Figure 1.--Quite a number of schools have marvelous model railroad tracks which are laid out and managed by the boys. Usually this is an activity that does not interest the girls a great deal.
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Figure 1.--Quite a number of schools have marvelous model railroad tracks which are laid out and managed by the boys. Usually this is an activity that does not interest the girls a great deal. |
Life at British prep schools tends to be very structured. With classess, games (sports), meals, rest time, musical instrument practive prep, and other scheduled activities, the children do not have a lot of free time. Thus for many their free time is very precious. The children use it in a variety of ways, depending on the time and weather. Many younger children like free play, building forts or playing ad hoc games. There are also inside recreation. Some schools have gym for various games or other activities like rollar skating. The schools have a good supply of board games and chess is a prenial favotite. Several schools have model railroads. This is something that is difficult for boys to do in a small house, but with interested staff some schools have wonderful lay outs. Some children take the opportunity to go to the libray or read the newspaper. Generall television is not incouraged, except for the news. And now ith the computer, there are a whole range of interesting activities.
Life at British prep schools tends to be very structured. With classess, games (sports), meals, rest time, musical instrument practive prep, and other scheduled activities, the children do not have a lot of free time. Thus for many their free time is very precious. Some children like the opottunity to quietly persue individual activities. Other children use the time to persue activities with their mates (friends). Often this is the children's favorite time of the day.
The children use it in a variety of ways, depending on the time and weather. Many younger children like free play, building forts or playing ad hoc games. There are also inside recreation. Some schools have gym for various games or other activities like rollar skating. The schools have a good supply of board games and chess is a prenial favotite. Several schools have model railroads. This is something that is difficult for boys to do in a small house, but with interested staff some schools have wonderful lay outs. Some children take the opportunity to go to the libray or read the newspaper. Generall television is not incouraged, except for the news. And now ith the computer, there are a whole range of interesting activities. Some of the older children might even use the time to catch up on their studies or pursue a reserach assignment.
There are a range of places the children can spend their free time. During the day, weather permitting the schools encourage the children to persue outdoors persuits. Here schools offered a range of facilities for the children. Almost all schools had a range of sports facilities which is where many of the older boys can be found. There were, however, many other outdoor facilities fr the children. Especially popular with the younger children are woodsey areas where the can build forts or dens. There are usually grounfs for cames like badmiton and croquet. Probably one of the most popular outdoor facilities is a swimming pool. A few schools had lakes and ponds which coulf be used for fishing. Quite a few turned areas over to the children for gardens. There were also many indoor areas for free time. There were often game rooms or special places for board games, model railroasding, model building, and other special activities. There were form rooms. Often the prefects had a specual room. Some schools had gymnasiums which could be used for free play in the evening. Schools varies on accessibility to the library and computers in the evening.
School rules about the uniform or clothes worn during free time varied. There were many different approaches. Some schools insisted the children wear their uniforms all the time, even during free time. Some had some flexibility such as allowing the boys to take off their ties, Some schools had jumpsuits to ensure that the children did not mess up their uniforms when playing. Other schools allowed the children to change out of their uniforms after classes in the afternoon. There were many variations on gthis. At some schools the children were only allowed to change after afternoon prep and dinner. Weekend uniform rules varied widely from school toschool. Quite a few schools allowed the children tgo change out of their uniforms after morning classes on Saturday ans they were allowed to wear their own clothes during the weekend, except of course Church on Sunday. Some schools had rules about what could be worn. This vasried from school to school. One hedmaster had an aversion to Star Wars T-shirts. Some schools did not allow jeans.
