School around the world 🌍
♻️ The Bottle School in the Philippines is made entirely from recycled soft drink bottles.
🏢 An primary schools in Italy had just one pupil and one teacher in 2014.
🪢 Colombian children zip-line to school because of the terrain.
☀️ In Chile, the summer holidays last from December to March.
👧👦 In Iran, schools are single-sex until middle school; co-education is rare.
The school in figures 🧮
🤯 Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of school. Around 2.4% of children suffer from it!
🌍 59 million children of primary school age in the world do not attend school.
📝 92% of teachers spend personal money to buy supplies for pupils.
🌐 97% of low-income pupils depend on the school for internet access.
😃 67% of children like school.
School and school equipment! ✏️
🖍️ The average pencil writes 45,000 words before retiring.
🖋️ Before erasers, pencil marks were removed with rolled white bread.
🩸 The blue end of a rubber is used to erase pencil marks from rough paper.
🎨 Play-Doh, modelling paste (plasticine) was originally designed to clean wallpaper, it has become a popular DIY material.
💄 The glue stick was inspired by lipstick!
Playing back-to-school?
How about some back-to-school consolation with a game of exploration in your favourite city?
Our games for kids are available in several cities in France, Belgium and the Netherlands! And they're just waiting for you!
