House system
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The house system is a traditional feature of schools in the United Kingdom. The practice has since spread to Commonwealth countries as well as other former British colonies. The school is divided into
House uniform colours at Lenana School in Nairobi, Kenya
House banners at a public school in Australia
Boarding school
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A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. They have ex
House system
…in other ways, thus providing a focus for group loyalty. Historically, the house system has been associated with public schools in England, especially boarding schools, where a "house" referred to a boarding house at the school. In this case, the housemaster or housemistress in charge of the house is in loco parentis…
Dollar Academy, a boarding school in Scotland
Boarding house of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney, New South Wales
Dormitory at The Armidale School, Australia, 1898
Schloss Torgelow, a Gymnasium boarding school in Germany, that leads to the Abitur exams