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[Pretending to be Normal]

Schooling in new zealand goes a bit like this:

Primary school (Years 1-8) -> high school (Years 9-13) -> University/ polytechnic. University being for smart douchebags, polytechnic for drop outs and old people.

none of this 'form' and 'grade' crap.
so how does it go where you are?

[Nereus]

Elementary School (Grades 1-5)

Middle School (Grades 6-8)

High School (Grades 9-12)

College or University (2 or 4 years, can be less or more depending on degree)

[Insane Pie]

Some middle schools for the United States will go to grade 9.

[Kane.]

Might help to add the ages of the students in the categories...

For me it was primary school first:

reception - age 3

year 1 to year 6 - ages 4-10

Then secondary school:

First year (age 11) - 5th form - (age 16)

Then 6th form (at the same school for me)

Lower 6th - age 17

Upper 6th - age 18

Then University.

[LionJess]

Primary school:
Junior infants, senior infants, then first-sixth class. You're generally aged 3/4 - 11/12

Secondary school:
first year to sixth year, 12/13-18/19.
In third year, aged around 15/16, you take the first of your state exams, the Junior Certificate. It means very little. In sixth year, you take the second lot of state exams, the Leaving Certificate. Your grades in each subject will award you a certain number of points. Your total points will determine whether you get into your chosen university/college course or not (each course has a different number of points)

University/college:
usually called the same thing here. You can chose whether you want to do a degree. There are other institutions offering post-leaving-certificate courses, but for simplicity sake, they're usually referred to as 'college' too. But pretty much NOONE uses the term university here, whether you're studying an honours degree or not. I only ever use it online, because for the British, college means something different.

[Nereus]

Some middle schools for the United States will go to grade 9.

Yep, I just posted how they do it in this part of the country.

Alex, is that how it's done in the west?

[Insane Pie]

Yep, I just posted how they do it in this part of the country.

Alex, is that how it's done in the west?

The middle school I did went from 6-8. I know in my dad timem it was 6-7, but there is still some places that do it. Just not where sure

[Pretending to be Normal]

Might help to add the ages of the students in the categories...

For me it was primary school first:

reception - age 3

year 1 to year 6 - ages 4-10

Then secondary school:

First year (age 11) - 5th form - (age 16)

Then 6th form (at the same school for me)

Lower 6th - age 17

Upper 6th - age 18

Then University.

See thats just way too confusing.

primary school is ages 5/6-13, and is the first 8 years of school.
high school is ages 14-18, and is years 9-13
university is age 18 onwards, polytechnic is 17, with a lot of people in their 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s.

year- how long youve being going to school. age = year + 5

we do have secondary school, but thats just dumbasses in year 7 and 8 who want to ease themselves into high school and really isnt that popular, and there arent very many of them.

to get into university, you need to pass all three years of the NCEA exams. NCEA is an exam at the end of the three final years of high school. first one means jack shit, if you fail then you just have to do extra work the next year. second year is the main one, and the third year is for people who want to go to university. all NCEA is really is a test to show whether or not youre a dumbass.
you get the option of not doing the last year and just finishing school at year 12 if you dont want to go to university.

universities dont base entrants on point numbers for the NCEA exams. rather, they see if you got an achieved, a merit, or an excellence grade, then you get accepted or shunned off.

rating systems in school doesnt have any A,B,C,E,F crap. you either pass (achieved), do well (Merit), or need something a little harder (Excellence).

also we have pre-school which is for kids ages 2-5 which is kind of a lead-in to primary school, and kindergarten which is like day care but not as creepy.

[Gangsta Fag]

Preschool (Optional, it's for kids too young to go to Elementary) B======D Elementary 1-6th (although some schools do go 1-4th) B=======D Intermediate 4-5th (Some schools like this still do exist) B=======DMiddle School/Junior High 7-8 B========D High School 9-12 B=========D Community College, University, Waste of money, whatever you want to call it.

