27-559: The Wheatsheaf Inn (also known as The Wheatsheaf ) is a historic building in Garstang , Lancashire , England. Built in the late 18th century, it has been designated a Grade II listed building by Historic England . Located on Park Hill Road (the B6430), it is rendered with a slate roof, it has two storeys and two bays . The central doorway has a rendered surround, and the windows are sashes . This pub -related article
54-475: 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 the "English model" use one of two methods to identify the year group; while countries that base their systems on
81-448: 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
108-726: A very early time, Garstang lay within the Amounderness Hundred of Lancashire. From 1894 until 1974, Garstang formed its own local government district in the administrative county of Lancashire; "Garstang Rural District ", which extended beyond the current civil parish boundaries, including villages such as Pilling . Since 1974, Garstang has formed part of the Wyre borough of Lancashire, although it retains an elected Town Council with limited jurisdiction. The borough ward has three councillors, including Lady Dulcie Atkins, wife of former MEP Sir Robert Atkins . The population of
135-403: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Garstang Garstang is an ancient market town and civil parish within the Wyre borough of Lancashire , England. It is 10 miles (16 km) north of the city of Preston and the same distance south of Lancaster . In 2011, the parish had a total resident population of 4,268; the larger Garstang Built-up Area, which includes
162-521: Is overlooked by the ruined remains of Greenhalgh Castle , built in 1490 by Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby , at about the same time as the first stone bridge over the River Wyre. Garstang Town Hall was completed in 1764. Garstang's traditional market day on Thursdays dates back to the early-1300s and stretches the length of street. The Market Cross at the top of the High Street is one of
189-659: The Fairtrade Foundation on 13 August 2003. In 2011, a 518-foot (158 m) wind turbine, the UK's largest, was built in the town to provide power for Dewlay, a local factory producing the award-winning Garstang Blue cheese. The local newspaper, the Garstang Courier , is available on tape free of charge to blind and partially-sighted people from Galloway's Society for the Blind. Following success in winning
216-574: 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 the research literature. In Canada, education is a provincial, not a federal responsibility. For example,
243-541: The A6 road in 1928 (incorrectly given as 1926 in ). Other nearby villages not bypassed by the A6 road include: Brock, Bilsborrow , Cabus and Churchtown form another, much larger, continuous built-up area which includes Garstang in the centre. Garstang F.C. are a non-league football club and the local team within the village. Founded in 1885, they play in the North West Counties League , having won
270-1114: The Crown, the Eagle and Child, the King's Arms, the Royal Oak Hotel , the Wheatsheaf , Th'Owd Tithe Barn, with the Bellflower (formerly the Flag) in Nateby . It has three restaurants: Pipers, Ken Ma and the Great Season, the latter two being Chinese restaurants. There is also a golf club and Country Hotel on the main A6 road. Garstang is referenced in episode 5 of the first series of the comedy Phoenix Nights . Brian Potter (played by Peter Kay ) said "What have you called us? What have you called
297-496: 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 a single phase where programmes are typically designed to provide fundamental skills in reading, writing, and mathematics and to establish
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#1732798417290324-793: The Small Country Town category in the 2002 Britain in Bloom Awards, Garstang won the Small Town category in the 2005, 2006 and 2010 and was invited to the champion of champions in 2010 also. Local primary schools are Garstang Community Primary School, Garstang St Thomas Church of England School and SS Mary and Michael Catholic School. The local secondary school is Garstang Community Academy which does not offer sixth form courses; pupils have to travel to Lancaster , Preston or Blackpool and further to sit A-Level courses. The town has seven public houses : The Farmers Arms,
351-580: 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
378-606: The West Lanchashire League Premier League and Richardson Cup double in 2018. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC North West and ITV Granada . Television signals are received from the Winter Hill TV transmitter. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Lancashire , Heart North West , Smooth North West , Capital Manchester and Lancashire , Greatest Hits Radio Lancashire and Central Radio North West . In 2014,
405-512: The adjoining settlements of Bonds and Cabus , had population of 6,779. Garstang is famous for being the world's first ever Fairtrade Town . Garstang is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Cherestanc . Later recordings of the name include Geresteng, Gairstang in 1195; Grestein, 1204; Gayrestan, 1236; Gayerstang, 1246; Gayrstang, 1274; Gayrestang, 1292. The original spelling of Garstang has several interpretations: "'gore by
432-623: The best cabaret lounge this side of Garstang?" in reference to an alternative comedy night being run at his fictional club. The town is served by the Anglican church of St Thomas and the Catholic church of St Mary and St Michael (just outside the town's boundaries in Bonds ). Until 1881, Garstang's official parish church was St Helen's , 2 miles (3 km) away in Churchtown . From
459-464: The boundary pole", "spear post", "triangular piece of land", "common land" or "meadowland". Possibly signifying the site of a meeting-space. The Old Norse derivation being 'geiri', a gore, from 'geirr', with 'stang' or 'stǫng', meaning "pole" or "boundary marker". Or the Saxon derivation 'Gaerstung'. It is probable that the historic market cross is this same site. A brief but comprehensive history of
486-402: 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
513-400: 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
540-492: 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
567-454: The most familiar landmarks in the area. The town celebrates an arts festival and an agricultural show (which has been continued for 200 years) every year in August. In April 2000, Garstang declared itself "the world's first Fairtrade Town ", influencing many other towns, cities and counties around the United Kingdom to work towards the same goal. The Fairtrade Town status was renewed by
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#1732798417290594-497: The parish, including the parish church of St Helen in Churchtown and Greenhalgh Castle , can be found in "The Parish of Garstang", A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 7 . St. John Plessington was born at Dimples Hall, which is just outside the town. Garstang was once served by Garstang and Catterall railway station which closed in 1969, and Garstang Town railway station which closed to passengers in 1930. The town
621-466: 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
648-407: 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 is sometimes used in
675-679: The town's local newspaper was the Garstang Courier , which has since been absorbed into the Lancashire Evening Post . The following people have lived, or were born, in Garstang: Primary school A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore ), elementary school , or grade school (in North America and
702-837: The ward at the 2011 Census was 4,852. Lying on the River Wyre , River Calder and the Lancaster Canal , Garstang is situated close to the A6 road , the M6 motorway , and the West Coast Main Line , between Lancaster and Preston . It lies on the eastern edge of the Fylde , and the Forest of Bowland is not far to the east. Garstang and the nearby villages of Bonds , Bowgreave , Catterall and Western Claughton-On-Brock form an almost continuous built-up area, bypassed by
729-568: 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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