British schools
Учитель английского языка
МБОУ «СОШ №33»г. Владивостока
Силкина Дарья Михайловна
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.
School uniform
Schools in England and America use 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.
- In Britain at the end of each term school sends 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.
All the pupils have there own lockers ( запирающийся 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.
- 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.
- At the age of twelve Russian students go to the sixth form.
- The five minutes between lessons is not a break. Pupils 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.
- At English schools children call the male teachers Mr and the female teachers Miss/Mrs with the surname .
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