If you were born mid 80s, did your school do these things?

[Nostalgic80s]

Did you go to nursery/pre school age 3?

Did you start reception the September after you turned 4 (like children do now)

Have swimming lessons at school

Have a school residential trip at the end of primary.

Have a school trip to France in secondary school

Have squash and biscuits for break time

Have a little money pot for your break/lunch money

Do SATS tests at school

I know it’s a bit random but him or me please 🙏

I was born mid 80s.
i started school the term I turned 5 so as a summer baby i only had one term in reception
I don’t think I had swimming lessons - pretty sure. But my school also didn’t have hot meals as an option!
we did have a residential at end of final year of primary
We did French exchange in secondary but I think it was optional
i dont remember squash and biscuits but was possible
No snacks we could buy at primary but did have a purse at secondary.
we did sit SATS but as I was in a grammar school area 11+ was far more important (was actually 12+ but that was bucks and turned into 11+ not long after!)

Hope that helps!

Did you go to nursery/pre school age 3? - I went to a play group that was attached to my nursery and school - my mum was always there with me. I then went to nursery that was attached to my school but only in the mornings.

Did you start reception the September after you turned 4 (like children do now) - Yes

Have swimming lessons at school - yes, in year 4 or 5

Have a school residential trip at the end of primary. - Yes

Have a school trip to France in secondary school - yes, either year 8 or 9

Have squash and biscuits for break time- we had milk and there was sometimes biscuits

Have a little money pot for your break/lunch money - dont remeber this

Do SATS tests at school- I remember year 6 Sat's but ot other ones although we probably did

Born 1980 so may be too early but of these only the end of primary school residential and swimming lessons happened for me.

Yes to all apart from juice and biscuits at break.

We only ever got food and water at lunch time.

I went to a playgroup from the age of 2. It was just a couple of mornings a week.

I started school (I don’t think it was even called Reception) the term after I turned 5.

I had swimming lessons at school.

There were two residential trips towards the end of primary.

I didn’t have a school trip to France in secondary, but there were skiing trips available for the select few, and also exchange visits.

I don’t recall squash and biscuits for breaktime. At my primary, there was water available and morning break snack had to be fruit or vegetables. At secondary, nothing was provided and we could have what we wanted.

I don’t remember any little money pot. But then there wasn’t the option to pay for lunches at my primary school.

I did SATs for year 2, year 6 and year 9.

I started school at Easter as my birthday was May.
Dinner money was in little envelopes.

But swimming, residential, nursery... al yes.

I was born late 80s
Didn’t have a money pot and we didn’t get biscuits or squash. We did get flintstones juice cartons though.
Yes to everything else.

I started school in September 1984 and yes we had all those things, except pre-school at 3. You tended to start part-time if you were late born in the year, in the term after you turned 4, then full-time the term after. It was play school before school age.

Born 84

Did you go to nursery/pre school age 3? No. Just playgroup
Did you start reception the September after you turned 4 (like children do now) yes but I do remember we had a January intake for children born later.

Have swimming lessons at school - yes in years 5 and 6.

Have a school residential trip at the end of primary. - no
Have a school trip to France in secondary school - no
Have squash and biscuits for break time - no
Have a little money pot for your break/lunch money - no it just went into my blazer pocket

Do SATS tests at school - I am pretty sure yes but only properly remember the ones in year 9.

Born early 80s.

went to playgroup then play school. Year 1 at 5. We had milk for morning break. Squash and biscuits on special occasions. Hot dinners if wanted with pink custard.

I did have swimming lessons weekly at primary school and residential. No exchage program in secondary. But did go to Italy when 15 with school and I think with the drinking and fun we had with teachers who loved wine, got trips banned for a few years 😂

Did you go to nursery/pre school age 3? No, but some others did. Less went than nowadays I think

Did you start reception the September after you turned 4 (like children do now) Yes

Have swimming lessons at school Yes, there was a cold pool on the grounds so in spring and summer juniors did weekly lessons.

Have a school residential trip at the end of primary. Yes, 5 days

Have a school trip to France in secondary school no

Have squash and biscuits for break time no, milk cartons

Have a little money pot for your break/lunch money
no, it was handed in to teachers in an envelope and we answered morning register with "lumchbox" or "dinners" for the teacher to mark what we were having.

Do SATS tests at school
Yes

I was born mid 70s, and we had an end of primary residential.
Had swimming lessons at secondary school as we had a school swimming pool.
Had tuck money
Dont think we had juice or biscuits, but we had milk in little bottles with a straw in infants.
Cant remember going on a school trip to france, but i think there probably was one that I didn't go on.
Started school i think at age 5

Sats werent a thing

Did you go to nursery/pre school age 3? Church hall nursery school maybe from 2.5
Did you start reception the September after you turned 4 (like children do now) - no the Easter
Have swimming lessons at school- yes
Have a school residential trip at the end of primary.- yes
Have a school trip to France in secondary school- yes and primary
Have squash and biscuits for break time- no
Have a little money pot for your break/lunch money- no
Do SATS tests at school- no but end of primary exams

I am a 70’s baby

Haha yes I can rem her answering the register with dinner or sandwiches.

Our money pots were actually camera film pots. The school gave them out, you had to return it with your break/lunch money each week.

Yes to all for me born 81

It’s yes to all for me. Dh didn’t do any. There wasn’t even a pool near where he went to school though.

