Welcome to my ERASMUS + workshop on British Education.
By Inmaculada Guadix
Education in U.K. In the U.K there are two types of Schools:
State-founded Schools (Spanish public schools)
Public Schools or Independent Schools or Private Schools (Spanish private schools and fee-charging schools)
State education - Britain was one of the ďŹ rst countries to have free compulsory education. - After age of 5 it is compulsory. But they usually enrol at 4, because it is free. - Usually they are half a day or only some days. - The main reason is to avoid paying child care, since it is free until the age of 4.
There are different Schools because there are different ways to manage them.
Community Schools. (Local authority) Foundation Schools. (Own CURRICULUM & own pedagogy) Academies. (government and no locals) Grammar Schools. (City Hall, they choose their students) Special Schools. (Special needs) Faith Schools. (Religious) Free schools. ( Funded by the Government, but they choose their salary. Autonomy). Public or independent Schools. (Not funded by the state, they charge the students a fee)
All of them can be divided into 2 different teaching Styles
Grammar : students have to take an exam to be admitted. There are only 164 in England and 69 in Northern Ireland. But now, with the new political changes they might become trendy.
Comprehensive: at present 90% of students are enrolled in this kind of school.
CHOOSING A SCHOOL In England different schools have different curriculum. In Wales there are 160 schools. In Cardiff there are 20 Schools. 2 Protestant Schools 2 Catholic Schools 3 WELSH (bilingual) 13 State
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What if you are Muslim or Jewish??
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These are the best infographics to understand the Bristish School System. Age 4 to 11 is primary school, it can be divided into Infant school (age 4 to 7) and junior school (age 7 to 11). Between the ages of 11 to 16, students attend secondary school and 16 to 18 either stay at the same school and go to sixth form or move to a school speciďŹ cally for education between 16 and 18 years, this is called sixth form college. Some schools are divided dierently. They have First school age 4 to 9, Middle school age 9 to 13 and Upper school age 13 to 18.
THE SCHOOL YEARS IN ENGLAND AND WALES In general, the cut-off point for ages is the end of August, so all children must be of a particular age on the 1st of September in order to begin class that month.
KEY STAGE 3. (primer ciclo de Eso)
Year 8 is our 1st ESO Year 9 is our 2nd ESO
KEY STAGE 4 ( segundo ciclo de eso)
Year 10 is our 3rd ESO Year 11 is our 4th ESO
KEY STAGE 5 - SIXTH FORM (Bachillerato) Or College
Year 12 (lower sixth) is our 1st BACH Year 13 (upper sixth)is our 2nd BACH
First School / Primary School (4-11) Grammar / Secondary School / Middle+High School (11-16) Sixth Form / College (16-18) Foundation degree, A-levels, BTEC…. or University (18-21) Postgraduate: Master/PhD (+21)
The National examinations are taken in the years in Bold. That is at the End of each KEY STAGE.
Year 6 KEY STAGE2 (end of Primary Education)
Year 11 KEY STAGE4 (end of Secondary Education)
Year 13 SIXTH FORM (end of College)
STA's
GCSE
A levels
They take STA's in year 6 (Spanish 5th Primary) so that students can lead their Year 7 to a future Academic or vocational College.
While education is mandatory until 18, schooling is only compulsory till 16, thus post-16 education can take a number of forms, so after getting their
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The School Year has Three terms.
Total schooling 39 weeks for teachers (195 days) Pupils 38 weeks or 190 days Teachers have to take 5 days for teacher training. They are called INSET DAYS, in service training. Teachers can also apply for courses during those days. It is the head teacher who may allow it.
Spanish First Term is called AUTUMN TERM ( first Monday in September , till near Christmas) 16 weeks, but in the middle we have HALF TERM, last week in October. At Christmas there is a 2 weeks holidays and we go back to school.
Second Term is SPRING TERM or EASTER TERM. It starts the first Monday of January. Easter holiday can vary. That term varies in length. There is one week holiday. Third week in February.
Third Term is SUMMER TERM lasts till the third week July. There's one week holiday, in May. 6 weeks holiday for summer.
How is the daily timetable organised? Each school organises its timetable differently. Lessons might last 35, 40, 45, 55 or 60 minutes! For each subject, a student will attend classes for about 5 hours a week, and is also expected to undertake at least 6 hours private study. Students will usually also attend classes in General Studies, or Philosophy, or other similar subjects. There will also be time given to Physical Education or Sport, whether or not these are taken as subjects for studying.
