Figure 1.--Some day children live close enough to school that they can walk in the morning. This is primarily the case of city children attending day schools..
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Figure 1.--Some day children live close enough to school that they can walk in the morning. This is primarily the case of city children attending day schools.. |
The day children depending on where they live often have to get up before the boarders because of the commute. There are of course many ways of getting to school. A few day children are lucky to live close enough to school that they can walk or ride their bikes. Here they have yo live fairly close to the school. In the case of most private schools this is usually only a small number of the children. Riding bikes has become less common in recent years. At many day schools the children come by train or busses. Many boarding schools have a school bus. Also many parents drop off the children by car. Most schools require the day children to wear the full uniform with blazers and ties. Some schools also require caps, although by the 1980s that was becoming less common. Many schools believe that smartly dressed students are a good avertisement for the school.
Uniforms
The wind is whistling,
The wind is whirling,
The wind is whoosing,
The wind is hurling.
At the door
And at the windows.
'Let mw in!'
It seems to say,
As it blusters
and flusters
About the way.
Warwick Goodall, Fanfare (Mount House School), Autumn 1988
People are going to work
Rushing along the busy streets,
Shopkeepers open their shops,
For business,
Children run and play,
On the way to school.
The latecomers drive
To their offices,
The early morning trains arrive,
Then all at once,
The city is quiet,
The ambling shoppers come,
Gazing at shops,
And pulling their trolleys
And babies with dollies.
But when the clocks tirn five,
The rush begins
s all go homeward bound.
Until tomorrow.
Nicholas Goodall, 11.2, Beaudesert Park Magazine, Autumn 1978.
