Kinder is German for "Child", and in New Zealand, what Americans call
    "Nursery School" is known as "Kindergarten", as in "children's garden".

    Hmm.  What do you call "Kindergarten" then?  (In the US, Kindergarten is
    the pre-1st grade school for 5-year olds; usually half-days.  The
earliest
    instance of public education.  "Pre-school" is usually the "kindergarten
    prep" for 4-year olds, but can be anything with a slightly more
accademic
    leaning than "day-care."  I haven't heard "nursery school" in a long
time.")


I think you'll find that it's the UK that still use the term 'Nursery
School' most widely.  We have Nursery School (about 3-5yrs, but not
compulsory), followed by Infants' School (5-7) and Middle School (8-11),
although the latter two are sometimes combined.  Secondary School (from age
11) is where the serious work starts, with GCSE exams at 16 yrs.  While most
secondary schools incorporate a sixth form for study of A-Levels from 17-18
a few students prefer to go to a separate sixth form college before
departing for University at 18 years of age.

To confuse matters further we also have kindergartens and pre-schools, prep
schools and colleges of further and higher education, but they generally all
occupy the same sort of boundaries as the above.  Not sure if that is of any
particular use to anyone, but there you go!

Kind Regards,
Mark Brown

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