What activities are organised outside lessons? Along with sport, schools offer a substantial programme of "extra-curricular activities"; that is, activities which are able to offer students a wide range of experiences, intellectual, cultural and relaxing. Music, drama, science and literary societies are offered in all schools, and there will be opportunities for outdoor education and other leisure activities. Visits to theatres and concerts, to places relevant to the courses of study (such as art galleries and museums, religious centres or historical sites, scientific companies and projects) are all part of life in a school Sixth Form.
How to become a teacher in the U.K PGCE/ TEACHERS QUALIFICATION. It doesn’t have to be the same uni you attended, the thing is you train on the job. There is no tutor, no tuition fee, you have to choose if you are going to be a primary or secondary teacher. Before Christmas you go to a school, the other 2 terms, to another, and at the end you are supposed to teach 30% of a teacher's timetable. There are no exams, it is continuous assessment. Then, you search for a school. But it is the school that appoints the teachers. They announce it in the press and they decide it. Then you become a NQT, A NEWLY QUALIFIED TEACHER MIN OF 22 AGE AND YOU GET PAID, 10% FREE TIME TO CONTINUING PREPARING. IF YOU PASS, THEN YOU CAN BE A SCHOOL MEMBER, TILL YOU WISH, OR YOU GET SACKED. BEING A HEAD OF DEPARTMENT IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY AND A PERMANENT JOB.
Teachers mark following this rubric
A B C 50% D E (FAIL) 30%
Job Shadowing at Barry Comprehensive School, (Secondary), WALES An all-boys school. http://barrycomp.com
An indoor School Hall
This is a typical Exam Room in U.K.
Rows are labeled vertically in Letters and horizontically in numbers. OďŹƒcial Exams are taken in here, but an external oďŹƒcial person brings the sealed envelopes. There are external exams vigilants .And they are checked by external teachers.
It is very significant that this is the very first photo I've shot in a British School, and it is the very first place we were shown. This examination a timetable is very important form them. Students are reminded about the exams Dates.
British Schools make their results public. Schools compete. That explains why students have to pass so many oďŹƒcial exams, and why teachers train students in their lessons most of the time.
After a meeting with the Head Master, two students welcomed us with a proper informative presentation of their school they have done themselves. They were very proud of it.
Each School has its own Identity. Something dierent from the others Schools: their methodology CURRICULUM, their School Motto, their School Uniform.
School Motto: " opportunity to succeed"
Every single wall teaches at Barry. Here are THEIR CLASSROOM RULES
Welcome the English Department. Correct. Rooms at both sides of this corridor, all of them devoted to English Language and Literature, Teacher's sta room and each teacher's classroom.
Every Poster in this corridor Teaches English LANGUAGE
Teachers own their classroom.
Bilingual Signs ( WELSH / English)
Guess, In which Department may I be now?
Excuse me, I'm lost? Could you tell me where I am, please?
Students who need some extra help to follow the curriculum go to this classroom.
This was an interesting Classroom. It is a mixture between Mediation, emotional intelligence and Orientation? They have a platform to keep it conďŹ dential. It is called ELSA. ELSA stands for emotion literacy learning support assistance.
Students can belong to dierent team groups or departments. This is Barry Student Parliament.
At the Canteen They use a Fob.
DO you want the know what a fob is and what is it for?
Students do not use real money at school and in this way they keep their privacy and prevent dierences among students.
In the English Classroom
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All activities are timed. Students raise their hands in silent to volunteer to answer a question.
TRAINING students to skim a text.
Hands up Question to check STUDENTS' understanding of a concept.
STUDENTS are sat in team work of 6. The teacher gives them a handout to work in class. They do not bring a book to class. The book is at home to study. They give them no homework. They work in class.
This booklet contains the rubrics which guide them to know what to improve and in which level they are.
Writing rubric for the English Language. Their Mother Tongue.
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DRAMA CLASSROOM
Drama is a well approved subject. Students love Drama.
THEY are very proud of their achievement. They have excellent results and have been awarded.
The requirement for entry to Sixth Form courses is ďŹ ve grade C GCSE passes or equivalent. The Barry 6th Form welcomes students from around the globe. International students for 2009 joined us from the Czech Republic, Columbia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Malaysia, Norway, Taiwan, Thailand and Venezuela.
