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The children at most schools are also organized into houses. This reflects the organization of the public schools. The term varies. At some schools they are called clubs, but houses are the more common term. These houses are a particularly important aspect of boarding school life, but most day schools also have houses. Most schools mix the boarders and day boys in the various houses. Some have, however, separate day and noarder houses. At some schools the children wear badgs to mark their house. Prep school houses are different than public school houses in that they are not residential. Some schools do have a residential dormitry for the older children, but this is not their house.
The school is divided into eight Clubs, each under the care f a master, competing against each other in work and games: through the example and guidance of the Club Captains young boys acquire a sense of responsibility, learning to overcome untidiness and forgetfulness and to play for a team. Small boys at once feel they have something to wrk or play for and, however young, can make their contribution to success of their Club. Those who become Club Captains have their first experience in leadership, a most valuable training for later life.
Beachborough Prospectus
There are two main units in the Lower School, the Form and the House -- or 'Nation' as it is called. Form teachers see a great deal of their form and have a most important rôle to play, bing largely resonsible for the supervision and general welfare of the 20 children, on average, in their charge. The 'Nation' enables each child to be a member of a larger unit and to take part in internal competitions of all kinds. .... Everything possible will be done by the School to meet parents' wishes in regards to the House preferred; however, by reason of fluctuation in demand, it must b understood that no absolute guarantee can be given of a place being available in any particular Day or Boarding House.
Bromsgrove School Prospectus
... the school is divided into nine houses -- three for boarders, four for day-boys and two mixed houses where boarders and day boys are interningled as a sinle entity. Each house (the size varies from 36 to 57) is controlled by a house master who is directly resonsible to the Headmaster for the well-being of the boys in his care. In addition there is a Lower School which caters for the youngest day-boy entrants and enables them to start their life at Clifton in a separate building , away from the hustle and bustle of the main School.
Clifton College Preparatory School Prospectus
