This is a big event for all children, and in Germany their parents give them a cone full of sweets, gifts and stationery to celebrate their first day at school. The cone is called eine Schultüte ...

NARRATOR: '13:15 Uhr, jetzt ist Schluss. In Germany school finishes at lunchtime, if their parents are out at work, children can stay on, but most go home, like Niklas and Sara.' Two primary ...

My oldest son has attended elementary school in Germany for a couple of years now ... around carrying a "Schultute," a massive triangular cone filled with anything from sweets to books to school ...