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Read by Suzanna Simmonite

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Lovely Year 9s.

What an absolute pleasure it has been to get to know you all- from initially coming to visit so many of you at primary school, to seeing you settle in on induction day, helping you to make option choices and finally to wave you a goodbye as you sail on up to the realms of Upper School.

What can I say about you?

You’ve probably been one of the noisiest, happiest, energetic year groups I’ve ever had. I have loved every minute of having you all in Middle School and your visits to my office, to sort out friendship issues, grumbles or just to have a good chat.

With your crazy bravery at Patterdale, your sporting achievements, your incredible singing and musical talents (especially watching you dance and jive your way across the stage in Grease) you are all phenomenal, and my pride in you all has grown daily.

I know you’ll work your socks off in the next phase of school, and I know that you’ll do it with happiness, commitment and with the support of great friendships.

But please, do pop in to say ‘Hi!’ every once in a while!

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1. Safia Adam

2. Scarlett Mathews

3. Felicity Field

4. Charlotte Duffy

5. Rehmeen Ahmed

6. Riya Hasija

7. Isobel Pursey

8. Trixie Murphy

9. Sameen Riaz

10. Angelie Chitre

11. Emaan Murtaza

12. Nathalie Rippingale

13. Sejal Patel

14. Sara Hatia

15. Emma Seddon

16. Alaina Jiva

17. Charlotte Reece

18. Afeen Shafaat

19. Malaika Zaidi

20. Ms Field

21. Umayma Ahmed

22. Myra chang

23. Jenni-mae coetzee

24. Suzanna Simmonite

25. Malaika Bux

26. Eve Blackmore

27. Ilham Nagi

28. Caitrin Flood

29. Tanya Thakrar

30. Yara Latif

31. Ruby Hassall

32. Alexia Hughes

33. Freya Langtree

34. Eimaan Yaqoob

35. Mrs Delves

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Everyone has been great, and I’ve made some really great friends! Thanks 😊

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Can you tell which of these cuties is which?

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Dear Mrs Shafiq, thank you so much for being an amazing form teacher and for helping us all in everything that we did this year and for checking up on us when this went wrong in lessons. I’ll miss having you as my form teacher next year❤️

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I have really enjoyed getting to know everyone and I will miss being in a form with you all. Thanks for being a great form!

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To 9C, (the elite form) you have been such amazing friends and support to myself and everyone else in the class. We became so close it was like we were a big family. I love each and everyone of you so much and wish you all the best!!!

To Mrs Porter, thank you very much for keeping our class in line, as we can be quite difficult at times! You have been an amazing form tutor for 2 years and I couldn’t ask for anyone better!!

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Read by Ila Stephenson

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It has been a pleasure to be your Head of Year at the start of Y8 and through Y9. It was great to get to know you on our Patterdale trip, what seems like a lifetime ago now. You’ll never fail to amaze me how you are all so willing to walk through icy cold water up the gorge and leap off the ‘hairy scary man jump’. Glad I stuck to the safety of the footpath and canoe! After I returned from my maternity leave in Y9 I can honestly said I couldn’t recognise most of you .... not because I’d forgotten, but you’d grown up so much! You have all really matured this year and have worked so hard on you DofE sections. I’m sorry that we didn’t get the chance to do our expeditions (whether you are sorry as well I’m not so sure!). You have risen to the challenge of online learning during the Coronavirus Pandemic and made my job much easier. You have been a credit to us and set the bar high for the younger years. I do hope that you will now enjoy a good long rest (and no zooming) over summer. Stay safe and look after yourselves, your families and friends. See you in September and embrace all the (good) change that Y10 will offer you!

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I would just like to say that the last three years have been amazing with the support of my form tutor and the greatest form. I’ve found amazing friends in this form and will miss everyone very much when we move to yr10. My friendship group has changed over the years but we’ve all remained friends. I couldn’t have got through these three years as easily without their support and i want to say a massive thanks to them. Hope you guys love year 10 and meet new people! You’re all amazing friends! Thank you to Mr McBride for sticking with us all over all three years and giving us the best start in year 7, although we could be very challenging and annoying at times. I will miss all of 9B and the memories we’ve made, and the stupid stuff we’ve done, we’ve all grown so close to each other. Coming in the form room in the morning and having everyone look up at you and say hi, and that happening to everyone, is such a great memory. Thanks guys and good luck.

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To my form, thank you for being a great form for the past three years. I’ll miss you all loads and thank you for all the memories we’ve made.

