School in England usually starts at the age of five, but some children go to nursery school before that. I went to one for three days, when I was three, but I got really bored there and told my mum that I didn’t want to go
Let me to get schooling
So before I went to a real school she taught me at home. Some people send their children to a creche, where they’re looked after during the day while their parents are out at work, but she got some books and taught me how to read and write
Let me to get Vivien
So when I went to school at the age of five, I had quite an advantage over the other children. Anyway, my schooling really started when I was five, and from the age of five until I was nine I went to a private school, which is quite unusual in England. It was an all-girls’ school run by two old women, Miss and Ms McNamara. The standard was generally very high, and there were subjects like French, Maths and English Literature. I also took subjects like Ballet and Elocution, where we learnt how to speak correctly and we had to memorise