Figure 1.--Schools generally had form rooms for the children. These rooms varied widely from school to school. At some schools the form rooms were essentially classrooms. Other schools had form rooms that were places for each form to gather at certain times such as after games before the next activity began. |
Schools generally had form rooms for the children. These rooms varied widely from school to school. At some schools the form rooms were essentially classrooms. The younger children in particular take their classes in their from rooms. Older children were more likely to take classes in specislized subject classrooms. Prep is often done in these form rooms. Other schools had form rooms that were places for each form to gather at certain times such as after games before the next activity began. These form rooms did not have desks like classrooms. Normally there were places for the children to store their satchels and books. There were vaiations from school to school. Some schools might put game equipment such as ping-pong tables in the form room. This was more like a common's room at other schools. But often they were more meeting places than socializing rooms. Separating the children by form in these rooms helps to keep track of them as well as avoiding problems that might come from mixing children of different ages.
One Sunday night I was in my form peacefully listening to the Top Twenty on the radio with some older boys. Suddenly someone knocked on the window and told us that there was a fire in the direction of the A1. At first I thought that they were joking but when a bad song came on I went outside and from the edge of the boys' gardens you could see a big glowing patch in the sky; it was a big haystack on fire.
Christopher Pilling, 11.6, The Bramcote Magazine, Autumn 1978