To Mrs Delves, you’ve been a wonderful form teacher this year and I’m so glad we had you, thank you for listening to our problems and general nonsense, we’ll miss you.

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Part two

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Dear 9s
Its beeen a pleasure to be a part of this form for 3 years. We have made some good memories in this form that I’ll always keep with me. I wish everyone the best of luck in the future!

Dear Mrs Shafiq
I know sometimes we can be a bit difficult but thankyou so much for managing with us for 2 years! You did the most for this form and always got us through anything and everything.  Thankyou truly for putting up with our nonsense but still being able to make us smile everyday. You will be greatly missed and I hope your future form was as good as ours.  :)

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I really like my form and will surely miss you all. Everyone supported me since the first day. You all always concerned about me, and never left me alone. Each and everyone are really friendly and caring. I will always remember the short, sweet memories, I shared with all of you guys! 😊. Wished we had more time together!

Miss Donaghy, you have been really sweet, patient, helpful and understanding all the time. You helped me when I was in trouble, assured me when I was worried and wished me joy when I was sad. You are always enthusiastic and cheerful. You are one of my best form teacher so far! Thank you for supporting me every time!😊

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Thank you Mrs Pritchard and Mrs Porter for being great form tutors and to Ms Field for being welcoming and sorting any concerns.
From Shaili :)

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Your Catfish Friend by Richard Brautigan

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Your Catfish Friend by Richard Brautigan

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Read by Nathalie Rippingale

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Three years ago, a group of nervous, and not so nervous, little year 7s arrived. In the time since we have been joined by new faces who became friends, while some of our starting number found their paths leading elsewhere. Throughout, it has been a privilege to be your form tutor and see you mature into the people you are today. Between you there is a wealth of talent, humour and kindness that stands you in good stead to achieve whatever you set your minds to.

I want to wish all of you the very best for your GCSE years, and I have every confidence that you will all do yourselves proud, as I am proud to have seen how far you have come. ​

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In the past three years , I have made lots of friends within and out of my form. They have helped me make decisions and helped me go through hard times. Even if some friends leave you and some come back, you would still have true friends waiting for you. So thank you to all my wonderful friends for being there for me!

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In year 7 our form had a potato that was the form mascot; he did many things including getting married to Geraldine and having a child called spud. He also featured in a presentation about Montserrat in geography this year.🥔

This year at Writers’ Retreat someone took a photo of a mirror and we were all convinced that there was a ghost in the mirror. There obviously wasn’t but we were all very excited and it made for a fun evening or two ghost hunting and quizzing our older friends about previous ghost stories while also trying to solve the mystery of what it actually was.

During the production of Grease in year 8 there was a rumour that the green room under the theatre was haunted. This was because a creepy mask kept moving around when we were all on stage. We later found out it was just someone paying tricks but it was fun to make up stories about what it could have been 👻

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9S~ The past 3 years have been fun and I’ve enjoyed getting to know you all. We made some good memories and I hope you all have a nice time in your new forms.

Mrs Shafiq~ When we found out you were our form teacher we were very pleased. Year 8 passed and we all had a good time and we came into year 9 wondering who our new teacher would be. Little did we know it was you! Thank you for helping us over the past 2 years and coming to support us in interforms no matter the results 😂. We really  appreciate it and we’ll never really find out who did spray the perfume that day ...

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I’ve enjoyed the 3 years that we’ve all been together, I’ll miss you all and good luck in your new forms. X

I’ve enjoyed having you as a form tutor you’ve been very nice to us, I love when you tell me off for not saying yes properly in registration 😂 Thank you Miss Donaghy . X

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Dear Ms Field and Mrs Porter,
Thank you both for your unfailing support over the last year. Wishing you both a wonderful summer.
Much love,
Isobel Pursey

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Read by Eve Blackmore

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9C, you have been lots of fun this year! You are all talented and unique individuals with a vast range of different interests, hobbies and personalities and I have really enjoyed getting to know you. I love the way you stick up for one another and have a real sense of form identity and I am sure many of you have made friends for life. I have incredibly impressed with the way you have adapted to learning from home these past few months and it has been lovely to see your cheery (or should that be sleepy?) faces each morning. I hope you all have a great summer and I would like to wish you the very best of luck as you move into Year 10 and start your GCSE courses.

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9B Interform Netball Team

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The tomato purée on the science corridor when a teacher was late to a lesson....let’s just say a bunch of year eights unsupervised with spare food tech ingredients never ends well.

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To 9S
These past 3 years with you all have been really good and we have all become so close. Good luck in your new forms.

To Mrs Shafiq
Thank you for helping us through these past 2 years and always being there to give us advice. You have been a great form tutor and I will miss you.

