B11

A boarding school is when the pupils sleep, eat and work in or near the school grounds. I typical modern fee-charging boarding school has several separate residential houses.

RESIDENCE

B12

They are either within the school grounds or in the neighborhood of the school.

NEIGHBOUR

B13

Pupils generally need permission to go outside defined school boundaries, they may be allowed to venture further at certain times.

PERMIT

B14

A number of senior teaching staff are appointed as housemasters and housemistresses. They take quasi-parental responsibility for perhaps 50 pupils resident in their house, at all times but particularly outside of school hours.

PARTICULAR

B15

In some schools each house has pupils of all ages, it which case there is usually a prefect system, which gives older pupils limited authority and some privileges together with accountability for the welfare of the younger ones.

In others, separate houses accommodate needs of different years or classes. Houses readily develop distinctive characters and a healthy rivalry between houses is often encouraged in sport.

ACCOUNTABLE

B16

Houses usually include study-bedrooms or dormitories, a dining room or refectory where pupils take meals at fixed times, and a library, hall or cubicles where pupils can do their homework. Houses may also have common rooms for television and relaxation / relaxing kitchens for snacks, and perhaps computer, ping-pong or billiards rooms. Some facilities may be shared between several houses.

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