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By sir John Cass Secondary School

School system in UK

Early School Life - PrimaryIn the UK, children start nursery which is a mini

version of school at the age of 3.Then it is a school year called reception at 4

years old.Then you start school at what people say year 1

to year 6.This is from ages 5 until age 11.From nursery to the end of primary school it is 8

years, so there are 8 classes in primary school.In primary school your class is around 30

students and are categorized in your years, for example: year 4.

Secondary School In secondary school, there is a large change as there are

many classes in a year. For example, in Sir John Cass, there are 7 classes in a

single year group. In a year of secondary school there are so many people

students than the 30 in primary school, in Sir John Cass there are 210 students in a year (year 7,8,9,10,11). In total it is about 1000 students.

At secondary school there are more lessons than at primary and each lesson is taught in more detail.

The next stage of education from secondary school is college.

School system in UK (further education)

Sixth Form Students attend Sixth Form from the age of 16 to the

age of 18. There they will study and perform their A level exams. Sixth Form is not compulsory though A levels are

needed to get into most universities. In most Sixth forms school uniform is not required. Sixth Form is free.

UniversityTo go to university students must pay between

£4000 and £9000.Anyone can go to university at any age though the

average age of someone attending is 18 to 21.To get in students need at least two A levels and

some universities require students to perform an admissions test before deciding whether to let them attend.

The school timetable 1. Our school timetable consists of 5 lessons. School normally starts in the

morning at 8:40 a.m. Each student has their own individual timetable. 2. Over school has a week 1 and a week 2 in which we have different but

similar lessons. 3. We normally have a registration which last unite 8:55 a.m. and this is when

lesson 1 starts. Each period lasts for 1 hour. After lesson 2 we have a short break for 20 minutes.

4. At 11.15 a.m. we have lesson 3 which is then followed by lesson 4. After lesson 4 we have lunch which lasts for 30 minutes.

5. At 13:45 – 13:50 p.m. we have registration which is then followed by lesson 5.

6. We finish school at 14:50 p.m.

My TimetableWeek 1 Period 1 Period 2 Break Period 3 Period 4 Lunch Period 5

Monday Science English Break Games  Spanish Lunch History

Tuesday Spanish  Physics Break Science English Lunch History

Wednesday History RE Break Maths English Lunch IT

Thursday Physics Science Break IT IT Lunch Maths

Friday English Maths Break History Spanish Lunch Science

Week 1 Period 1 Period 2 Break Period 3 Period 4 Lunch Period 5

Monday Science Maths Break RE Physics Lunch IT

Tuesday IT Science Break Science English Lunch Physics

Wednesday Spanish   Physics Break Maths English Lunch RE

Thursday Games Science Break History Maths Lunch English

Friday English Maths Break Spanish Science Lunch Games

Uniform in the SchoolBoys Girls

White shirt White shirt blouse

Tie Tie

Black trousers Black skirt or trousers

School logo sweatshirts School logo sweatshirts

Black shoes; not trainers Black low heeled shoes; not trainers

School Uniform

Uniforms are worn to identify what school a pupil may attend. It also establishes a formal and adequate impression of the school. This is a very common item within schools in the UK. It allows students to feel like they are a part of something.

After school clubs• We have many after school clubs at Sir John Cass.• Some examples of after school clubs are sports clubs, art

clubs, chess clubs and many more.• There are also twilight language classes which include

languages like Chinese, Arabic, Hindi and more.