眼看熊孩子們盼望已久的暑假就要到了，可是英國小公主夏洛特卻等不及想要上學？
前不久，肯辛頓宮宣佈，四歲的小公主夏洛特將在今年9月和大哥喬治王子一起去上學，兩人將成為托馬斯巴特西學校校友~
While most kids are excited for that start of summer vacation, Princess Charlotte can’t wait to get back to school!
Princess Charlotte, 4, will join her big brother, Prince George, 5, at Thomas’s Battersea in September, Kensington Palace announced last month.
感覺就要看到小哥哥和小姐姐手拉手去上學的樣子喏~
而凱特和威廉近日在走訪坎布里亞時，還被問到了有關夏洛特的問題，凱特表示小公主可盼著上學吶~
During one of Kate and William's walkabouts during their official royal visit to Cumbria, the royals opened up about their daughter. The publication spoke to Helen Jones, who brought her four-year-old daughter, Eva, along to meet the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. And according to Jones, Kate "said Charlotte was looking forward to school," and she was also "very friendly."
這麼說來，是不是該給公主殿下看看他哥頭一天去上學時不情不願的樣子↓ 當時喬治上學可是引來了不少媒體的圍觀，不過小王子表現得有些害羞，緊緊抓著爸爸的手。
而當時凱特因為懷著路易小王子身體不適，沒能送喬治上學。對，就是那個深得大哥表情包真傳的三王子↓（戳這裡回顧）
Prince George's first day was a well-documented affair, with press invited to cover the event. The third-in-line to the throne looked a little timid as he arrived at Thomas's Battersea, holding onto his dad's hand and shying away from the cameras. Sadly, Kate was unable to drop off her son as she was suffering from severe morning sickness at home. Kate was pregnant with her third child, Prince Louis, at the time.
要說，人家夏洛特小公主兩歲多就上幼兒園了，而且說去就去，格外乖巧呢~
第一天去幼兒園，是不是有點小興奮？
Charlotte previously attended Willcocks Nursery School, which she began in January 2018. The school, which is housed in a church hall, is next door to London’s Royal Albert Hall, and very close to the family’s Kensington Palace home.
這麼可愛的小姑娘當然走到哪裡都受歡迎啦~
托馬斯巴特西學校校長已經表示，很高興劍橋公爵夫婦決定讓夏洛特公主和哥哥喬治王子一起來上學，非常期待迎接她和所有9月份入學的學生們。
“We are delighted that The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have decided that Princess Charlotte will join her elder brother, Prince George, at Thomas’s Battersea,” Headmaster Simon O’Malley said. “We greatly look forward to welcoming her and all of our new pupils to the school in September.”
喬治小王子是2017年開始上學的，這所學校一年要花近2萬英鎊，作為家中第二個來校上學的孩子，夏洛特得到了一點小小的優惠，一年學費近19000英鎊。雖然很貴，但是威廉凱特付得起~（笑）
更何況，離家也不算太遠，只有4英里。
Prince George began attending Thomas’s Battersea in London in 2017.
The establishment is about four miles south of the family’s Kensington Palace home.
The fees for George are £6,429 a term or £19,287 a year, while for Charlotte they will be £6,305 a term of £18,915 a year - the lower figure being due to a small discount given to a family's second child.
據介紹，這所學校對自己的“全面教育”引以為傲，把內心善良和學習成績放在同樣的高度，全校有540名四至十三歲的學生，並且向不少頂尖學校比如伊頓輸送人才。
Thomas's prides itself on a 'rounded education', with as much emphasis on kindness as academic results - although many of its 540 boys and girls, aged four to 13, go on to top public schools such as Eton.
《Tatler》雜誌稱，把孩子送進這所學校的家長都是有進取心的專業人士。而《好學校指南》則表示，這所學校很有“競爭力”，是那些“花錢買最好教育”家長的選擇。
Society magazine Tatler says it is populated by 'pushy professional parents'.
However the Good Schools Guide describes it as 'competitive' and chosen by parents who want the 'best education money can buy'.
所有來這裡學習的孩子都要學習一門樂器，學校還配有兩個陶藝教室。
All children are required to learn an instrument and there are two pottery rooms.
而關於這所學校的課程，之前喬治小王子入學時英媒就有過報道. 學校從小就培養孩子的禮儀，每天上學放學都要跟老師握手並有眼神交流。（ 學校這是把小朋友們都向領導者培養呢~）
Never too early to teach good etiquette, the school day begins and ends with a firm handshake, plus good eye contact with the teacher — highly important skills, of course, for youngsters destined to become leaders in their fields.
學生將有機會參加辯論小組，還要學習哲學，意大利語，或者試試寫歌，擊劍，高爾夫或者陶藝。
Pupils will have the chance to join a debating club — it's never too early to train for the Oxbridge societies — study philosophy, learn Italian or try their hands at songwriting, fencing, golf or pottery.
這所學校不論男生女生，7歲前都要學習芭蕾，學生還要參加皇家舞蹈學院的考試，併為家人朋友演出。
Ballet is compulsory for boys and girls until the age of seven. Pupils are entered for the prestigious Royal Academy of Dance examination, also putting on ballet shows for family and friends.
另外，學校還在奧地利阿爾卑斯山有滑雪屋。托馬斯家族在25年前買下這棟木屋，五六年級的孩子們可以來這裡旅行。
The school owns Daheim ski chalet in the beautiful Wurzeralm region of the Austrian Alps. Bought 25 years ago by the Thomas family, it's where pupils are taken on trips in years 5 and 6.
而對於熱愛運動的威廉凱特來說，這裡的體育活動可能也是吸引他們的部分原因，據說體育課佔到了總課時的20%。
Sporty parents like Prince William and Kate may have been partly attracted to the school by the amount of physical activity – sports take up 20 percent of the curriculum time.
不過據說，夏洛特小公主已經開始學習西班牙語了，因為她的保姆就來自西班牙。
有知情人士表示，公主很甜美自信，平時也很健談，彬彬有禮，活力四射，舉止也優雅~
Princess Charlotte has already picked up some Spanish. Nanny Maria Turrion Borrallo is from Spain.
“She’s very sweet and very confident — she’s always chatting away,” a source said of the little royal, adding that she “is so polite, but also fun and energetic. She has beautiful manners.”
嗯，大家似乎都看出了公主的女王範兒啊~
看來，小公主上學後也是學霸一枚了，身為大哥，喬治可要加油啦（笑~）
（本文中圖片文字均為設計對白）
綜合來源：People, Hello!, Daily Mail, Harper's Bazaar, Express
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