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6.4 School systems

6.4 School systems
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1 School subjects

Put the letters in the correct order and you'll get the names of the school subjects. What is your favourite school subject? What do you like about it?

2 Speak and check

Look at the pictures and say the school subjects. Then listen and check.

MUSIC, ART, ENGLISH, CROATIAN, GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, MATHS, SCIENCE , INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, GERMAN, ITALIAN, FRENCH, RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

3 Extracurricular activities

Listen and click on the words that you hear. What kind of extracurricular activities have you got in your school? Would you like to have any other extracurricular activities? Which? What can you do about it?

We learn about different things in school. This is why we have different subjects like Science, Art, Music, Maths, foreign languages, PE or IT. But there are also some activities that we can choose. We don't have tests and we don't get grades in these activities, but we have to be responsible because they are our choice. They are called extracurricular activities. I like singing so I'm in the school choir. My friend Ben plays the drums in the school band called Underground, so we sometimes perform together. Janet is mad about chemistry and doing experiments, so she attends the Young Scientists Club, and her brother George is the best dancer in our Dancing Club. We also have a school magazine where you can write articles about our school life. Our School Photographers Club is very important for our magazine because it's more interesting to read all the articles with photos.

We take part in different extracurricular activities, but we work together as a team.

4 Memory

Play the game and revise the vocabulary.

5 Talk about extracurricular activities

What do students do in extracurricular activities?

  • Painters
    Painters
  • Drama club
    Drama club
  • School band
    School band
  • School choir
    School choir
  • School photographers
    School photographers
  • Young scientists
    Young scientists

CHECKLIST

6 Education in Croatia

Read the text about education in Croatia and fill it in with the missing words. There's one word that you don't need.

sixteen, four, two, three or four, one

7 Education in the USA and UK

Read the texts about school systems in the USA and UK and do the tasks.

EDUCATION IN THE USA

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - Elementary school starts with kindergarten at the age of 5-6 and lasts for 6 years until the students are in the 5th grade at the age of 10-11.
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL - After elementary school students attend junior high or middle school for three years. They finish it when they’re 14.
HIGH SCHOOL - At the age of 14 children start high school or senior high school which lasts for four years.
SCHOOL UNIFORMS - Students don't wear uniforms.
TRANSPORT - All students in public schools can take school buses to go to school.
Education in the U.S. is obligatory until you’re 16 but children usually go to school until they’re 18 years old. Then they can go to college or university.
EDUCATION IN THE UK

PRIMARY SCHOOL Children in the UK (except in Scotland) start Year 1 at the age of 5-6. Primary school lasts for six years and pupils finish it at the age of 10-11.
SECONDARY SCHOOL - After primary school follows secondary school and pupils attend it for five years until they are 15-16 years old.
COLLEGE - Year 12 and Year 13 are called college or the sixth form and pupils finish it at the age of 17-18.
SCHOOL UNIFORMS - Students wear school uniforms. Each school has its own colour.
TRANSPORT - Pupils rely on public transportation.

You can find more information about schools in the USA and UK on this link.

First year at school in the UK is called .

Junior high school or middle school lasts for years.

In the USA students don't wear school .

In the UK pupils don't have school .

8 Vocabulary

Read and match the words and pictures.

9 Compare and talk

Compare school systems in the USA and UK and in Croatia. You can make notes that can help you. Talk.

EDUCATION IN THE USA

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - Elementary school starts with kindergarten at the age of 5-6 and lasts for 6 years until the students are in the 5th grade at the age of 10-11.
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL - After elementary school students attend junior high or middle school for three years. They finish it when they’re 14.
HIGH SCHOOL - At the age of 14 children start high school or senior high school which lasts for four years.
SCHOOL UNIFORMS - Students don't wear uniforms.
TRANSPORT - All students in public schools can take school buses to go to school.
Education in the U.S. is obligatory until you’re 16 but children usually go to school until they’re 18 years old. Then they can go to college or university.
EDUCATION IN THE UK

PRIMARY SCHOOL - Children in the UK (except in Scotland) start Year 1 at the age of 5-6. Primary school lasts for six years and pupils finish it at the age of 10-11.
SECONDARY SCHOOL - After primary school follows secondary school and pupils attend it for five years until they are 15-16 years old.
COLLEGE - Year 12 and Year 13 are called college or the sixth form and pupils finish it at the age of 17-18.
SCHOOL UNIFORMS - Students wear school uniforms. Each school has its own colour.
TRANSPORT - Pupils rely on public transportation
EDUCATION IN CROATIA

PRIMARY/ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - Children start school at the age of 6-7. It is divided into two stages. The first four years where students have lessons in one classroom mostly with one teacher and the second four years when students have lessons in different classrooms with different teachers.
SECONDARY SCHOOL - After primary or elementary education students go to secondary school. It lasts for three or four years and students finish it at the age of 17-18. Education in Croatia is obligatory until the age of sixteen.

10 School uniforms

What is your opinion about school uniforms? Write three pros and three cons. Share your ideas with your classmates.

Pros:
Cons:
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