Schools in England. Презентація.

School Education in Great Britain

In Great Britain children begin to go to school at the age of five. First they study at infant schools. In these schools they learn to draw with colored pencils and paints. They also make figures and work with paper and glue. They play much because they are very young. Later they begin to learn letters and read, write and count.

At the age of seven English schoolchildren go to junior schools. They do many subjects: English and Maths, History and Music, Natural History and Drawing, Handicrafts, French and Latin. They do not go to school as early as we do, but they stay there longer. The first lesson usually starts at 9 o’clock. There are 3 lessons with short breaks of 10 minutes between them and then an hour break for lunch. After lunch they have two more lessons which are over by half past three. If you have a look at an English pupil’s school record, you will see that the marks in it differ from the marks we have. Our schoolchildren get marks from 1 to 5 (12). At English school there are marks from 1 up to 10 and at some schools from 1 up to 100.

At the age of 16 schoolchildren take their exams. Only 45 per cent continue with fulltime education after 16. The rest go to work or join employment training schemes. Junior school ends at the age of 11 when pupils take the Eleven Plus examination and then secondary school begins.

In Great Britain school begins on the first of September, if the first of September is not Monday. English children have classes five days a week, on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. They do not have classes on Saturday and on Sunday. They have holidays three times a year. They have winter holidays for seventeen days, spring holidays — for fifteen days and summer holidays for thirty-four or thirty-five days. In summer their lessons are over in the middle of July.

When children leave school at the age of 16 they get a report. There are private schools in Great Britain. Parents pay for the education of their children there. Some schools in Great Britain are only for boys, and some are only for girls.

Say if the sentences are true or false. In Great Britain children begin to go to school at the age of five. At infant schools pupils learn to draw, make figures and read. English schoolchildren go to junior schools at the nine years old. Junior school ends at the age of 11 when pupils take the Eleven Plus examination. In Great Britain school begins on the first of April. They have holidays three times a year: in autumn, winter and summer.

Answer the questions: 1. At what age do English children begin to go to school?  2. How many times a year do English children have holidays?3. What marks do they have in their school reports?4. Are there any schools only for boys or only for girls in Great Britain?

Write a letter to your pen-friend from England about schools in Ukraine.