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9G Interform Netball Team. Great effort 9G!

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9C Interform Netball Team

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All Of What I Ever Really Need To Know I Learnt In Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum

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All Of What I Ever Really Need To Know I Learnt In Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum

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Read by Maryam Ali

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You have been a fantastic Form from the beginning . I know I only became your Form Tutor in September, but from the very first day of walking into the classroom, I sensed that you were going to be such a lovely group. I remember the first time I asked you to get out your reading books during form time and we’d have some ‘quiet reading’. I couldn’t believe that you all sat in silence and read! It was a very strange experience – no other group had ever done that! Could a class really be this good and well-behaved? Well, the answer was yes….and you have all remained an exceptionally polite Form throughout the year.

You all have your own individual strengths and qualities, but what emanates from you most of all, is your kindness and friendship for one another. It has been an absolute pleasure to be your Form Tutor, and I couldn’t have asked for a more thoughtful, respectful and friendly bunch to meet up with every morning.  I wish each and every one of you, a lovely summer holiday and the very best of luck over the next 2 years.

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In my opinion you are all so different and unique, yet you are all also the best! The best form ever!! People have been and gone from our form but the core is still there and always will be even in year ten, even when we are further apart. ♥️The core will still be there♥️ I doubt I will forget that♥️

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9D Interform Netball Team

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Dear Mrs Shafiq,
I have really enjoyed these 2 years with you as our form tutor. what I have learnt from these 2 years is to be very organised and to remember to sign my planner each week.
Also, for next year I will remember to always register on ISAMS and to always be in the middle of the camera 📷😂 Thank you for all you have done for us this year.

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9G - last photo before ‘lockdown’ !! Who would have thought we wouldn’t be back in our Form room until Sept?

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Thank you Mrs Porter and everyone in 9c for making middle school amazing and hilarious

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Thank you 9S for the last two eventful years as your Form Tutor. We have shared laughter, tears and lots of nagging from me, but it has been a privilege to see you develop a wealth of skills and talents. I had one or two of you in mind as I made my list, can you spot yourself???

v Avid reader

v Prize winning baker

v Accomplished actress

v Artist (remember those recycling boxes?)

v Netball natural

v Lacrosse dynamo

v Tennis star

v Computer whizz

v Champion gossip

v Perfume sprayer!!!!!!!

v First class organiser

v Writer

v Poet

v Amazing linguist

v Super mathematician

v Political commentator (think early morning discussions)

v Debater (nicer word than argue)

v Volunteer

v Fund raiser

v Orienteerer (shame we never made it to Patterdale)

v Listener

v Advice giver

v Carer

v Musical maestro.

We started together in 7S with an Hola and now we have reached Hasta luego but not Adiós. You have risen to the challenges and overcome difficulties to try to be the best that you can be. I hope you have a lovely summer and I wish you every success as you start your GCSE courses in Year 10 and begin to extend the friendships which you have already made.

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To 9B, I’m going to miss us being together but we have made lots of memories and I am grateful for each one. I will miss making up form chants for interform even if we did lose most of them. We won sports day that one time so that’s worth something. I will miss walking into the form room in the morning and having everyone say hi to you even when you are not as close with them as others. I will miss our coach journeys to and from school trips. Thank you for the 3 years as a form.

To Mr McBride, thank you for being our form tutor throughout our middle school and helping us to be our best selves. You are part of the reason that we are who we are today and I am grateful for you putting up with us for so long. I couldn’t ask for a better form tutor. Thank you.

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Thankyou for being such an entertaining class especially at Christmas time! I will miss Simba and his parents from physics.

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To Mrs Shafiq,
When we found out you were our form teacher in year 8, we were all very happy, as we had all really enjoyed Spanish in year 7. At the start of this year, when we found out we had you again, we knew it would be another fun year. Thank you for helping us through all our challenges and making sure we always handed our slips in in time. We’ll all really miss you next year.

To 9S,
Thank you for a great three years. I’m really going to miss you all next year.

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9G: Year 8 Champions of the Lacrosse Interform Competition 👏

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I would like to say thank you Mrs Pritchard and Mrs Porter for being our form tutors for throughout middle school and thank you to all of 9C for making my first three years at Bolton School amazing. Thank you to Ms Field for being a supportive head of middle school.

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Form 9D – 9Delves!

