For many of us, we have only fond memories of going to school. From making lifelong friends to sporting the latest fashion trends, school was the most exciting thing in our childhood lives - even though it didn't feel like that all the time.
Whatever era you went to school, some things have and will never change - going on school trips, playing with our friends on the playground, taking part in the school choir and much more. There's no denying that school played a big part in our early lives.
Here we look at the 34 things you did in school in Wales during the noughties.
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1. First things first, your day generally started with the word 'Yma'
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2. Then in assembly you'd sing absolute tunes like 'I Bob Un Sy'n Ffyddlon'
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3. On very special occasions you would be allowed to sing 'Aderyn Melyn'
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4. And sometimes 'Lliwiau'r Enfys'
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5. When you were in year six you were allowed to sit on the benches in assembly and thought you were the bees knees
6. But you were probably banned from playing bulldogs after some kid got seriously injured in the yard
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7. On St David's Day you'd dress up like this
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8. Then you'd look for the picture of you in your costume in the local paper the next week
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9. Eisteddfod yr Urdd was everything (in school and on the national stage)!
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10. You probably remember practising the Dawnsio Gwerin for it
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11. You'd compete in 'houses', which were usually named after mountains, rivers, mythological characters or a mine
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12. When you were in year six you could be a house captain
13. Which meant if someone was naughty you had the power to put them on the wall
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14. When you were little your school trip was to Big Pit or St Fagans
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15. But you knew you were grown up when you were able to go to Glan-llyn Llangrannog for the weekend
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16. While you were there, you fancied a swog
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17. And got scared out of your mind by the Black Nun
18. 'Hei Mistar Urdd' was (and still is) an absolute tune
![Don't forget to take a selfie with Mistar Urdd](https://i2-prod.walesonline.co.uk/incoming/article26880755.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/1_MawCyffredin-153-1.jpg)
19. There was a good chance your teacher was called Mrs Jones, Mrs Evans or Mrs Williams
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20. And you had to say 'Bore da' to them
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20. If you were an infant in the golden age, you'd be given milk at break time
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21. And if you forgot your PE kit you'd sometimes end up doing it in your knickers and vests
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22. Turkey twizzlers were always on the lunch menu before Jamie Oliver banned them
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23. Every assembly would finish with the Lord's Prayer
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24. And watched SuperTed and Fireman Sam when you got home
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25. Wil Cwac Cwac was class too
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26. Your school desk probably looked like this at one point
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27. When you were old enough to go to comp, you'd jump on a Gwyn Williams bus
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28. Oakwood was practically Alton Towers when you were 12
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29. If someone went on holiday, they'd come back with a hair braid
30. Which was much better than the boys' ~horrific~ haircuts
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31. You also brought back a stick of rock for everyone in the class
32. Your IT lessons looked like this
33. You could find out a lot about a person by a shag band
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34. And, of course, Mr Urdd. Obviously.
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