Julie Jay: My children are ready to move onto the next life stages, but am I?

Though everyone warned me about this year moving faster than the speed of light, I still can’t believe we’ve come to the end of our first full academic term

Junior infants has come and gone, and I think I am learning the meaning of "they grow up so fast" Picture: iStock 

Everyone told me the year would fly, but I couldn’t quite believe it when Number One’s first-ever school report came in the door.

How is it possible that junior infants is done and dusted and next year we will be in naíonáin móra. Or the most senior of the infants, if the term isn’t an oxymoron?