Did I get that right? The 101 is a beginner's thing, right? Anyway, since I had a few people ask about our schooling I thought this was easier than separate e-mails. Since I hate entries without photos here is the Chook this morning. Slightly more casual today (no shirt and tie) and she loves that flippy skirt - I think she's being a chipmunk. *blinks* Maybe. No, she doesn't go to a private school! All the schools round here have uniforms, it's just how it's always been. Although when I was a girl it was exclusively collars and ties (which as a 16 year old girl was rubbish) and now the minimum is a skirt/trousers and a polo shirt with the school badge. Which normally works out an awful lot cheaper than a casual outfit!! And the good stuff is teflon coated for paint and glue stains and the likes of my beloved Marks & Spencers do puffy sleeves for girls with little shaped collars and embroidery - it's so ca-ute! There's a sequined butterfly on that skirt under her tank top. We have the little checked sundresses in the good weather, too. So about 2 days a year. *snort* They're usually the school badge colours but since Chook's school has a black and white one she gets to wear any colour. Which makes her very happy. *grins*
Chook is at the same school she's been at for the last 3 years (5 if you count nursery - more on that below!) but generally P1-2 (and sometimes to P3 like our school) are the infants and have separate sportsdays, discos, school productions and that sort of thing from the older kids. Some schools have different playgrounds, too. It keeps the tiny kids a bit safer from the more boisterous older kids and means the older ones don't have to socialise with the teenies. Which is, of course, deeply uncool! Being P4 means the Chook is in with the big kids now!
Now, bear in mind that Scotland even has a different way of working than England so this is fairly local in its applications and is obviously the state (so therefore free!) system.
Formal structured schooling starts when you are 5. It's actually between 5 and a half and 4 and a half so all the new starts this week? Will turn 5 between March 2010 and February 2011.
Primary school - Primary 1 (5 years) to Primary 7 (11 years)
Formal structured schooling starts when you are 5. It's actually between 5 and a half and 4 and a half so all the new starts this week? Will turn 5 between March 2010 and February 2011.
Primary school - Primary 1 (5 years) to Primary 7 (11 years)
Secondary school - First Year (12 years old) to Sixth Year (17 years old)
You can leave at 16, the exams you sit to gain you entrance into University are (normally) sat in 5th and 6th year.
Higher Education - 1 to 4 years (or more!) at College or University.
The vast majority of parents also send their kids to a nursery of some kind before they start formal schooling. These used to be entirely separate from the schools (and still are if you need full 9-to-5 childcare) but over the last 15 years or so there has been a major trend to primary schools having their own nursery class (also called pre-school). These are state funded and I believe every child is entitled to a place (and sometimes pre-pre-school when you are 3 years old!). So, in our case, Chook had every weekday afternoon at pre-pre-school when she was 3 and every weekday morning at pre-school when she was 4. Attending a nursery class with the kids who would become her school classmates inside the actual school building! It meant when she got to the real school stuff she was totally relaxed. She knew where she was going and who with and it was just a doddle.
Higher Education - 1 to 4 years (or more!) at College or University.
The vast majority of parents also send their kids to a nursery of some kind before they start formal schooling. These used to be entirely separate from the schools (and still are if you need full 9-to-5 childcare) but over the last 15 years or so there has been a major trend to primary schools having their own nursery class (also called pre-school). These are state funded and I believe every child is entitled to a place (and sometimes pre-pre-school when you are 3 years old!). So, in our case, Chook had every weekday afternoon at pre-pre-school when she was 3 and every weekday morning at pre-school when she was 4. Attending a nursery class with the kids who would become her school classmates inside the actual school building! It meant when she got to the real school stuff she was totally relaxed. She knew where she was going and who with and it was just a doddle.
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