In my formative years in the 1960s I was sent to boarding school in the South of England.
I was assigned to my class and introduced to one of the upper sixth prefects who took us all, twenty girls, for a tour of the school.
We were told that as today was our first day and that school did not start till tomorrow we would not have to wear our uniform.
We were show to our dorm and all picked our own beds and unpacked.
We then had to attend a meeting in the assembly hall after lunch at 1.30pm.
We arrived in the hall where we were introduced to all the staff and all the prefects.