There’s hardly a dry eye in the hall as each graduate takes to the stage in their bright blue caps and gowns to receive their scrolls. Rather than this being the culmination of a university degree, it’s three- and four-year-olds celebrating the transition from nursery to school and a scene that is increasingly being replayed in nurseries around the UK.
Lexden Lodge Kindergarten in Colchester, Essex, has been holding these formal graduation ceremonies for the past five years and has even bought mortarboards and gowns for the children to wear as they parade in front of their parents and pose for the professional photographer.
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