In the US where I write this, it's back-to-school season! In most districts, school starts in late August or early September. Some kids are back in the classroom already!
Inspired by Steve's Free for All Friday No. 860 in May, here's a map showing when the school year starts around the world. In the Northern Hemisphere, school most often starts in September, which marks the beginning of Autumn. In the Souther Hemisphere, it usually stars during the summer (December, January or February).
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| Credit: Reddit user Zenkaino-Lovelive How about where you live? I like this time of year because all of the back-to-school sales are a great opportunity to buy supplies like pens, pencils, paper, etc. As always on Friday, feel free to discuss anything related to ring-bound organizers! |
The map shows the UK as starting in September. However in Scotland schools start in early/mid August. Usually before the 15th.
ReplyDeleteI’m from the East Midlands in the UK. School break up used to be staggered so that families could holiday on the east coast. It was synced with the factories closing down for two weeks. Leicester went first with the first two weeks of July, then Nottingham with the next two weeks. Finally Sheffield would close for two weeks. It ensured there were enough caravans and B&Bs to accommodate everyone, it was introduced in the 60s. Now factories often don’t exist in the same way and don’t simultaneously close it’s been standardised a lot more I think. The ‘July Fortnight’ was a big thing for us, we holidayed in Chapel St Leonard most years.
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