Who's a Proud Grandma, then

[Daisy]

DS2 and DIL had a letter from school a couple of weeks ago saying that GD1 had won the Academic Award - given to one girl and one boy in each class. But it was a secret - GD wasn't to know until the award was presented at Assembly this morning, and her parents were invited!

She has wanted to win this ever since she started the school - so she was going to be super excited. So were proud mummy and daddy!

As soon as she saw her parents in assembly she realised why they were there and gave them double thumbs up with a big grin on her little face. She got a framed certificate, and a treat of a day out in Bournemouth with the headmaster to go to the theatre to see Sleeping Beauty. When the presentations were over she ran round to where her parents were, jumped on her dad's lap, and burst into tears of happiness.

I'll hopefully get some photos later.

[Sunshine]

Oh, how absolutely lovely. Congratulations. One very happy family celebrating you GD achievement. 💕

[Plantaholic]

That is wonderful Daisy, justly deserved.

[Oma]

Oh my that's wonderful I bet she was so excited.
At least it was tears of happiness 😊
A really proud moment for you all xx

[Clover]

That’s so lovely Daisy.What a wonderful surprise for her. You must be bursting with pride.What a clever girl and a super prize.

[WeeGranny]

How lovely for your GD and family Daisy! And how nice to hear of a school that celebrates achievements. I bet she'll enjoy her day out!

[Nanto2girls]

Wow Daisy, what a wonderful thing for GD. A very proud family indeed.

[grannyjules]

Oh that’s lovely, I can feel your pride!
well done to your GD

[Daisy]

Thank you all, ladies - I'll pass on all messages.

What has really made me proud of her is that the award was for excellent work in all subjects and for her determination! She generally finds school work easy, and enjoys it, but her teacher had given her some extra hard Maths and there was one difficult question she got stuck on. The teacher offered her a clue, but she said no, thank you, and wanted to sort it out herself. Later in the day when they had 'free choice' time, she came back to it again, and the teacher offered a clue again, but she insisted she wanted to solve the problem herself. Some time later the teacher heard a jubilant "Yesssss" - she'd kept nagging away at it until she'd solved it.

Her parents never put any pressure on her - she just enjoys learning, which as an ex-teacher I think is wonderful.

[Grauntie Mag]

I can imagine how proud you all must be Daisy. I hope she has a lovely day out.

[Gemini]

Oh Daisy how lovely😊
That is such a special award , and how happy proud and excited your GD must have been when she realised!

No wonder you are all proud, and very well done to her!! 👍
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[Nana]

Well done little one. Your determination to problem solve will get you far.👍

[Mimi]

Daisy how wonderful, you must all be so very proud of her .

[Sunshine]

Very well done. Her determination will set her in good stead for the future.