[HPforGrownups] Re: The timeline on the DVD *confirms* canon;

Kathryn Cawte kcawte at blueyonder.co.uk
Thu Apr 24 23:17:50 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 56091

 
Melanie wrote -
 
Is there any possibility in the English system of having skipped the
equivelant of American Kindergarten? When I started school (I am now 31)
Kindergarten was not mandatory. When my mom when to register me for
school, all the K classes were filled, so I was put directly into 1st
grade. (And as it was, I was bored the first two weeks!) I never skipped
any grades after that although I was sorely tempted to try for it, but I
was still always the youngest person in my classes.

Now me -
I don't have kids myself so I may be mistaken but afaik nursery
(kindergarten) isn't compulsory in the UK either, in fact I think there are
less places available than parents who want to enrol their kids. But I can't
see that that would make a difference - the school starting age is five
regardless of whether you've been to nursery or not. (it is 5 isn't it?)

While there are rare exceptions of children starting early in the UK it's
highly unusual so there are two options that I can see - 1, Hermione went to
Hogwarts straight from year (oh Merlin, they've changed them since I was at
school) uh I think it's year 5, what we used to call 3rd year juniors anyway
 the penultimate year of primary school; or 2, she was at a prep school, or
the junior section of a larger public school, Her parents are middle class
and as dentists probably fairly well off so it's possible they wanted the
best money could buy for their little girl so they sent her to a public
school.

K




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