I may say that the students' behavior was impeccable, not only in class but also in the corridos. They were very polite and the school was neat, tidy and clean everywhere.
At the end of Year 11 you make a voluntary decision to return to school to further your education. The Barry Sixth Form, in considering your academic needs, makes a decision to accept you or not. Being accepted is a two way process and you will be required to approach this new stage in your career with a sense of responsibility and commitment. All Year 12 students will be asked to accept our basic rules. You will have more freedom in the Sixth Form to devise your own study programme.
Willows High School.
Mrs. Kelly Bubbins. Member of English Department and our teacher Guide at Willows. http://www.willowshigh.co.uk
Very proud of their results in Exams and their School Motto: Belong, believe, achieve. This secondary school is located in a more deprived urban area.
The English Department On the walls
Extra-Curricular activities
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An English Lesson taught by a TRAINING teacher.(14 and 15 year-olds Students)
The students are given an activity, a cut Down poem.
They work in groups. The teacher helps and supervises.
The teacher has created a lot of interesting and appealing material. She has created a game to revise the vocabulary : Caesura is done to create suspense I near chocke with grief, Metaphor : tore me appart
However some students participate and another misbehaving and she was dierent place, and ďŹ nally stay outside the door. She was given a Report misbehaving students.
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Welcome to the French Lesson 30 students 12 year-olds but they behave properly and they follow the teacher' s instructions.
The teacher talks and teaches in EnglishÂ
In this classroom they make the most of walls and it includes ceilings to teach.
THEY play Kahoot to revise vocab. It is played with their mobile phones.
The activity is ďŹ lled in English and in WELSH, not in French
ICT lesson. (13 year-olds). Activity Window on my world. Describe The layout. 1st feed back and then your own In ICT they teach communicat ion and creativity to young students. • Punctuation • Organizatio n • Skills Different schemes for different writings
Students Resources
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They have painted a corner green to record! What a good idea!
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Tailored curriculum for individual students. At this school there is a place called the Bridge
In the bridge students try to catch up in their studies
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The Science Department
Biology Classroom
Teaching Corridor
LABS
Due to increase of obesity Healthy Cooking Habits have to be included within the Curriculum by law. Not necessarily subjects, or assessed content though.
Which is the left side for them,  of course!!!! Students have to be reminded to walk on the right side.
A Catholic Comprehensive School. It is a WELSH School. ( Bilingual) http://www.maryimmaculate.org.uk
Motto: "The world is wide enough for everyone".
They have a Chapel.
They are enrolled in Charity programmes.
They have developed an App aimed at Parents and Students to help improving learning. http://www.maryimmaculate.org.uk/ mihs-app/
They use another App to gather homework deadlines and resources for Parents and Students. It is called Show my homework.
http://www.maryimmaculate.org.uk/smhw/
At the Reception they show
Their School Uniform
& their Exam Results Board.
The Bridge.
A helping area to help student s catch up Or reflect.
At the English LESSON with the Head of Department, Vicky Carey, English Room 112.
She is preparing them for their KEY Stage Exams. Some s t u d e n t s g e t ex t ra h e l p during the lesson of their mother tongue language. Here we can see the assistant teacher or helper.
At the ICT LESSON With Adam Speight. ICT Room 203
Objectives on the board : pseudocode for a complex pizza website. They just need to achieve the objective, a www, but they are free to choose power Point or word, it is up to them. The task is to show real examples to apply it.
Now they are given a few minutes to hand write examples on an individual plastic board, not typing. The teacher devotes each day time to a Different group of students. Skill diversity, dynamic lesson.
Notice that their computer has the screen off.
Students help each other. Then the teacher numbers the students and they group only with numbers one. Team Work
Later they have to do a dierent activity, they have to talk and agree and write it on a card in group in a SPEAKING activity and standing up.
This teacher has been awarded by his book, a book where the students have to ďŹ ll in the learnt concepts step by step, individually, but at the same time imposes collaboration, since before giving their own feedback, a partner's feedback is required to go on.
ENGLISH LESSON.
Jon NOWACZYK English Room 115
The students are given time to do a written task. They have to do it on their individual small white boards. It is on Body language.
