Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Princess Charlotte

Today Princess Charlotte started Nursery school.  The papers say it's full time but I'm not exactly sure how many hours that would be.  She's only two years old.  What a sweet picture!

Children in the UK have a much longer school year.  They start in early September and don't finish until the 21st of July.  They have 195 instructional days.  Here is their schedule:
Summer 2017Friday 21 July 2017Monday 4 September 2017
Autumn half-term 2017Friday 20 October 2017Monday 30 October 2017
Christmas 2017Friday 22 December 2017Monday 8 January 2018
Spring half-term 2018Friday 9 February 2018Monday 19 February 2018
Easter 2018Thursday 29 March 2018Monday 16 April 2018
May Day 2018Friday 4 May 2018Tuesday 8 May 2018
Summer half-term 2018Friday 25 May 2018Monday 4 June 2018
Summer 2018Friday 20 July 2018Monday 3 September 2018
I went on to the BC School District website to find BC school children get 185 instructional days.  I would think the shorter break in the summer would be better for them retaining what they've learned but I've never been a teacher so I'll that one up to my teacher friends. 


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