(FILES) A pupil stands on markings for a hopscoth game, waiting to enter a class on the first day of school for the year 2025-26 following the summer break in Lyon, south-east France on September 1, 2025. Pupils in France are due to return to school on September 1, 2026 for the start of the new academic year. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP via Getty Images)