Wainy316 Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 2 hours ago, mjmooney said: EDIT: Although, unlike America, I know of no British schools that actually have the word 'high' in their official name. As I posted above, mine did. Think it changed about 10 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 5, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 5, 2023 6 minutes ago, VILLAMARV said: I was all geared up for going to Comprehensive but then we moved and I went to a High School. incidentally my school in da Wales has dropped the 'High' and merged with a school 10 miles away and changed their names and all sorts. Looks like my post above is wrong, then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post StefanAVFC Posted September 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 5, 2023 (edited) Filip Józef Wilson born 22:07 3rd September. Mum and baby are doing brilliantly, welcome another little Villan to the world Edited September 5, 2023 by StefanAVFC 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Genie Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 29 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: Filip Józef Wilson born 22:07 3rd September. Mum and baby are doing brilliantly, welcome another little Villan to the world Congrats Stefan and Mrs Stefan. Not gonna lie, a little disappointed not to see Dave in the name somewhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DJBOB Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Didn't know this thread existed! Took my 1.5 to Ireland for wedding+holidays. Had panic thinking nights about the whole thing. 4 cities - coach and vans in between them - 2 nights per city. Don't know why I agreed to the whole thing. I would say it sucked overall - but interestingly enough it was more about me wanting to throttle the in-laws more than the kid. He did great and had no problem napping in the stroller while we got a pint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 43 minutes ago, StefanAVFC said: Filip Józef Wilson born 22:07 3rd September. Mum and baby are doing brilliantly, welcome another little Villan to the world Which one is you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Just now, lapal_fan said: Which one is you? The fit one (the small one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted September 5, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 5, 2023 Congrats @StefanAVFC 8 hours ago, Stevo985 said: Primary school is 5-11 Secondary School is 11-16 6th Form/College is 16-18 I didn't realise anywhere in England did it any differently! I’ll do it in school years First school is nursery/preschool Reception Years 1-4 I think you begin reception at 4, you leave first school at 9. I’m bit hazy on nursery/reception. Middle school is Year 5-8 (so ages 9-13). High school is Year 9-13 (ages 13-18) Year 11 is GCSEs, some may leave at that point, but if not you move on to - Year 12-13 A Levels (I think AS Levels began the year after I left). It’s all the same building(s), but we had a sixth form sort of break out room. Just checked, can confirm that my old high school still calls itself a high school. My daughter’s school has things like Year 3/4 and Year 5/6, as well as Year 3, Year 4 etc etc. I don’t really know what’s going on there. I think it’s done deliberately to confuse me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa87 Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 My oldest starts primary school tomorrow. Time absolutely flies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 @StefanAVFC congratulations. Life may start again, may not. May do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Congrats, @StefanAVFC. So happy for you, mate. The more serious I get with my new GF, the more I realise I’m gonna have to do all of this again. Or rather, I get more and more certain that I want to do all of this again. Crazy. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 On 03/09/2023 at 21:25, villa4europe said: For some completely unknown reason out of the blue my 3 year old started calling me dad today rather than daddy I'm shocked at how heartbroken I am Its from Bluey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_ian_taylor Posted September 10, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 10, 2023 14 hours ago, villa4europe said: Its from Bluey My eldest dropped something the other day and said, "oh, biscuits!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted September 11, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 11, 2023 On 05/09/2023 at 02:21, mjmooney said: British - American systems compared: There’s some variability in how they divide things up in the US. In the olden days before my time, there Grammar or Grade School from 1st through 8th grade, then High School. Where I went to school it was Elementary School (official title but also known as grade school) Kindergarten through 6th grade, Junior High 7-9 and High School 10-12. They later switched to what I think is most common now: K-5 is Elementary, 6-8 is Middle School and 9-12 High School. But our local school district has K-6 Elementary, 7-8 Intermediate School and 9-12 High School. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 On 05/09/2023 at 14:25, StefanAVFC said: Filip Józef Wilson born 22:07 3rd September. Mum and baby are doing brilliantly, welcome another little Villan to the world Congratulations mate! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 thats what im looking at my daughter plays with play doh and colouring books until she's 6, then primary school, then they start shaping you depending on your intelligence and what you want to do (my wife for example went to the berufsschule and studied legal secretary for 3 years, there's at least 3 types o secretary training that i know of) they then finish uni really late, put a huge emphasis on a masters degree, wanderlust and then because its free a lot of changing courses, most of my friends here who went to uni didn't get their first job until they were in their 30s, got a mate who is an engineer at Hilti in their R&D department, got a phd and all sorts, started work at 34, has a knock on impact on my career because what you'll find here is that "senior" positions are taken up by people 15-20 years older than in the UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted September 11, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 11, 2023 On 05/09/2023 at 11:25, Stevo985 said: I've never seen "high school" used in England more than in this thread. Thought that was almost exclusively a US term I'm the complete opposite, I went to a High School and thought the term was used everywhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 On 10/09/2023 at 10:25, villa4europe said: Its from Bluey At least they’ve got top tier references. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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