do seniors and primary usually mix?

[Angeliz]

Hi all,
i am wondering if i'm over-reacting already but i have a big niggle at the moment with school.
Mine are at a school which goes from nursery up to year 6. This year it seems to be that the senior kids are there alot and have priority over our school. My eldest (year 4) doesn't get an afternoon break anymore as the seniors are using the outdoor area, she also has to change in a storeroom on another day as the seniors are using their changing room and every time i go there are teenagers roaming in the corridors which worries me too!
I have raised it but to no avail. So........opinions?

And people STILL think that schools are automatically better if you pay fees!

no seeker, thats why i'm questioning it !

btw, how do you know it's fee paying, have i mentioned that?
I'm asking what happens in all schools to get an idea, not just private.

I think it is more generally the other way round, TBH - the juniors go into the senior school to use their facilities.

At DS's prospective (not current) school the eldest (16-18) apparently do stuff (e.g. lead after school clubs) with the juniors as part of their curriculum - but that is structured, supervised, etc, etc - I wouldn't expect 15yos to be randomly wandering around a infant/junior part of the school without being challenged by staff as to why they were there.

I think you'll be hard pushed ot find a state school that has primary and secondary! Hence everyone's assumptions that it's a private school.

Quite normal for yr4 not to have an afternoon break IMO. Not sure why the seniors are having to use primary faciliites though - I'd take this one up. Is it a temporary arrangement maybe while senior facilities are being refurbed?

I'm not sure what your point is about having older kids roaming the corridors? They're school pupils.... What are they supposed to do to get to lessons?

I too assumed fee paying as it is only fee paying schools that go through from primary to senior. Also usually state schools are referred to as secondary or high schools rather than senior.

Not making judgmentws on that, my children go to such a school.

Thanks ladies.
I just wanted your opinions on wether older and younger kids DO mix. (My eldest is 8 and i wasn't aware of what happened)
It's not temporary as far as i know, the seniors will always be round to use sports facilities.
I'm not totally comfortable with it tbh but we are going to be moving soon i think so it will all be by the by........

I don't know depending where we go what the next school will be btw, state or private, i don't know where we're off to. That's why i'm not just wanted to hear from the one side.
I'm wondering about the sense of it all!

Well to answer your original question then yes, it is common for them to mix. In the dc's school they have their own separate parts of the school but paths often cross especially in terms of sports, lunch, music and other specialist facilities.

sorry for typos, i never could type

If the school is on one site, then it is common for pupils to mix. In fact, that is one of the lovely things about an all-through school.