I was so excited to get my own form again this year after not having one for so long and you did not disappoint! You are certainly a unique bunch and I will not forget your wonderful characters in a hurry. I love that you all get on so well and look after each other, and me when it’s needed! Ammaarah and Fatima are literally joined at the hip as we all know – yes, everyone falls out from time to time but you always manage to sort things out without too many dramatics and intervention from your teachers.

I will miss the lookout on the door at PM reg, and booting out everyone’s friends from other forms! Trixie – thank you for the plastic babies and unique dancing talents, my mini book club – keep sending me the recommendations. Hopefully when you get to year 10, Abby will find something other than crisps for breakfast, and Ai might actually be on time!

I have really enjoyed getting to now you all better and I know you will all do really well in your new forms next year as you start your GCSE courses.

Wishing you lots of luck and best wishes – stay kind!

Mrs Delves

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Thanks for being a good form everyone ,it’s been a good three years! Good luck to everyone in yr 10! ❤️ To everyone in 9B thanks for a great 3 years it’s been amazing to be in this form and will be sad to leave it. Thank you to Mr McBride for sticking with us for 3 years and outing up with us you’ve been a great form teacher and it’s been nice to have your support.

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For me the best highlight of the year was going on the ski trip with my friend Anna. I wanted to try something new and visit a place I’ve never been before. The ski trip in Italy allowed me to experience something different and more adventurous. I am looking forward to joining the ski trip again next year.

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To my form:

It’s been a good 3 years with 9S. Everyone’s changed a lot since Y7 and even though we’ve all had our ups and downs, it was the best form to come into. I’ll miss everyone and I hope everyone likes their new form. Good luck to everyone!

To my form teacher:

When I found out on the first day in Y8, that Mrs Shafiq was my form teacher, I didn’t know what to think, because she had been my Spanish teacher the year before, but I didn’t know what she would be like as a form teacher. She turned out to be the best form teacher and she was really supportive throughout the 2 years. I’ll try not to look behind and talk to other people during form time, wherever my form tutor moves me next year, for the seating plan.

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A very closely contested Yr 9 indoor Interform Lacrosse Competition.....and once again, 9G become overall Champions. Well done everyone 🏆

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To 9B, Thank you for being the best form ever. We have all always been there for each other, and I hope that connection never goes. Thank you for being amazing, I’m going to miss you all so much. ❤️
To Mr McBride, Thank you for being our teacher for 3 whole years. You have always given us good advice, even if we didn’t want to follow it. We are a bit of a handful, so thank you for handling us for so long. ❤️

We have all created so many memories, and I will never forget them. I have made so many friends, so thank you 9B for just being so great and amazing. I’m going to miss you guys so much. Good luck in Year 10!❤️❤️

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Mrs Delves and 9d have got me through year 9 and the form through three years, I will miss them all so much and wish them all the best next year. I remember in year 8 doing morning yoga in our Patterdale rooms.

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Mrs Shafiq: I’ve enjoyed having you as my form teacher over the past two years, I’m happy to say it’s been the best two years as a form. I’m really going to miss sitting at the front with Afeen and  Naima and turning around to talk to the people behind us. I remember the time you thought my voice was a low buzzing sound and you told the whole form to quiet down so you could find out what it was, until you found out it was me. We’ve had some funny memories as a form this year and it’s been a long two years. Thank you for dealing with us in Spanish and Form, next year won’t be the same without you telling us to register on ISAMS or to remember our books in form time. Even though many of us forgot and we ended up reading the Spanish ones. We will miss you lots!

To my form - it’s been a long 3 years but it’s been a good one, love you all so much and don’t know how our new forms are going to deal with us. I’ll remember the times in History (especially when 4 of us got in trouble for that very odd thing) and times in English. Thanks for a good run guys, I’m going to miss u all :(

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These past three years have been awesome, I honestly couldn’t have asked for a better form. I’ll going to miss you all lots 💗😭

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To all of my form and my group of friends in the Eh? Chat.
I’ve had a wonderful three years and a great experience with all of you, when I came to the school I was hoping to make some new friends and didn’t end up making too many really strong relationships in my form but soon I branched out and met all of my closest friends from other forms. We have helped each other in arguments and other things, have been to the movies, and just hung out together all lunch. These three years have been some of my best times of Bolton. ❤️Thank you to, Hafsa, Ayesha, Emaan, Emilia, Suzy, Mayra, Hannah for being some of my closest friends in school and to safia, Ester, Amelia, Eve, Zainab, Eloise, All of Jeff squad and my whole form for being great friends when I needed them. Again thankyou to my form for putting up with my dark humour and many jokes I have had a great 3 years with you all. :)

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Throughout these 3 years I have had a amazing time with my form and I won’t forget all the memories I have made.

