Woo- time to confuse with good old Britishness!

We didn't have lockers until we were in secondary school (year 7-11/13 or ages 11-16/18 -the slash indicating whether one leaves school after GCSEs or continues onto A-levels). Through my Infant school years (year Reception-2 ages 4-7) and the first 2 years of Junior school we didn't have different classes to go to, we were just taught by one teacher. Now, I can't remember if different class lessons began in year 5 or 6, but i'm guessing it was year 5. Anyway, it was here we were preparing to go to big school by having English, Maths and Science taught by "specialist" teachers. The year was divided into ability groups for these. Everything else (art, pe, etc) was taught by our main teacher and tutor. The multiple classes didn't begin in full-scale until Year 7.

Not all schools in the UK have an Infant and Junior School- some have both incorperated into a single Primary School. I really enjoyed Infant School. I was fast a fast learner, talkative and in Year 2 was so good at reading I helped teach other children. It was a lot of fun- a big, educational playtime! Everything caught up with me in Junior School and I wasn't quite as fast-track but still bright. Once I got into Secondary School things went a bit downhill. Although I was still higher tier in everything (though not fast-track), I had issues with bullies and people mocking me for no apparant reason, which really affected my confidence. Thankfully I had great friends that made me not worry so much about what people were saying- and after starting University last year, although modest, i'm a bit of a cocky bugger again!