Then Students are given some paper to do a quiz. The whole idea is EFFECTIVE DELIVERY. They willl deal with this content in the next lesson. They are only given some minutes, not enough to do all of them. They must finish them at home.
Then they'll do a Kahoot. The teacher provides them and us, the visitor teachers an iPad each.
Th e the less cla on ssr fi oo nish m e wit s ou ha ts i d tw ee e t. They watch the video: Speak out challenge competition in London, and they analyze the body language of the Speaker : his voice, confidence, tone, formal or informal speech.
Variety of activities, resources and tools in the lesson to enhance Skills.
At this school teachers were rather attentive to us and they were willing to share all their knowledge and materials with us. After job shadowing we attended to Emma Kemp's presentation on iPads apps to enhance student engagement. This as many other ICT apps, web pages and more, I'll be glad to share in another workshop.
Students from this school will be making the news for real on 16 March 2017 as they take part in BBC News School Report. They aim to publish the news by 1600 GMT on News Day. http://www.maryimmaculate.org.uk/ bbc-school-report/
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks!
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British Schools Workshop Worksheet FIRST ESO
Quiz
1. Write in 2 min as many school places you have seen in this presentation. INDEPENDENT 2. What 3 things provide a school's identity in the U.K.? INDEPENDENT 3. Which school did you like the most? Why? 4. SPEAKING: (groups of 4) (Timing 4") Take note of as many differences between the UK schools and the Spanish Schools you can in 4". 5. Would you like to work on a presentation to teach visitors about your school? INDEPENDENT Evaluation 1. HAVE you enjoyed this Workshop? 1 2 3 4 5 INDEPENDENT 2. Did you learn from it? 1 2 3 4 5 INDEPENDENT 3. Do you think the tools and materials were innovative? 1 2 3 4 5 INDEPENDENT Additional ICT Activities: Surf these school web page to find * in the School Calendar: When is their Trip to Disney dated? http://www.maryimmaculate.org.uk * the French CURRICULUM for KEY Stage 7 ( 4 LESSON per fortnight) http://www.willowshigh.co.uk
British Schools Workshop Worksheet SECOND ESO
Quiz
1. How many schools have you been shown? Do you remember their names?INDEPENDENT 2. What 3 things provide a school's identity in the U.K.? INDEPENDENT 3. How many words are there in English to mean Secondary School? Name them. PAIR 4. SPEAKING: (groups of 4) (Timing 4") Take note of as many differences between the UK schools and the Spanish Schools you can in 4". 5. Would you like to work on a presentation to teach visitors about your school? INDEPENDENT Evaluation 1. Have you enjoyed this Workshop? 1 2 3 4 5 INDEPENDENT 2. Did you learn from it? 1 2 3 4 5 INDEPENDENT 3. Do you think the tools and materials were innovative? 1 2 3 4 5 INDEPENDENT Additional ICT Activities. Surf these school web pages to answer: * Compare your French syllabus to French CURRICULUM for KEY Stage 8 (4 LESSON per fortnight) http://www.willowshigh.co.uk * Which are the 10 Features of an "Exellent" Student. http://www.maryimmaculate.org.uk
British Schools Workshop Worksheet THIRD ESO
Quiz
1. What 3 things provide a school's identity in the U.K.? INDEPENDENT 2. How many words are there in English to mean Secondary School? Name them. PAIR 3. Write with your partner a definition of " Fob ". Then compare it with your Team of 4 group. 4. SPEAKING: (groups of 4) (Timing 4") Take note of as many differences between the UK schools and the Spanish Schools you can in 4". 5. Would you like to work on a presentation to teach visitors about your school? INDEPENDENT Evaluation 1. Have you enjoyed this Workshop? 1 2 3 4 5 INDEPENDENT 2. Did you learn from it? 1 2 3 4 5 INDEPENDENT 3. Do you think the tools and materials were innovative? 1 2 3 4 5 INDEPENDENT Additional ICT Activities. Surf these school web pages to answer: * Compare your French syllabus to French CURRICULUM for KEY Stage 8 (4 LESSON per fortnight) http://www.willowshigh.co.uk *Which are the 10 Features of an "Exellent" Student. http://www.maryimmaculate.org.uk
British Schools Workshop Worksheet FOURTH ESO
Quiz
