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what?! schooling on sat? *jaws drop*
well, we used to go back to school at times only for after-school activities.. =3 then the govt changed it, making weekends free (for us students and the all the pple working in the govt sector) so that we can spend more time with the family.

what time do you guys start school over there?
in australia we start about at 9am...
but in singapore we start at 7.30 / 8am. gonk

Yehh, school sucks in britain. stressed
That australian start time is much more to my liking. At my school we get registered at 8:30 am, and currently I wake up at 7:40 am.

We had exams in primary, Key Stage 2 I think. And now the british government is going to make even more exams for the younger kids. Way to not stress everyone out Mr Blair. stare

We have SATs which are maths, english and science tests in Yrs 2, 6 and I think 9. Maybe 10, I'm not so sure, because since I go to a private school, I don't have to do them. xd 4laugh rofl

Toki-niikun, I should wake around 7:30am, but I live 10/15 minutes away from my school, so sometimes I get up at 8am, leave at 8:30am and eat brekkie in the car. mrgreen sweatdrop Aha.

School starts at 9. Registration is technically at 8:55am though. School ends at 3:45pm.

I've never had to go to Saturday school over here! eek Thank god. *shivers* I do go to Chinese Sunday school though.... 1:30pm - 3:30pm. gonk Aaaah.... The French are weird. I think they have Wednesdays off, but go to school on Saturdays!

When I lived in Hong Kong for eight months (was gonna stay there, but thankfully dad changed his mind!), I barely knew how to write and read Chinese; I was seven, turning right. Brother was three, going on four. We both had to get up at 6am in the morning to go to school. Ken went to playgroup and had half a day's worth of school, starting at 7am/7:30am, and finishing round noon. I finished a little later, like 1pm or something. Twas primary school. But it was absolute hell. I had to work hard to catch up; four hours every day after school to learn everything. There was maths, english (which was hell easy, lol!!), and Chinese as the three main lessons. Ken had a few pages worth of writing to do (you know, copying the numbers and stuff over and over again). Bloody hell, he was darn three back then! stressed

When I finally returned to England and left HK, I'd moved from being number 28 (out of 28 students, lol) in my HK school to 17! xd 4laugh Ahahaha.... Totally convinced my parents that I'm good at Chinese. I admit, compared to my Chinese school classmates now, I am a lot more clever, but they really weren't forced to speak and stuff.... Or maybe some of them just don't have the affinity for it. Depends. When I got back to the UK I think I was scared my English wasn't good enough again! But I think I coped quite okay. 3nodding

Annoyingly enough, I've had to endure when being 3 and a half years of age to go to an English school speaking no English, just Chinese. Then a few years later, I have to go to HK where I barely know any Chinese, but am fluent in English. And then I get back and have to cope with English again. gonk xd Ayah ayah ayah! confused

lol.. so cute...

hmm... over here in sg, though we start school early, we kinda finish early too.. school ends at 1.30... but we have lots of after-class extra lessons... sigh... so we come home pretty late...

Ahahah, there's always one crybaby. lol

Awww look at the lil baby's grumpy face, so cute! 4laugh -pinches B&B's cheek- Does baby want a wowwipop? whee