Although Charter schools, some Private schools, and academies. Go 1-12th.

[Kane.]

Preschool (Optional, it's for kids too young to go to Elementary) B======D Elementary 1-6th (although some schools do go 1-4th) B=======D Intermediate 4-5th (Some schools like this still do exist) B=======DMiddle School/Junior High 7-8 B========D High School 9-12 B=========D Community College, University, Waste of money, whatever you want to call it.

Although Charter schools, some Private schools, and academies. Go 1-12th.

WHO ARE YOU BRO

[Crispin]

See thats just way too confusing.

primary school is ages 5/6-13, and is the first 8 years of school.
high school is ages 14-18, and is years 9-13
university is age 18 onwards, polytechnic is 17, with a lot of people in their 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s.

year- how long youve being going to school. age = year + 5

we do have secondary school, but thats just dumbasses in year 7 and 8 who want to ease themselves into high school and really isnt that popular, and there arent very many of them.

See, I find this weird.

You just stay in primary and high school for an additional two years than us. I don't know about Kane's education, he explained it weird, but..

- Nursery is for little kids, or too young to go to school yet.
- Reception ages 3+

Arguably the most important educational years of your life;

- Primary school is from the ages 6-11. And you had it as Year 1, Year 2 etc. Up until Year 6 where you leave at age 11, after completing your SAT's.
- High school (or secondary school, it's just two different names for the same institute) is 11/12-16 and my school had it as follows, Year 7 - 11. Year 11 being your final year at 16, after completing your GCSE's. You have your Mocks in Year 9. 'Form' is something we split our classes into. In each year group there was ten forms, basically different tutor groups, if you will.

This is optional educational institutes, you don't have to attend unless you want to. But it is generally the norm that most people complete 6th form/college and do go to uni.

- Sixth form which is two years (16-18) basically college but harder to get into, they only take a small number of students, they're generally more strict and the classes are smaller. I went to one, but for three years.
- College, which you all know, two years and is just a lot bigger. My school was a languages college as well as a 6th form, so I just call it that a lot of the time. Sixth form and College assess you by A Levels, but there are other qualifications too such as BTEC/NVQ - I don't know about those two though. Those are the more practical based subjects, I think.
- University and this is 18+

To get into uni, you need points and it depends on your course how much. For each grade, ABCD, there are different points. I can't remember but I think a B is a 100 points etc. They tally up your score and grades, and such to let you know your final A Level results.

[Anne-Marie]

WORLD'S GREATEST EDUCATION SYSTEM REPORTING IN.


Pre-school at age 6, lasts one year.
Comprehensive school starting at age 7, lasts 9 years.

The rest are voluntary:

Upper secondary school (high school) or vocational school, about 3 or 4 years.
+ Either a vocational degree or an academic degree. Or both. Or none.


Everything is free. Comprehensive school is mandatory, the rest you can choose yourself. All very simple and easy.

[Kane.]

WORLD'S GREATEST EDUCATION SYSTEM REPORTING IN.


Pre-school at age 6, lasts one year.
Comprehensive school starting at age 7, lasts 9 years.

The rest are voluntary:

Upper secondary school (high school) or vocational school, about 3 or 4 years.
+ Either a vocational degree or an academic degree. Or both. Or none.


Everything is free. Comprehensive school is mandatory, the rest you can choose yourself. All very simple and easy.

Does actually sound like a pretty sweet system to be fair.

[Steve]

WORLD'S GREATEST EDUCATION SYSTEM REPORTING IN.


Pre-school at age 6, lasts one year.
Comprehensive school starting at age 7, lasts 9 years.

The rest are voluntary:

Upper secondary school (high school) or vocational school, about 3 or 4 years.
+ Either a vocational degree or an academic degree. Or both. Or none.


Everything is free. Comprehensive school is mandatory, the rest you can choose yourself. All very simple and easy.

I want to move to Finland. Is it free for non-residents of Finland? More importantly, can everyone in Finland learn fluent English for my arrival or will I have to learn Finnish?