1. How many words are there in English to mean Secondary School? Name them. PAIR 2. Write with your partner a definition of " Fob". Then compare ir with your Team of 4 group. 3. What is "MindHub" and what is it for? Do you think it is a good idea? 4. SPEAKING: (groups of 4) (Timing 4") Take note of as many differences between the UK schools and the Spanish Schools you can in 4". 5. Would you like to work on a presentation to teach visitors about your school? INDEPENDENT Evaluation 1. Have you enjoyed this Workshop? 1 2 3 4 5 INDEPENDENT 2. Did you learn from it? 1 2 3 4 5 INDEPENDENT 3. Do you think the tools and materials were innovative? 1 2 3 4 5 INDEPENDENT Additional ICT Activities. Surf these school web pages to answer: * Their description for the 12 concepts at http://www.mindhub.wales * Which subjects are part oh the core curriculum for their GCSE level? Which one is part but is not examined?http://www.maryimmaculate.org.uk
British Schools Workshop Worksheet BACHILLERATO
Quiz
1. Write with your definition of " Fab". Then compare ir with your partner. 2. What is "MindHub" and what is it for? Do you think it is a good idea? PAIR 3. SPEAKING: (groups of 4) (Timing 2"") Take note of as many differences between the UK schools and the Spanish Schools you can in 2". 4. Translate into English: instituto de secundaria// parte// aula de expulsión// aula de apoyo // competencia digital. 5. Would you like to work on a presentation to teach visitors about your school? INDEPENDENT Evaluation 1. Have you enjoyed this Workshop? 1 2 3 4 5 INDEPENDENT 2. Did you learn from it? 1 2 3 4 5 INDEPENDENT 3. Do you think the tools and materials were innovative? 1 2 3 4 5 INDEPENDENT Additional ICT Activities.Surf these school web pages to answer: *What is SMHW?http://www.maryimmaculate.org.uk * What is 6th Form and what does entails to the school and the student. http://barrycomp.com/?page_id=604
British Schools Workshop Worksheet Teachers
Quiz 1. SPEAKING: (groups of 4) (Timing 2"") Take note of as many differences between the UK schools and the Spanish Schools you can in 2". 2. Translate into English: instituto de secundaria// parte// aula de expulsión// aula de apoyo // competencia digital. PAIR. 3. Is there any idea you would like to borrow? Which one? INDEPENDENT Evaluation 1. Have you enjoyed this Workshop? 1 2 3 4 5 2. Did you learn from it? 1 2 3 4 5 3. Do you think the tools and materials were innovative? 1 2 3 4 5 4. This presentation has been made with Book Creator. Do you find it useful for your teaching practice? 1 2 3 4 5 5. Would you like to work on a presentation to teach visitors about your school? 1 2 3 4 5
U.k
British vs Spanish Education System
1. State Schools with School Uniforms. 2. Addressing teachers as Sir or Miss. 3. GCSE level (General Certificate Secondary Ed.) 4. School Timetable 9 to 16 . Morning Break at 10. Lunch Break at 13:00 5. Start the day with an Assembly Meeting where they pray, sing Hymns, read moral stories 6.The teacher post is not well paid nor very appreciated. Most teachers quit before their 5th year of work. No public competition. They apply to the school and have fixed positions from the start, not having to move around different schools.
Spain
1. Dress Code is pretty relaxed. 2. Students address teachers: you, can, name 3. Título graduado escolar Eso 4. Start at 8:30 to 15:00. Break at 11:30. Lunch at home 15:30 5. Students have one hour a week tutorship. 6. Teachers are not badly paid and it is considered a good job. Public exams to become a teacher, plus teaching training period.Teachers have to move to a different school.
7. Bilingualism involves English and WELSH. French is taught in English. 8. They have Detention (after school) and Isolation Rooms. 9. Sports are gendered in UK: Boys (in winter: rugby, football or hockey), in summer ( cricket, athletics and tennis) girls ( in winter : netball, hockey, football; in summer : rounders, athletics, tennis). Drama is a dierent subject. 10. Teachers have their own classroom and a department Corridor (aile) 11. Marking in English is with letters A*,A, B, C, D, E
7. Bilingualism entails English and Spanish 8. WE do not have Isolation Rooms. Only Detention. We have Detention Notes. 9. PE is not gendered. We do not have Drama. 1 0 . Te a c h e r s h a v e n o classroom and move from one class to another. 11. Marking is from 0 to 10.