE9B4Id8JdI\/AAAAAAAAEgw\/m5Oi940uJW0\/s1600\/Melb.jpg?resize=480%2C640\" height=\"640\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"480\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Luna Park, Melbourne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">At ten we moved back to Australia and for a year was at an all boys school, he transferred into the co educational school with his sisters. He continued playing tennis in the summer and soccer in the winter and took up guitar.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><\/span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">At thirteen he became a bronze surf live saver, by now his swimming lessons had advanced to squad level and he spent a summer in his red and yellow surf lifesaving gear.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Q2SkG88I-L4\/VE9KLGeEPVI\/AAAAAAAAEhQ\/dxAcQxdSbhY\/s1600\/Beach1.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Q2SkG88I-L4\/VE9KLGeEPVI\/AAAAAAAAEhQ\/dxAcQxdSbhY\/s1600\/Beach1.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Life&#8217;s a beach as a surf lifesaver.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">At fourteen he went on a six week Canadian exchange to York School, Toronto, and at sixteen he was awarded the Year 10 Indian exchange scholarship , becoming a student for six months at an Indian boarding school in the foothills of the Himalayas. His room mates were from all over the globe. His love of soccer helped him fit in and he went on soccer tour to New Delhi in 2012.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-0oCpenoOU_k\/VE9M-mHg2ZI\/AAAAAAAAEhY\/czzTpZIu2rE\/s1600\/IMG_2874.JPG\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-0oCpenoOU_k\/VE9M-mHg2ZI\/AAAAAAAAEhY\/czzTpZIu2rE\/s1600\/IMG_2874.JPG?resize=640%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">On top of the world in India, 2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">He has been at his present school for six years.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;\">When he arrived in Year Seven we never fully expected that he would remain at the same school long enough to open his memory box in Year 12. It was fun to see all the things packed away, including his stitches from when he cut his knee and went to hospital!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"min-height: 13px; text-align: justify;\">\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-j5oQlUElbjM\/VE9SPMjjMfI\/AAAAAAAAEho\/AjRRY8bND1k\/s1600\/JL6.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-j5oQlUElbjM\/VE9SPMjjMfI\/AAAAAAAAEho\/AjRRY8bND1k\/s1600\/JL6.jpg?resize=480%2C640\" height=\"640\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Memory box included: Year 7 camp letter, tennis ball, U12&#8217;s soccer medal, a guitar plectrum, <br \/>a Digimon token, Hong Kong money &nbsp;and cufflinks.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;\">Next week his Year 12 International Baccalaureate exams start. As we reflect back on his many schools and varied life we know this is just the start.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;\">We will be interested to see with this global education behind him where he ends up studying and working next! Anyone want to hazard a guess?!<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-PmP6E-s5KVY\/VE95y4z43BI\/AAAAAAAAEh4\/NHN9X1nKu_w\/s1600\/lww_2.png\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-PmP6E-s5KVY\/VE95y4z43BI\/AAAAAAAAEh4\/NHN9X1nKu_w\/s1600\/lww_2.png?resize=320%2C106\" height=\"106\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Linking with <a href=\"http:\/\/ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.com.au\/2014\/10\/our-world-end-of-october-edition.html\">Our World Tuesday<\/a>&nbsp;And <a href=\"http:\/\/katherinescorner.com\/\">Thursday Favourite Things<\/a> blog hop<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">and <a href=\"http:\/\/jennymatlock.blogspot.com.au\/2014\/10\/alphabe-thursday-letter-x.html\">Alphabe Thursday<\/a> : XYZ&#8230; School&#8217;s out for Ever!<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-OKeqC9xhRy8\/VE97EB6T6CI\/AAAAAAAAEiE\/2H5G4IVP3fo\/s1600\/Our%2BWorld.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-OKeqC9xhRy8\/VE97EB6T6CI\/AAAAAAAAEiE\/2H5G4IVP3fo\/s1600\/Our%2BWorld.jpg?resize=200%2C127\" height=\"127\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8vjQBQmWVWM\/VFVeLry8veI\/AAAAAAAAEis\/asAk5b_-rX4\/s1600\/jennysidebar_button_THURS-2.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-8vjQBQmWVWM\/VFVeLry8veI\/AAAAAAAAEis\/asAk5b_-rX4\/s1600\/jennysidebar_button_THURS-2.jpg?resize=200%2C200\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-SfHPebzSKBY\/VFIse5EfNAI\/AAAAAAAAEic\/Y3GmVO_SVSg\/s1600\/thursday-favorite-things-blog-hop-button-2013.jpg\" data-rel=\"penci-gallery-image-content\"  style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-SfHPebzSKBY\/VFIse5EfNAI\/AAAAAAAAEic\/Y3GmVO_SVSg\/s1600\/thursday-favorite-things-blog-hop-button-2013.jpg?w=1170\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.0px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Schools there are many,&nbsp;renowned in our story,&nbsp; founded by Kings,&nbsp;in the days long ago&#8230;&#8217; Last week our son finished at school,&nbsp; singing the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Xyz ... 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