Education is compulsory in Australia.
Children begin school when they are 6 and stay until they are at least 15. Children in Tasmania must stay in school until they are 16. Most children start in infants' classes at the age of 5. There are government, or "state" schools in all populated parts of the country, but pupils who live in the remote outback take correspondence courses and listen to radio classes. Australia also has many private or "independent" school. One child in four attends an independent school. As in England, the leading private schools are called public schools. Pupils in state and independent schools wear uniforms and follow many other English school traditions. The school year, which begins in late January or early February, ends in mid-December. This time of the year is summer in the Southern Hemisphere. Christmas vacation is the time for taking long trips and for going to summer camps.
The elementary school of Australian boys and girls include languages, social studies, arithmetic, health education, nature study, reading, and art. Games are taught as part of physical education classes. The boys play cricket in summer and Australian Rules football, soccer, and rugby in winter. The girls play basketball throughout the year. Swimming, tennis, hiking, camping, and singing are popular out-of-school activities.
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