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Reception is the final part of the Early Years Foundation Stage of education. [1] Most areas admit entire year groups in September, regardless of which month they were born, meaning that some pupils will be starting primary school in the month of their fifth birthday, while others will be almost a year behind this milestone.
Reception (gridiron football), a play where the ball is received (caught) by a player on the thrower's team; Reception (school), in England, Wales and South Australia, the first year of primary school; A desk or area where a receptionist serves as the initial contact person to visitors
Parlour boarders are described by a modern historian as paying more than the other pupils, in return for which they got a room of their own. [1] A parlour was a small reception room, from the French "parler", implying a place for quiet conversation; "board" means meals, as in the expression room and board.
Lobby of a contemporary apartment building in Washington, D.C.. A lobby is a room in a building used for entry from the outside. [1] Sometimes referred to as a foyer, entryway, reception area or entrance hall, [2] it is often a large room or complex of rooms (in a theatre, opera house, concert hall, showroom, cinema, etc.) adjacent to the auditorium.
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Some private schools, and public schools, are offering pre-kindergarten (also known as pre-K) as part of elementary school. Twelve states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Vermont) as well as the District of Columbia offer some form of universal pre-kindergarten according to the Education Commission of the States (ECS).
A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, [1] Australia, [2] New Zealand, [3] Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore [4]), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary education of children who are 4 to 10 years of age (and in many cases, 11 years of age).
Rooms were increasingly set aside for the reception of guests and other visitors, screening them from the rest of the home. Although aristocratic homes might have state rooms, the frequent name for this reception room among the emerging middle classes (not likely to host state functions or royalty) was the "parlour".