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Education in England

In Great Britain school begins at the age of five.

Many boys and girls usually leave school at the age of sixteen.

In England schools have two steps :

primary and secondary.

Выполнила: Богданова Е.В., педагог д.о. МБУ ДО ДЮЦ «Интеллект»

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Primary Schools

Infant

(5-7)

Junior

(7-11)

Infant schools are informal.

It means children don’t sit at the desk.

They on the carpet relax.

Junior schools are formal.

Sitting at the desk is normal.

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Infant schools are informal

  • Children listen to their teacher sitting on the carpet,
  • Draw pictures,
  • Play games,
  • Sing songs,
  • Role-play.

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At infant schools children learn how to get on.

Before classes they sing a nice song.

They draw, play games ,read fairy tales,

jump, run and have a lot of fun!

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Junior schools

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Junior schools

  • Sit in rows,
  • Follow a regular timetable,
  • Visit different museums and interesting places,
  • Have uniforms.

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Typical Timetable

Time

/

Day

9.00

10.o5

11.10

13.00

13.50

14.55

15.00

Mon

day

History

Nature

Study

Music

L

English

Geography

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Tues

day

English

Sport

Math

U

Art

Nature

Study

Computing

Wednesday

Computing

Swimming

English

N

Handi

craft

Math

​

Thurs

day

English

Math

Nature

Study

C

Art

Sport

​

Fri

day

History

Geography

Math

H

Art

Art

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Poem

From seven till eleven English children go

to junior school,

Which is very cool.

Students follow a regular timetable.

To speak French, to count at Math, to learn History they

Are able!

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Schools in England use their own marks

  • A – 90-100 -excellent ,
  • B – 80-89 – good,
  • C – 70-79 – satisfactory,
  • D – 60-69 bad,
  • E – 0-59 poor

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  • In Britain at the end of each term school sends a report to parents. It has the pupil’s marks in all subjects and the teacher’s comments on the pupil’s progress.

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Secondary school

  • At the age of 11 children go to secondary school. They study there for 6 years. At the age of 16 they pass GCSE exam. They can either leave school or continue their education for 2 years. Students pass A-level exam at the age of 18.

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What do you know about British schools?

  • Mark the following statements true or false.
  • 1. School day starts with assembly.
  • 2. British pupils go to school on Saturday.
  • 3. There are schools only for boys and only for girls in Britain.
  • 4. Children of your age can go to a grammar school in England.
  • 5. A school year in Britain has four terms.
  • 6. The marking system in Britain is similar to that in Russia.
  • 7. Science includes chemistry, physics, biology and mathematics