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One difference between day schools and boarding schools is the rest period. Day schools tend to have different policies. Some schools have a quiet time where the children are expected after lunch to quietyly read in the library or other location. More commonly rather than a rest period there is an extended lunch break. The children after lunch are allowed free time for outdoor sports or other activity they many choose. Almost all prepararory-level boarding schools have the children return to their dorm rooms and quietly read or take a nap on their beds. Some schools instead have the children go into rooms where they sit and read as a group. Schools have varying rules. Some allow the children to play board games in their dorm rooms rather than read on their beds, if they can do so quietyly. At colleges with both primary and secondary sections the more common pattern is an extended lunch break where the children can play sports or engage in other activities.
Day schools tend to have different policies. Some schools have a quiet time where the children are expected after lunch to quietyly read in the library or other location. More commonly rather than a rest period there is an extended lunch break. The children after lunch are allowed free time for outdoor sports or other activity they many choose.
Day children are now accomodated at most boarding schools. Thus a place has to be found for them for the rest period. They do not have dorms and bunks to lie down on for the period. Generally the schools found a room with enough chairs for them to sit down and read for the period. This varied somewhat depending on the number of day children. In some cases the library was used. In others there was a day boy day room.
Almost all prepararory-level boarding schools have rest periods. I am not sure just why this is. Perhaps there is a health benefit to quiet time after meals. We suspect part of the reason is a much needed short break for the teachers. The children at most schools return to their dorm rooms and quietly read or take a nap on their beds. Most children do read, but not all. Some children actually do take a nap, but this is not very common, even with the younger children. Some schools instead have the children go into rooms where they sit and read as a group. Schools have varying rules. Some allow the children to play board games in their dorm rooms rather than read on their beds, if they can do so quietyly. At colleges with both primary and secondary sections the more common pattern is an extended lunch break where the children can play sports or engage in other activities.
