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I deleted the initial entry, on the grounds that it was irrelevant and inaccurate. The house system did not originate at Lawrenceville, although it certainly exists there. The house system originated in the British public school tradition, and this article should definitely have that focus. Also, some of the Lville-centered information was inaccurate and spotty. -- Dablaze 09:19, Aug 24, 2004 (UTC)
I've merged the histories, so it may seem a little odd, because the content was all moved to
House system whilst most, but not all, of the history was at
House (school); further, I have moved it to
House System, as that would be the appropriate term in BE, AIUI.
James F.
(talk) 19:33, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Whether you like it or not, Harry Potter is significant to this subject. Many people are first exposed to the house system by Harry Potter (I am one of them), and I think it deserves a mention.
Can anyone compare it? I mean, the Japanese system seems not as "deep" as the house system, but it could have been inspired by... nihil 21:36, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 10:18, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Actually, the house system in the UK is (in my experience) almost exclusive to public schools, with the similar structure in state and grammar schools called "Forms" or something else. -- RaphaelBriand ( talk) 23:05, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
I went to a grammar school from 1993 to 2000, and the house system there was prominent and a part of school life; for example, in PE lessons you wore your house colours. I seem to recall a 'form' being the members in a particular house in a particular year group, i.e. I started in form 7D, which was the year 7 students in house Davies. 91.109.185.42 ( talk) 15:39, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
It's a fairly common modern innovation for state primary schools to have 'houses' - basically teams which earn points. 86.130.187.250 ( talk) 19:27, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
The original post is wrong. The House system is common across the state system, both at primary and secondary levels. My local state comprehensive school has Houses. Lord Mauleverer ( talk) 05:25, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
"In a world with absentee parents more and more children require schools to look after their basic physical, social and emotional needs. Learning can only take place when these needs are being met, so it is natural for the school to provide this care."
This statement is pure opinion, isn't it? I'm really not sure what the procedure is for marking this, or whatever, so I'm putting my question up here. --gejyspa ( talk) 16:03, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
"In the case of a day school, however, the word 'house' refers only to a grouping of pupils, rather than to a particular building." I think we need to look at this more closely. What concrete groupings houses relate to, if any, varies from school to school, not just on a boarding vs. day school basis.
For example, at the day/boarding school I attended, houses were just an abstract grouping of pupils, and the only real significance was that occasionally sports competitions would be held between them. It had nothing to do with where you are accommodated or what class you are in. At my sister's secondary school, on the other hand, houses determined the grouping of students into forms: each form was an intersection of a house and a year group. There would also on occasion be intra-house events such as music concerts.
What other examples are there? How best can we improve the article to reflect these facts? -- Smjg ( talk) 23:58, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
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I deleted the initial entry, on the grounds that it was irrelevant and inaccurate. The house system did not originate at Lawrenceville, although it certainly exists there. The house system originated in the British public school tradition, and this article should definitely have that focus. Also, some of the Lville-centered information was inaccurate and spotty. -- Dablaze 09:19, Aug 24, 2004 (UTC)
I've merged the histories, so it may seem a little odd, because the content was all moved to
House system whilst most, but not all, of the history was at
House (school); further, I have moved it to
House System, as that would be the appropriate term in BE, AIUI.
James F.
(talk) 19:33, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Whether you like it or not, Harry Potter is significant to this subject. Many people are first exposed to the house system by Harry Potter (I am one of them), and I think it deserves a mention.
Can anyone compare it? I mean, the Japanese system seems not as "deep" as the house system, but it could have been inspired by... nihil 21:36, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 10:18, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Actually, the house system in the UK is (in my experience) almost exclusive to public schools, with the similar structure in state and grammar schools called "Forms" or something else. -- RaphaelBriand ( talk) 23:05, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
I went to a grammar school from 1993 to 2000, and the house system there was prominent and a part of school life; for example, in PE lessons you wore your house colours. I seem to recall a 'form' being the members in a particular house in a particular year group, i.e. I started in form 7D, which was the year 7 students in house Davies. 91.109.185.42 ( talk) 15:39, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
It's a fairly common modern innovation for state primary schools to have 'houses' - basically teams which earn points. 86.130.187.250 ( talk) 19:27, 29 April 2011 (UTC)
The original post is wrong. The House system is common across the state system, both at primary and secondary levels. My local state comprehensive school has Houses. Lord Mauleverer ( talk) 05:25, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
"In a world with absentee parents more and more children require schools to look after their basic physical, social and emotional needs. Learning can only take place when these needs are being met, so it is natural for the school to provide this care."
This statement is pure opinion, isn't it? I'm really not sure what the procedure is for marking this, or whatever, so I'm putting my question up here. --gejyspa ( talk) 16:03, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
"In the case of a day school, however, the word 'house' refers only to a grouping of pupils, rather than to a particular building." I think we need to look at this more closely. What concrete groupings houses relate to, if any, varies from school to school, not just on a boarding vs. day school basis.
For example, at the day/boarding school I attended, houses were just an abstract grouping of pupils, and the only real significance was that occasionally sports competitions would be held between them. It had nothing to do with where you are accommodated or what class you are in. At my sister's secondary school, on the other hand, houses determined the grouping of students into forms: each form was an intersection of a house and a year group. There would also on occasion be intra-house events such as music concerts.
What other examples are there? How best can we improve the article to reflect these facts? -- Smjg ( talk) 23:58, 30 October 2010 (UTC)