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9S Interform Netball Team

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I seriously couldn’t have wished for a better form and form tutor to spend 3 years with! Thank you Mr McBride for all of your funny sarcasm, and to the form for making middle school the best it could be. We have made so many memories as a form which  I will cherish forever, and I wish you all the best for Y10! 💜

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I would like to thank 9d for welcoming me to the school and making me feel welcome

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To 9s, it has been the best 3 years with you guys. I will miss you all lots!

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I would just like to say a huge thank you to Mr McBride for being the best form tutor of 3 years. I have enjoyed every Pshee lesson and always look forward to them. Personally, Mr McBride has helped me in everything including my friendship. I would not have been able to enjoy year 9 as thoroughly as I have done without Mr McBrides open minded advice. I am extremely lucky to have Mr McBride as my form tutor and he has taught me so much. Thank you Mr McBride, 9B will miss you !

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At the writers retreat this year, we had a slight ghost scare and all went ghost hunting for about two hours, before figuring out that the so-called ‘ghost’ was actually the bed frame with a coat hanging off it. Some ghost!

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these past three years have been really enjoyable and we have had some great memories as a form such as running bake sales and school trips. I will really miss everyone and the fun we had when we move on in year 10 xx

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I’ve really enjoyed being in my form as I feel like we all got along so well and they were all so nice and friendly including Mr McBride as he has been really kind to all of us and we all got along well and I’m going to miss it

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Thank you for some of the best memories in the last past 3 years, I have enjoyed every second and will miss you all. Thank you Miss Delves, I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in form and pshee, I have loved having you as a form teacher and thank you for all you have done for me and the class.

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It has been 3 years since we’ve all known each other, and they have been the best 3 years anyone could have possibly hoped for. Time has flown by, and we’ve all changed so much and made so many memories, happy and sad, to take away with us. We spent 2 years with Mrs Shafiq as our form tutor, and she made that time the best, and we are so grateful for that. Good luck to everyone next year, I will miss you all, and bye bye Mrs Shafiq, we know you will definitely miss us.

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I would like to say thank you to my form, from the bake sales to the arguments. Through it all we have stuck together from year 7. I am going to miss not being in a form with all of you next year. I think year 9 has been our best year as a form, we’ve been the closest and had the best laughs. But overall, all 3 years have been amazing. Thank you Mr Mcbride for being a great form teacher, we couldn’t have done it without you.

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Congratulations 9S, we’ve made it through the year!

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Thank you to 9B for making the last 3 years so much fun. I hope that we can still all remain so close as we move further up the school and we will certainly never forget all of the memories which we made. I wish everyone the best of luck in their new forms and hope they have just as much fun as we have had in the past 3 years.

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To Mrs Shafiq, thank you for being the best most supportive and helpful form tutor I could’ve ever asked for. The last two years that I’ve had with you as a form tutor have been absolutely amazing even though we’ve had some not very lovely times because of course now you know we as a form are quite a handful and very annoying to say the least but on behalf of my form I wanted to say thank you for being so lovely and patient with us. You probably don’t know this but we secretly made a chart so on Monday two people would stand outside the classroom door and make sure that everyone was ready which I have to say was quite fun playing “looking out for Mrs Shafiq”. Anyway I wanted to thank you for not only being a great and supportive form tutor to the form but to me as well and I’ve had the greatest pleasure of having you as my form tutor for two years. I know that we are all going to miss having you as a form tutor and seeing you every morning of everyday day. I really appreciate everything you’ve done for all of the form and especially me
Thank you so much💞😁

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I am going to miss my form so much, we made loads of good memories that I will never forget. Thank you for being an incredible form and for making middle school amazing. Also thank you Mr McBride for being a great form tutor and for everything you have done for us.

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9S,
Thank you for making the past 3 years so nice. Middle school has been a great experience  and I’ve got loads of memories that I will have forever

Mrs Shafiq,
Thank you for being an amazing form teacher and putting up with us, even though we can be annoying.

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Over the three years we have had ups and downs. One up was always the last day of school when we could go home in about an hour and we were all just playing hangman in the classroom.  I wish the best for everybody and I hope they’ll all do well.

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I want to thank everyone for being so welcoming when I came!

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I am super grateful to have been in such a great form and have a caring form tutor. Everyone in 9S has been through their ups and downs but we were always there for each other. We made some amazing memories together, such as the many trips we had. When I will be leaving for year 10, I wish luck to everyone and I’m sure everyone will make new friends. I will miss everyone and I couldn’t have asked for a better form and form tutor.