“A thoughtful keepsake that captures all the fun, creative and special moments.”
Every child gets their own page: their photographs, their answers, in their school’s own design.
Capturing moments
Some school days deserve forever.
We create beautiful, personalised memory books for children leaving primary school and teens graduating secondary school, a lasting keepsake of friendships, milestones, and the years that shaped them.
Every school year is a chapter. We help you bind it into something to keep forever.
What we do
Memory books that mark the moment.
Moving from primary to secondary school, or leaving secondary school altogether, is one of the biggest transitions in a young person’s life. It’s the end of an era — friendships built over years, teachers who shaped them, and countless memories that deserve more than a class photo tucked in a drawer.
That’s where we come in.
We design and create custom memory books for schools and year groups, capturing the people, moments, and milestones of these final school years. Each book is thoughtfully put together to be treasured for years to come — something pupils can look back on long after they’ve left the classroom behind.
Whether it’s a Year 6 leavers’ book filled with handprints, quotes, and “when I grow up” dreams, or a Year 11/13 graduation book packed with photos, yearbook-style entries, and messages from friends, we work with schools and parents to turn a school year into a keepsake worth holding onto.
What’s inside each book
A collection of memories, made just for them.
Every memory book is built around the moments and people that matter most. Here’s what’s included.
- Messages from staff
- Heartfelt messages from every member of staff — teachers, teaching assistants and support staff — sharing their favourite memories, well wishes, and words of encouragement for the journey ahead.
- Student pages
- Every child gets their own dedicated page, featuring their photograph alongside fun, personal questions answered in their own words — capturing their personality, favourite memories, and hopes for the future.
- Class photo
- A full class photograph is included in every book, so no one is ever forgotten — a simple but powerful reminder of the group they grew up with.
- Group photos
- A journey through the years — a collection of photographs tracing each child’s time at school, from FS all the way to Year 6, including special milestone trips along the way. For secondary leavers, this becomes a visual timeline of their entire secondary journey, capturing key moments, trips, and memories made from Year 7 through to their final year.
- The finished book
- All of it comes together into one beautifully printed, high-quality book — a keepsake that’s built to last and treasured for years to come.
Dubai English Speaking School · 6A · page 14
IllustrativeAhmed Ali
- What do you want to be when you grow up?
- A vet, because I want to look after animals that are hurt.
- What was your favourite thing about this year?
- The school trip to the aquarium. I saw a real octopus.
Samples
Pages from a leavers’ book.
The cover, in the school’s colours
Every book opens with its own school’s palette and crest — no two covers look alike.
The same design, a different school
One layout, recoloured entirely to the school commissioning it — nothing about it reads as a template.
A different school again
Palette, crest and typography all change with the school — the structure underneath is the only thing that stays the same.
From the PE department
Messages from staff
LayoutEvery department writes to the leavers. Photographs of the people who taught them, in their own frames.
Class photos
Class photos
LayoutOne spread per class, with every name printed row by row so nobody is a face without one.
Their name
Joined in FS1
Kind, funny and brave
A student page
LayoutOne page each, their first day photograph beside their last, their own answers and pictures with their friends.
How it works
Simple for schools, simple for parents.
We’ve made the process as easy as possible — no chasing paper forms, juggling emails or messaging on WhatsApp.
- 01
School sends the list
The school shares the class list with us, so every child is included and no one is missed.
- 02
Parents get their own link
Each parent receives a unique, personal link to access their child’s page — quick and easy to use, no account or app needed.
- 03
Parents fill in and upload from their phone
Parents answer a few fun questions and upload their child’s photo straight from their phone — done in minutes, from anywhere.
- 04
The book gets assembled
Once everything’s submitted, we design, print, and put together the finished memory book — ready to be treasured for years to come.
- 1000+
- children
- 3
- years of books
- 3
- schools
Meet the founder
Hello, I’m Muna. I turn school years into something children get to keep.
I’m a Dubai mum of four, with one child at university and three at DESS College. I have always been part of my children’s school community, and these books grew naturally out of that.
My favourite moment
“There is usually an immediate smile, followed by ‘Oh my god, I remember this!’”
It began three years ago, when a friend asked me to create a memory book for my child’s class. I wanted to give my child and her classmates a special keepsake of their primary school years. Once I saw how much it meant to the children, parents and teachers, I knew I couldn’t stop at one. Every year brings new friendships, new memories and new stories worth preserving, and knowing these books will hopefully be treasured for years is what keeps me going.
When my youngest finished primary school
It was a bittersweet moment. After so many years of school runs, uniforms, assemblies, sports days, class events and all the little moments that become part of everyday life, suddenly it was all coming to an end. I felt incredibly proud, but also surprisingly emotional. It made me realise just how quickly those years pass and how precious it is to have something tangible that allows you to look back and remember them.
Muna
Founder, Moments to Hold
Testimonials
What families say.
The memory book is amazing. A thoughtful keepsake that captures all the fun, creative and special moments, thank you for putting it all together; it will be cherished by the kids and us.
Absolutely loved the Year 6 Memory Book, beautifully detailed and full of special moments. The memory made the final year truly memorable. Everything was incredibly organized and ran smoothly. Two years on, my daughter still enjoys looking through hers. A wonderful Keepsake.
Muna’s attention to detail, wonderful layout in the design of the book was so professional. She followed through on chasing for photos for the children, cross referencing the correct year groups. She overlooked all elements of the design phase and showed real commitment and passion. It was a true piece of art celebrating DESS. Thank you Muna for everything.
Muna did a truly brilliant job on our Year 6 leavers’ book. Seamless from start to finish, and honestly a bit miraculous given how much she pulled together. The quality was outstanding, especially at such a reasonable price, which feels genuinely rare these days. I can’t recommend her highly enough. My daughter’s already grown up faster than I’d like, but part of me secretly wishes she had one more year, just so we’d have an excuse for another book.
A heartfelt thank you to Muna for putting together such a beautiful Year 6 Leavers’ Book. The time, effort, and attention to detail she put into it brought together so many precious memories and milestones from the children’s primary school journey. It’s such a wonderful keepsake, capturing not just moments but the friendships and memories that made these years so special. A truly meaningful gift the children and families will treasure for years to come.
The memory book Muna created for our son’s year group is honestly one of his favourite keepsakes from primary school. It is beautifully and professionally put together, capturing photographs and happy memories from across all of their years at primary school. He absolutely loves looking through it and picks it up often, reminiscing about the wonderful experiences, friendships and moments he has shared along the way. We think it is such a special way to celebrate their primary school journey and something the children will treasure for years to come.
Get in touch
Tell us about your school and we’ll take it from there.
The year group, roughly how many children, and when you need the books. We’ll come back with a timeline.