We were born in the same year, I find it wild that his school experience was so different 🤣

We did a school trip once to… the teachers house. We all walked there then sat in her garden for a while and went inside and watched a film, before walking back to school. Can you imagine that happening now?

There was a school pond too, completely open and accessible. Children fell in a few times but they never covered it or fenced it off.

I’m 1980 and we didn’t have a nursery in my school. It opened at some point after though as I remember going into the classroom.

We started school two terms before we turned five, but were part time (either mornings or afternoons) until the term we turned five. That was a September start for me, but I remember others joining at other times.

My secondary didn’t run a trip to France, but there was a ski trip, a Spanish trip and several other UK options. I was a PGL girl.

We did not do SATs at the end of primary. We were due to do Year 9 SATS but they were cancelled the week before because of a dispute with the government at the time. I don’t actually know if they ever got underway.

I was free school dinners and in secondary we had to have a dinner lady tuck us off the list and then they’d give us a counter to swap for a certain value of food.

Born 1988
Did you go to nursery/pre school age 3?- playschool 3 mornings a weekDid you start reception the September after you turned 4 (like children do now) -yesHave swimming lessons at school- yes, pool at the schoolHave a school residential trip at the end of primary.- French residential in year 5, camping in year 6Have a school trip to France in secondary school - yes, year 7Have squash and biscuits for break time - noHave a little money pot for your break/lunch money- noDo SATS tests at school - yes but overshadowed by the 11+

I was born in 1982

Did you go to nursery/pre school age 3?

I went to playschool in the local village hall at 3.

Did you start reception the September after you turned 4 (like children do now)

No, I was born in August and I started after Easter when I was 4 (nearly 5)

Have swimming lessons at school

Yes, in primary school and in PE in secondary

Have a school residential trip at the end of primary.

Yes, a place called Cloughton in north yorks

Have a school trip to France in secondary school

No. My sister did two German exchanges though (and got taken to hospital with alcohol poisoning)

Have squash and biscuits for break time

No

Have a little money pot for your break/lunch money

No

Do SATS tests at school

Yes in year 9.

Born 1984.

Did you go to nursery/pre school age 3?Not sure if I started at 3 or 4, but yes. We did either mornings or afternoons. I've been told on here before that I definitely didn't as apparently there was no such thing as council run/free nurseries then. There definitely was a I went to one!

Did you start reception the September after you turned 4 (like children do now) Started 'rising 5s' the term I turned 5, which was after Easter as a summer baby.

Have swimming lessons at school. Yes. We went in a coach to the local pool at primary, years 5 and 6 IIRC, had a pool at secondary.

Have a school residential trip at the end of primary. Yes

Have a school trip to France in secondary school Yes in year 8 to Disneyland.

Have squash and biscuits for break time Not that i remember

Have a little money pot for your break/lunch money I was a FSM child, so no idea.

Do SATS tests at school Yes in years 2,6 and 9. My brother , who was 1 year above me didn't do one of them (year 2 maybe) as they hadn't introduced them yet.

Did you go to nursery/pre school age 3? Yes
Did you start reception the September after you turned 4 (like children do now) Yes
Have swimming lessons at school Yes
Have a school residential trip at the end of primary. Yes
Have a school trip to France in secondary school No (did go to spain)
Have squash and biscuits for break time was meant to have milk but i hated it so i got ribena
Have a little money pot for your break/lunch money no
Do SATS tests at school yes

Did you go to nursery/pre school age 3? No I didn't go at all
Did you start reception the September after you turned 4 (like children do now). Started P1 the September after I turned 4
Have swimming lessons at school. Yes, we got the bus every week to the local swimming pool from p4 to p7
Have a school residential trip at the end of primary. Yes, p6 we had a residential as p7 was busy with 11 plus
Have a school trip to France in secondary school. Yes, France, Spain or skiing
Have squash and biscuits for break time, no we had milk and we could buy crisps at the tuck shop
Have a little money pot for your break/lunch money. No, it was just an envelope handed to teacher on a Monday morning for lunch. Break money we kept ourselves
Do SATS tests at school. Yes

Yes to all except squash and biscuits at break, it was tangy toms crisps and no drink.

No pre-school / nursery

I started 6 days after i turned 4, youngest in the school

Yes to swimmimg lessons in primary and secondary school

yes to school residential in year 5, stayed at a ymca. Also did a trip to france

No trip to France in secondary school (there was a ski trip but it was 💰💰 so wasn't allowed).

No squash and biscuits. Had milk in primary school on break.

Had school dinners in primary so no extra cash

No SATS

Did you go to nursery/pre school age 3?

-playschool 3 mornings a week at age 3.5 then started school.

Did you start reception the September after you turned 4 (like children do now)

-Not sure if I was 4 or 5 but I do remember we had nap times at school in the afternoon which I hated as I couldn’t sleep so would watch the other kids sleeping on the floor.

Have swimming lessons at school

-no, no pool anywhere nearby to learn in.

Have a school residential trip at the end of primary.

-yes (I hated it!)

Have a school trip to France in secondary school

-only the ‘rich’ students were invited to France.

Have squash and biscuits for break time

-we had milk and 2 plain biscuits each.

Have a little money pot for your break/lunch money

-no

Do SATS tests at school

-only in year 6