In the Australian school system the end of the final year occurs before the end of the final year ….  Let me explain.

Nick takes his final school examinations in late November and early December.  However he does not have to go to school between now and then, so the next six weeks are spent on revision, and a small number of ‘extra” tutorials/classes arranged largely through the school.

As a result of this, when school ended for this term at the end of the week, it was the last time that his year group would be together as a body.  The exam.s will be attended by different groups of pupils, and the final school events in November/December are not regarded as “compulsory” attendances for students who have finished school in practical terms long ago.

So in the last week we have had Nick’s “last” day of school, and his formal dinner held to celebrate “the end” of schooling.

Here he is on those occasions:

Seen with Emma and Lachlan, with whom he has been going to school since they were all in Primary School together!

This is Nick at his Valedictory Dinner.