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middle schools
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did you, or do you know someone that went or goes to a middle school?
I live in one of the last places to have them, and they're getting rid of them.
These are the arguments for middle schools.
In my area there are lots of little villages with schools of less than 50 children. They then go on to a middle shool when they are 9, mine had about 300 pupils. Then then have to go further away, to a alrge village or a town, to a high school, mine has about 800 pupils. But, if they get rid of middle schools, those small children wil lstill have to go to the primary school, which will grow by about 15 pupils, because a 5 year old can't go on a bus for 5 miles (which they are entitled to for free, if their catchment school is more than 3 miles away) Thne after going to a school that size, they will thne have to move to a school with nearly 1000 pupils, which will be a big shock, they will be many miles from home and not even 10.
the only bad things are that i think people mature slower when they go to middle school as they are still treated like primary school children, and don't egt treated like teenagers and young adults until they are in high school, aslo itis more expensive, even though the a-level students presently can stay at the high schools, but they will have to biuld new colleges for us.
I live in one of the last places to have them, and they're getting rid of them.
These are the arguments for middle schools.
In my area there are lots of little villages with schools of less than 50 children. They then go on to a middle shool when they are 9, mine had about 300 pupils. Then then have to go further away, to a alrge village or a town, to a high school, mine has about 800 pupils. But, if they get rid of middle schools, those small children wil lstill have to go to the primary school, which will grow by about 15 pupils, because a 5 year old can't go on a bus for 5 miles (which they are entitled to for free, if their catchment school is more than 3 miles away) Thne after going to a school that size, they will thne have to move to a school with nearly 1000 pupils, which will be a big shock, they will be many miles from home and not even 10.
the only bad things are that i think people mature slower when they go to middle school as they are still treated like primary school children, and don't egt treated like teenagers and young adults until they are in high school, aslo itis more expensive, even though the a-level students presently can stay at the high schools, but they will have to biuld new colleges for us.
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School systems differ across the country, where I live there is a mixture of infant schools (5-7yrs, or 3-7 if there is a nursery class) which feed into junior schools (7-11) which then feed into high schools (11-16, or 18 if they have a sixth form) which then feed into colleges for A-levels etc, there are also primary schools (5-11 yrs) which then feed straight into high schools. It's really all down to the LEA and what they think is best.
In my LEA they changed from first schools (which were attended until the child was 8), middle schools (til 12 yrs old) to infants and juniors. not sure the reasoning behind it but I went through the system as the changes were happening so went to high school at 11 yrs old and although the school was huge I quickly got use to it, as did most other people I knew.
In my LEA they changed from first schools (which were attended until the child was 8), middle schools (til 12 yrs old) to infants and juniors. not sure the reasoning behind it but I went through the system as the changes were happening so went to high school at 11 yrs old and although the school was huge I quickly got use to it, as did most other people I knew.
Some of Leicstershire has a good system where they go to primary school (5-11) then juniors (11-13) then high school (13-16) then college (16-18) am guessing this is a similar system to mollys and it seems quite good but must be expensive to have so many different schools, am guessing thats why Northampton changed to two tier system!
we only have three schools, and even 6th formers go to the high schools mainly, but go to seperrate collleges for more vocational stuff.
primary school including nursery is aged 4-9, then middle school is aged 9-13 and high school is aged 13-16 with the option of staying on for the sixth form, (16-18 year olds.)
primary school including nursery is aged 4-9, then middle school is aged 9-13 and high school is aged 13-16 with the option of staying on for the sixth form, (16-18 year olds.)
The middle schools in Leicestershire take children from Year 6 or 7 until the end of Year 9, at which point they go to an upper school to do their GCSEs and A levels.
On the down side, it's said that that children have enough to cope with at the beginning of GCSE study without the added pressure of a new school. However, it does allow the younger ones to be in a secondary environment (and middle schools here do tend to have more of a secondary than a primary 'feel' about them) without the often unwelcome influence of the older ones.
In many areas the middle and upper schools are on the same or adjacent campuses anyway, so it's not as though pupils don't know one another.
On the down side, it's said that that children have enough to cope with at the beginning of GCSE study without the added pressure of a new school. However, it does allow the younger ones to be in a secondary environment (and middle schools here do tend to have more of a secondary than a primary 'feel' about them) without the often unwelcome influence of the older ones.
In many areas the middle and upper schools are on the same or adjacent campuses anyway, so it's not as though pupils don't know one another.
For example, at my middle school, we didn't do, graphic design, electronics, spanish, health and social, leisure and tourism and only one or two drama lessons.
But when you're in year nine, you get a taste of some of those lessons. In technology, you rotate between the 5 units, of g.d. electronics, textiles, cooking and resistant materials , and in the lessons that are similar to the others i menttioned, such as french, social ethics, and geography, you learn about what you do for the gcse. And in year nin, i think we did 2 or 3 lesons a fortnight of drama.
But when you're in year nine, you get a taste of some of those lessons. In technology, you rotate between the 5 units, of g.d. electronics, textiles, cooking and resistant materials , and in the lessons that are similar to the others i menttioned, such as french, social ethics, and geography, you learn about what you do for the gcse. And in year nin, i think we did 2 or 3 lesons a fortnight of drama.
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