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British system of education. The School System. Primary School Age 6-11 Age 11 exam Secondary School Age 11-16 GSCE Six Form Age 16-18 Age 18 exam. Types of schools. PRIMARY SCHOOL Infant school age 5-7 Junior school age 8-11 STREAMING A, B, C, D streams. Types of schools.
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The School System • Primary SchoolAge 6-11Age 11 exam • Secondary SchoolAge 11-16 GSCE • Six FormAge 16-18Age 18 exam
Types of schools PRIMARY SCHOOL • Infant school age 5-7 • Junior school age 8-11 STREAMING A, B, C, D streams
Types of schools Secondary schools • Comprehensive • Grammar • Secondary Modern • Secondary Technical
What Sixteen-Year-Olds Do : • 27 % Youth-Training schemes • 25% State Schools • 14% Further education • 12% Unemployed • 10% Full-time employment • 6% Independent schools • 5% Part-time education in employment ( further-education courses )
Higher Education • Oxbridge • Redbrick universities (Birmingham, Liverpool, London etc.) • Plate-glass universities (1960s)-Kent, Lancaster, York etc. • Scotland ancientuniversities ( Glasgow, Edinburgh, St. Andrew’s, Aberdeen ( 15th and 16th centuries)
Discussion • 1. What do you think of the great variety of schools in Britain? • 2. How will you compare it with schools in Russia? • 3. What will you say about the system of examinations ( tests ) in Britain and Russia? • 4. What would you ideal school be like? • 5. Discuss the nicknames of categories of universities in Britain. What do they reflect? • 6. Do any of Russian universities have nicknames?
Express yourself!Make a project “A dream school” Ideas: • School year • School bus • Subjects • Lessons • Marks • Teachers