19-911: Branson may refer to: Places [ edit ] Canada Branson, Toronto United States Branson, Missouri , a popular tourist destination in the Ozark Mountains Branson, Colorado Branson City, California The Branson School , in Ross, California Warrenpoint (Knauertown, Pennsylvania) , also known as the William Branson House Other uses [ edit ] Branson (surname) Branson Ultrasonics , an ultrasonic technology company Branson Deen (born 2000), American football player See also [ edit ] Branston (disambiguation) Bronson (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
38-500: A single phase where programmes are typically designed to provide fundamental skills in reading, writing, and mathematics and to establish a solid foundation for learning. This is ISCED Level 1 : Primary education or first stage of basic education. Within the English speaking world, there are three widely used systems to describe the age of the child. The first is the "equivalent ages"; then countries that base their education systems on
57-448: A synonym, "elementary school" has specific meanings in different locations. School building design does not happen in isolation. The building (or school campus) needs to accommodate: Each country will have a different education system and priorities. Schools need to accommodate students, staff, storage, mechanical and electrical systems, support staff, ancillary staff and administration. The number of rooms required can be determined from
76-494: Is a multi-purpose outdoor sports facility situated in the neighbourhood. Located behind Northview Heights Secondary School, it is managed by the City of Toronto . The stadium is used by the secondary school and several recreational clubs based in the neighbourhood. The Toronto Public Library also maintains a branch, Centennial, in the neighbourhood. The neighbourhood is home to a number of municipal parks, including G. Ross Lord Park,
95-474: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Branson, Toronto Westminster-Branson is a neighbourhood in the city of Toronto , Ontario , Canada. It is in the northernmost part of the city within the area of North York . Branson is located along Finch Avenue , west of Bathurst Street and east of the west branch of the Don River . Westminster
114-567: Is located just to the north, across the Westminster Cemetery. It is also known as Fisherville, after the former town on the site. It stretches north to Steeles Avenue , and the northern border of Toronto. The neighbourhood is home to North York General Hospital - Branson Site. This area is overwhelmingly populated by the Russian -speaking and, to a lesser extent, Ukrainian -speaking segments of Toronto, especially immigrants from
133-601: Is sometimes used in the US, although both this term and elementary school may refer to the first eight grades, in other words both primary education and lower secondary education . The term primary school is derived from the French école primaire , which was first used in an English text in 1802. In the United Kingdom, "elementary education" was taught in "elementary schools" until 1944, when free elementary education
152-578: The "English model" use one of two methods to identify the year group; while countries that base their systems on the "American K–12 model" refer to their year groups as "grades". Canada also follows the American model, although its names for year groups are put as a number after the grade: For instance, "Grade 1" in Canada, rather than "First Grade" in the United States. This terminology extends into
171-793: The City of Toronto that also offer schooling to residents of the neighbourhood. They include the secular school board, Conseil scolaire Viamonde (CSV), and two separate school boards, the Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir (CSCM), and the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB). CSCM, CSV, and TCDSB do not operate a school in Westminster–Branson, with their students attending schools situated in other neighbourhoods in Toronto. Esther Shiner Stadium
190-1047: The Finch Avenue Hydro Corridor, and the West Don Parklands. Parks such as G. Ross Lord Park and West Don Parklands form a part of the Toronto ravine system . Municipal parks in Westminster–Branson are managed by the Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division . Westminster-Branson has three major arterial roadways running through the neighbourhood. Bathurst Street runs north-south, with Steeles Avenue and Finch Avenue as east-west thoroughfares. The Toronto Transit Commission provides local and express services to this neighbourhood. 43°39′22″N 79°28′30″W / 43.656°N 79.475°W / 43.656; -79.475 Elementary school A primary school (in Ireland, India,
209-589: The United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore ), 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). Primary schooling follows preschool and precedes secondary schooling . The International Standard Classification of Education considers primary education as
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#1732765362757228-402: The education has to fulfill the needs of: The students, the teachers, the non-teaching support staff, the administrators and the community. It has to meet general government building guidelines, health requirements, minimal functional requirements for classrooms, toilets and showers, electricity and services, preparation and storage of textbooks and basic teaching aids. An optimum school will meet
247-400: The floor area should be 350 m + 4.1 m /pupil place. The external finishes were to be downgraded to meet a build cost of £1113/m . There are several main ways of funding a school: by the state through general taxation, by a pressure group such as a mosque or church, by a charity, by contributions from parents, or by a combination of these methods. Day-to-day oversight of the school can through
266-543: The former Soviet Union's Jewish minority, many of whom immigrated to Canada by way of Israel. The dominant ethnicities of the area are Jewish , Russian , and Filipino . One public school board operates schools in the neighbourhood, the secular Toronto District School Board (TDSB). The TDSB operates one elementary school : Rockford Public School. The school board also operates one secondary school , Northview Heights Secondary School . In addition to TDSB, there are also three other public school boards that operate in
285-492: The minimum conditions and will have: Government accountants having read the advice then publish minimum guidelines on schools. These enable environmental modelling and establishing building costs. Future design plans are audited to ensure that these standards are met but not exceeded. Government ministries continue to press for the 'minimum' space and cost standards to be reduced. The UK government published this downwardly revised space formula for primary schools in 2014. It said
304-466: The predicted roll of the school and the area needed. According to standards used in the United Kingdom, a general classroom for 30 reception class or infant (Keystage 1) students needs to be 62 m , or 55 m for juniors (Keystage 2). Examples are given on how this can be configured for a 210 place primary with attached 26 place nursery and two-storey 420 place (two form entry) primary school with attached 26 place nursery. The building providing
323-495: The research literature. In Canada, education is a provincial, not a federal responsibility. For example, the province of Ontario also had a " Grade 13 ", designed to help students enter the workforce or post-secondary education, but this was phased out in the year 2003. In most parts of the world, primary education is the first stage of compulsory education , and is normally available without charge, but may also be offered by fee-paying independent schools . The term grade school
342-450: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Branson . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Branson&oldid=1249859912 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
361-568: Was proposed for students over 11: there were to be primary elementary schools and secondary elementary schools; these became known as primary schools and secondary schools. In some parts of the United States, "primary school" refers to a school covering kindergarten through to second grade or third grade (K through 2 or 3); the "elementary school" includes grade three through five or grades four to six. In Canada, "elementary school" almost everywhere refers to Grades 1 through 6; with Kindergarten being referred to as "preschool." Though often used as
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