[.:.Lish.:.]

Primary School (Years Prep - 7) --> High School (Years 8 - 12) --> University/TAFE (or wherever you want to go; I'm going to TAFE)

But in a few years Year 7 will be in High School.

[Anne-Marie]

Does actually sound like a pretty sweet system to be fair.

Not sweet, best.

I want to move to Finland. Is it free for non-residents of Finland? More importantly, can everyone in Finland learn fluent English for my arrival or will I have to learn Finnish?

I think some universities and such will have some fees. Thanks to the world's greatest schools, we all speak fluent English. And Swedish, in theory.

[Pretending to be Normal]

See, I find this weird.

You just stay in primary and high school for an additional two years than us. I don't know about Kane's education, he explained it weird, but..


- High school (or secondary school, it's just two different names for the same institute) is 11/12-16 and my school had it as follows, Year 7 - 11. Year 11 being your final year at 16, after completing your GCSE's. You have your Mocks in Year 9. 'Form' is something we split our classes into. In each year group there was ten forms, basically different tutor groups, if you will.

This is optional educational institutes, you don't have to attend unless you want to. But it is generally the norm that most people complete 6th form/college and do go to uni.

- Sixth form which is two years (16-18) basically college but harder to get into, they only take a small number of students, they're generally more strict and the classes are smaller. I went to one, but for three years.
- College, which you all know, two years and is just a lot bigger. My school was a languages college as well as a 6th form, so I just call it that a lot of the time. Sixth form and College assess you by A Levels, but there are other qualifications too such as BTEC/NVQ - I don't know about those two though. Those are the more practical based subjects, I think.
- University and this is 18+

To get into uni, you need points and it depends on your course how much. For each grade, ABCD, there are different points. I can't remember but I think a B is a 100 points etc. They tally up your score and grades, and such to let you know your final A Level results.

so basically, youre saying that you have 1 extra year that is optional, and its a whole different school? so college is equivelant to years 12 &13 where i am.

[Occasional_Desire]

Nursery -
Ages 0-4

Infant School -
Year 1 - ages 5/6
Year 2 - ages 6/7

Junior School -
Year 3 - ages 7/8
Year 4 - ages 8/9
Year 5 - ages 9/10
Year 6 - ages 10/11

Secondary School -
Year 7 - ages 11/12
Year 8 - ages 12/13
Year 9 - ages 13/14
Year 10 - ages 14/15
Year 11 - ages 15/16

The following are not mandatory

College -
2 years, free for ages 16-18

University -
2-4 years, free for nobody, 18+

[Kane.]

Nursery -
Ages 0-4

Infant School -
Year 1 - ages 5/6
Year 2 - ages 6/7

Junior School -
Year 3 - ages 7/8
Year 4 - ages 8/9
Year 5 - ages 9/10
Year 6 - ages 10/11

Secondary School -
Year 7 - ages 11/12
Year 8 - ages 12/13
Year 9 - ages 13/14
Year 10 - ages 14/15
Year 11 - ages 15/16

The following are not mandatory

College -
2 years, free for ages 16-18

University -
2-4 years, free for nobody, 18+

Unless you're Scottish.

[Mindy Simmons]

Junior (age 4, usually) and senior (age 5, usually) kindergarten.

Elementary school: Grades 1-8 (ages 6-13, usually)
OR
Elementary school: Grades 1-6 (ages 6-11)
Middle school: Grades 7-8 (ages 12-13)

High School: Grades 9-12, although a fifth year is optional (ages 14-17, depending on the number of years)

College/University: Anywhere from one year to a dozen years (ages 18+)


Everything up until the end of high school is mandatory. Junior kindergarten is also technically optional, although the child is still expected to know everything learned that year when they start senior kindergarten, so it isn't considered optional by most parents.

Also, everything is free (unless you go to a private school), until you get to college/university. Then nothing is free.