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Hello ! My name is Sam and I’m an English pupil ! Education is compulsary from 5 to 16
I am in year 8, at the end of Key stage 3.
I leave home and catch a bus to school. Most of my friends walk to school.
I wear a school uniform : Grey or black trousers, a white shirt, a tie and a sweater with the school logo. The colour is the choice of the school. Mine is blue.
I have a locker where I can store some of my stuff.
We line up in our class line and wait quietly for the teacher to send us to our classroom.
Each period lasts an hour. We have different teachers for each lesson.Our morning lessons are usually Literacy ( English ) and numeracy ( mathematics )
Our subjects are : Maths, English, Science, Drama, Music, Art, ICT (Information and Communication Technology), PE (Physical Education), French or Spanish, Humanities : History, Geography, Religion.
Here is my school day from Monday to Friday
8.30 : Registration
The teacher reads out each child’s name in turn.
On hearing my name, I reply 'yes Mrs. (teacher's name)'
The teacher notes down in the book whether the child is in school or not.
8.40 : Assembly : We listen to music, sing a song and pray . We gather together to listen to announcements to see what is happening at school.
9.00 : First period
10.00 - 10.15 : Break time :I eat a snack and I play and chat with my friends in the playground.
10.15 : Second period
11.15 : Third period
12.15 : Lunch : I bring my lunch box but occasionally I have a school dinner in the school canteen.
1.10 : Fourth period
2.10 : Fifth period
3.10 : End of school
After school we can: go home. Stay after school for clubs such as computers, football, judo, drama, choir, dance, newspaper reporters ... Be helped with our homework by the teachers. Learn a musical instrument.
The school year is 39 weeks long and is divided into 6 terms.
Our school holidays ( 13 weeks ) are : End of October :1 week . Christmas : 2 weeks. Mid-February : 1 week. Spring : 2 weeks. End of May : 1 week. Summer : 6 weeks
