Lowewood Academy

When the early morning sun trickled slowly across my face, its gentle caress woke me. Slowly, I came to. I felt vaguely apprehensive, like something was happening today. Then I remembered.

Today was my last day at Lowewood.

How strange to think that seven years of my life were at an end. As I lay, drinking in the clear breath of the dawn air from my open window, some lines from Shakespeare came to mind…

All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players,
They have their exits and entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages.

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“I wish I had a role too, you know,” I sighed to Jess, somewhat wistfully.  “It might make it easier somehow…take the mind off it, you know.”

“Well you’re very welcome to do my speech if you like!” she replied.  The solitaire on her ring finger flashed as she waved the sheets of paper my way, grinning.

“You don’t get out of it that easily, I’m afraid,” I laughed back.  “Still, at least it’s a good distraction.  I hate endings…”

“Well it’s always quite an emotional occasion.  Bound to be really.  But think of it as a celebration too.  Kind of our passing-out ritual, if you like.  You wouldn’t want to not be a part of that, would you?”

“No,” I admitted, finishing off my plait for what could, I guessed, be the last time.  “Rick would tell me it’s cathartic anyway!  God I’m gonna miss him, Jess… I’m gonna miss so many things.”

She hugged me then, tightly, and I felt my throat constrict.  It probably wouldn’t be for the last time.  It was going to be that kind of day.

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Readers of Lowewood Academy!

Many of you have made it known to us that if you are a new reader coming to Lowewood for the first time; there is rather a lot to catch up on. Yes indeed – over 500 posts and goodness knows how many words!

We have therefore begun some new pages at Lowewood – you can see them in the bar on the right – which will be ‘the story so far’.

Split into complete school years, you’ll find a month-by-month synopsis of what’s happening at Lowewood in an easy bite-size chunk. So now it’s even easier to keep up with the doings at your favourite public school!

Enjoy….