Unterrichtsmaterialien in digitaler und in gedruckter Form. Auszug aus: The British School System. Das komplette Material finden Sie hier:

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1 Unterrichtsmaterialien in digitaler und in gedruckter Form Auszug aus: The British School System Das komplette Material finden Sie hier: School-Scout.de

2 2.3 Education in Northern Ireland Education in Northern Ireland differs slightly from the English and the Welsh systems. The entry is determined at a child's age on 1 July. After finishing with the GCSE, children can take another 2 years for A-levels. After that they can start a Bachelor course that generally takes 3 years, depending on the studies. 2.4 Education in Scotland The Scottish system differs in many ways from others in the UK. While the curriculum in England, Wales and Northern Ireland emphasizes on a limited range of subjects, Scotland s curriculum includes a wider range. Similar to its neighbours, local authorities own and operate state schools. They act as Education Authorities. Additionally, the system is also divided into primary school and secondary school, which is often referred to as high school. Apart from the wider range of subjects, it also differs in the child s point of entry. Scottish Children already start primary school at the age of 4½ and 5½ depending on when the child's birthday falls. At primary school level, pupils remain there for seven years. By the age of eleven or twelve, they begin secondary school for a compulsory four years with the following two years being optional. In Scotland, pupils finish the compulsory school years with a so-called Standard Grade or with Intermediate exams at the age of fifteen/sixteen for normally eight subjects including compulsory exams in the main subjects such as English, Mathematics, a Science subject (they choose between Physics, Biology or Chemistry) and a Social Subject (such as Geography, History or Modern Studies). The school leaving age is generally at sixteen (after completion of the Standard Grades), after which students may choose to remain at school and study for a Higher Grade and Advanced Higher exams. In Scotland, it is even possible to follow the English system to and study towards GCSE instead of Standard Grades, and towards A and AS-Levels instead of Higher Grade and Advanced Higher exams. This is usually offered at Independent Schools. In some Independent schools the International Baccalaureate has also been introduced. 3. Material Im Folgenden wird eine Materialsammlung zur Verfügung gestellt, die Ideen vermit

3 gestaltet werden kann. Dieses muss ggf. an die entsprechende Altersstufe, in der das Material eingesetzt werden soll, angepasst werden. 3.1 Differences between the German and the British (English) school system Eine interessante Möglichkeit, die SuS an das britische (englische) Schulsystem heranzuführen ist, dass sie Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten zwischen den beiden Schulsystemen herausarbeiten. Dies könnte durch einen fiktiven - Austausch stattfinden. (Die folgenden Materialien sind ausgerichtet für die Jahrgangsstufe 7-8.) Situation A: Your class has received a message from a class from an English school. Ablauf: 1. Die SuS erhalten eine und beantworten diese. 2. Die SuS schreiben weitere s und beantworten diese eigenständig in Form einer arbeitsteiligen Gruppenarbeit. 1. From: Notting Hill & Ealing School To:... Gymnasium/ Realschule...Deutschland Dear pupils and teachers in Germany, We are a German class from Notting Hill & Ealing School in England. Our German lessons are very interesting and we would like to have an exchange with you. Are you interested? At the moment our topic is the German school system and we have a lot of questions. We wonder why you've got so many different schools: Hauptschule, Realschule, Gesamtschule, and funniest of all

4 the "Gymnasium" which means a hall for gymnastics in Britain, in short "gym". We have also read that you don t wear uniforms at school. That s very weird. We have to wear uniforms. What clothes do you wear at school? We hope that you answer soon. Yours, year 7a Situation B: Your class has received a letter from your exchange class from an English school with lots of information about their school life. Ablauf: 1. Die SuS lessen den Text und sortieren die Informationen nach bestimmten Kategorien. 2. Die SuS vergleichen die Informationen mit ihrem Schulleben. German Schools English Schools Age of school start 6 5 Age of leaving school School qualifications School routine School activities Clothes at school Tests 16 or 18 GCSE A-levels - Lesson starts at 9 and ends at 4 o clock - an assembly every Monday - clubs uniforms - No Klassenarbei-

5 School equipment Activities school after ten - exams at the end of the year - school report - library - no free time Homework - a lot of homework From: Notting Hill & Ealing School Hi class 7 Here in GB we start school when we are 5 years old. After preschool we go to our first school called primary school where we learn to read and write. In primary school, we only have one teacher. When we are eleven years old, we go to a second school called secondary school. We can leave secondary school when we are 16 years old, then we have to take the GCSE-exams for the General Certificate of Secondary Education. We can start to work then. We can also stay longer at school, if we want to do our A- are 18 years old. But we can choose our favourite subjects for that. Can you do this, too?

6 Unterrichtsmaterialien in digitaler und in gedruckter Form Auszug aus: The British School System Das komplette Material finden Sie hier: School-Scout.de