British Terms

[Arya]

No: HPFGUIDX 72344

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kathryn Cawte" <kcawte at b...> 
wrote:
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> 
>  Michael Gidlow
> Does anyone know how many terms their are in a school year in 
> Britian? The reason I ask is because in PoA, Trelawny says that in 
> the first term they will learn something, then the next term they 
> will learn something, and then in the second term they will learn 
> something. Shouldn't the second term be the third term? Maybe its 
> just a typo.
>  
> 
>  Me -
> 
> Usually there are three - Winter, Spring and Summer. I have 
wondered about
> Hogwarts though because there doesn't seem to be a mention of the 
easter
> hols which should come between the Spring and Summer terms.
> 
> K

I know I have heard mention of Easter Hols (can't recall without 
looking but I was able to confirm this as being a 'calendar event' on 
the Lexicon.)  However, it seems to me that the length of time that 
these three semesters last is not even.  Sept through mid Dec is Fall 
(3.5 months), Mid Jan through Mar/Apr is Winter(3.5 mos) and Mar/Apr 
through end of June(2.5-3 mos) is Spring.  Am I wrong here?

Arya