British school

The school year in Britain starts

in September.
The lessons last 40-45 minutes.
British pupils wear a school uniform. The favourite colors are blue, grey, black and green.
The first foreign language they learn at school is French. Sometimes they also learn a second foreign language: German, Spanish, Russian.
British students have Christmas holidays, Easter holidays and Summer holidays. Schools also have special half-term holidays in the middle of each term. These holidays last 2-3 days before or after a weekend.

their own marks: letters or percentage
A – 90-100 -excellent

,
B – 80-89 – good,
C – 70-79 – satisfactory,
D – 60-69 bad,
E – 0-59 poor.

Marks

a report to parents. It has the pupil’s marks in

all the subjects and the teacher’s comments on the pupil’s progress.
In Russia:
during the term the pupils keep a homework diary. At the end of each term the form teacher puts all the final marks there. And the parents should sign it.

шкафчик). In most British schools each pupils has two lockers:

a gym locker and a hall locker. The lockers are important and guarantee the safety of the pupils’ belongings.

the sixth form.
In most English schools forms start only at

the secondary school, at the age of eleven.
So at the age of twelve British students go to the second form.

is her timetable for Wednesday.
The school day starts with assembly.

All schools orgonise a short daily meeting for the whole schools to give important information and give some form or religious worship (богослужение)

must use this time to move quickly to the next

lesson.
During the lunch hour pupils have time to do many things besides eating. They can also read in the library, participate in clubs or sport, and go home.
Some children go to Sunday school – classes giving religious instruction to children, organised by churches on Sundays.






































































































ed by churches on Sundays.

Manchester School, Mary Hampden School, Abbey Road









































































































































What about your country?

the female teachers Miss/Mrs with the surname.
What about your country?

true or false.

School day starts with assembly.
British pupils go to

school on Saturday.
There are schools only for boys and only for girls in Britain.
Children of your age can go to a grammar school in England.
A school year in Britain has four terms.
The marking system in Britain is similar to that in Russia.
Science includes chemistry, physics, biology and mathematics.