I miss School from the old day's 80s/90s

[marc]

Re: I miss School from the old day's 80s/90s

80sChav, I well remember those awful plimsolls. PE was one of the worst things I remember about junior school. There was a spare classroom in the school, but no proper changing room. Boys would change in the classroom, girls would change in the spare classroom. You had about one minute to change back into your clothes from the PE kit before the bell would ring for break. At the moment the bell would ring, kids from all other classes would be swarming out of their classroom. Heaven help the poor kid, boy or girl, who was not dressed properly. One incident comes to mind. One girl had her skirt hidden has a joke by another girl. Of course, the bell rang. Seconds later, there were kids swarming past. The girl in question was now hiding behind several columns of stacked chairs. Suddenly, her skirt was thrown by an anonymous girl back into the spare classroom. It landed in the middle of the classroom where there was no cover. The girl in hiding now had to retrieve her skirt in front of every wide eyed boy. The perpetrator was never discovered. After this incident, changing times were always five minutes before break.

[80sChav]

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Well i didnt start school till 79.

And i dont really remember geography being taught not to say it wasnt taught tho.
We had english,art,p.e. R.e,maths, we had a class where we would watch a video or tv programme not sure what that goes under.

loved doing lessons in the mobiles tho.


more cause of the mobiles tho.
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We had all these too - though never in Mobile Classrooms! Primary school was an excellent time - especially the end of a School Term/Year

I don't recall having either Science, Geography, Histor, science and definetley not Computers in Primary though we had PE and those awful Plimsolls (limited to the hall)!!

80sChav

[darren]

Re: I miss School from the old day's 80s/90s

Well i didnt start school till 79.

And i dont really remember geography being taught not to say it wasnt taught tho.
We had english,art,p.e. R.e,maths, we had a class where we would watch a video or tv programme not sure what that goes under.

loved doing lessons in the mobiles tho.
more cause of the mobiles tho.
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i always wonder how anybody could have enjoyed primary school during the 1970s. My mother found primary school tedious and dull. Most of the lessons were reading, writing, and arithmetic. More writing, copying off the blackboard, copying out of books, and filling in worksheets. A pe lesson a couple of times a week, and children who worked hard and behaved well were treated to lessons in art and drama towards the end of the week. History and geography lessons were sporadic and covered nowhere near as much of those from the 1990s to today. Science was not taught apart from a bit of nature study. There were no computers in the school at the time.

[darren]

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I was only born in 75. Lol started school in 79.

Yes sports day doing p.e. Is really the only thing i miss apart from a few nice lady teachers.

80s and 90s...the old days...lol..... I left school in 72

[marc]

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I always wonder how anybody could have enjoyed primary school during the 1970s. My mother found primary school tedious and dull. Most of the lessons were reading, writing, and arithmetic. More writing, copying off the blackboard, copying out of books, and filling in worksheets. A PE lesson a couple of times a week, and children who worked hard and behaved well were treated to lessons in art and drama towards the end of the week. History and geography lessons were sporadic and covered nowhere near as much of those from the 1990s to today. Science was not taught apart from a bit of nature study. There were no computers in the school at the time.

Part of the reason is that children knew no different then. Science was not usually taught, has they did not have the facilities for it. Has for computers, even in the 1970s, they were quite large and very expensive. Primary schools could not afford them. Technology of today, blinkers our view of technology, or lack of it (?), of past years. I was in primary (junior school) from 1974-1978. I found it far from tedious and dull.

[Arran]

Re: I miss School from the old day's 80s/90s

I always wonder how anybody could have enjoyed primary school during the 1970s. My mother found primary school tedious and dull. Most of the lessons were reading, writing, and arithmetic. More writing, copying off the blackboard, copying out of books, and filling in worksheets. A PE lesson a couple of times a week, and children who worked hard and behaved well were treated to lessons in art and drama towards the end of the week. History and geography lessons were sporadic and covered nowhere near as much of those from the 1990s to today. Science was not taught apart from a bit of nature study. There were no computers in the school at the time.

[fynger]

Re: I miss School from the old day's 80s/90s

80s and 90s...the old days...lol..... i left school in 72

[80sChav]

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I miss p.e. I just loved it and sports days.

Without a doubt my fave subject.

Yeah true Darren, I loved PE too! Sport etc for Kids is so vast these days at School - I so wish we'd had more options (though we had like an Activities Week in 3rd Year (Year 9) with Adventure things() etc etc

I miss Cookery and Art too - which probably makes my list of top 3 lessons

80sChav

[darren]

Re: I miss School from the old day's 80s/90s

I miss p.e. I just loved it and sports days.

Without a doubt my fave subject.

[80sChav]

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the only thing I miss is the holls and now its 7 weeks wow wish could have 7 weeks off now im lucky get a weekend

Me too xmark - I so liked the Summer Holidays indeed!

Though I'd only want it as it was before - mind though!

[xmark1234]

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the only thing I miss is the holls and now its 7 weeks wow wish could have 7 weeks off now im lucky get a weekend

[Arran]

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When I was at school it was:

Nursery
Reception
Year 1 to Year 6 at primary
Year 7 to Year 11 at secondary

The year group numbering system is different in Scotland but was there a different system in England in the past? My mother told me that her secondary school used first form to fifth form (yes, form not year) for Year 7 to Year 11 respectively, and at primary school the names of the class teachers were used instead of year groups? Any ideas what year group numbering system was formerly used in LEAs with first, middle, and high schools instead of primary and secondary schools?

If there wasn't a standard year group numbering system in the past then was it technically possible for two kids with the same birthday in two different schools to be in two different academic years?

[HG]

Re: I miss School from the old day's 80s/90s

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[80sChav]

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copied from another thread but this is how my school years went

Year 1: 4 to 5 year olds (I'm the oldest in the year so 5) (if not a primary school this would be Infants)
Year 2: 5 to 6 year olds
Year 3: 6 to 7 year olds
Annex(Year 4) 7 to 8 year olds

On to the Upper school building part of primary school (or in some cases Junior school)
Year 5: 8 to 9 year olds
year 6: 9 to 10 year olds
year 7: 10 to 11 year olds

Off to high school age 11
1st year 11 to 12 year olds
2nd year 12 to 13 year olds
3rd year 13 to 14 year olds
4th year 14 to 15 year olds
5th year 15 to 16 year olds.


*The year after I started school they opened a Nursery school which you started age 3/4 there was no 'reception' class

A few years after I left school year one became reception meaning there was no year 7 in Primary/Junior school, Year 7 then became the first year of High school which ended in year 11

It is crazy why they did this I think. Everyone always knew each School (Primary and Secondary) had 5 years each. That made much more logic I think.

[Heather74]

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I couldn't really work out the numbering system, unless the first year of primary is year 0.

copied from another thread but this is how my school years went

Year 1: 4 to 5 year olds (I'm the oldest in the year so 5) (if not a primary school this would be Infants)
Year 2: 5 to 6 year olds
Year 3: 6 to 7 year olds
Annex(Year 4) 7 to 8 year olds

On to the Upper school building part of primary school (or in some cases Junior school)
Year 5: 8 to 9 year olds
year 6: 9 to 10 year olds
year 7: 10 to 11 year olds

Off to high school age 11
1st year 11 to 12 year olds
2nd year 12 to 13 year olds
3rd year 13 to 14 year olds
4th year 14 to 15 year olds
5th year 15 to 16 year olds.


*The year after I started school they opened a Nursery school which you started age 3/4 there was no 'reception' class

A few years after I left school year one became reception meaning there was no year 7 in Primary/Junior school, Year 7 then became the first year of High school which ended in year 11