1. DFEÜ Manfred Graber
School Life In England
5.Sem. / WS 2007/2008 / Gr.A
Information about
“A School Day In England”
- bring it in order...!
Teaching Aims
Pupils should be able to
...listen carefully to the instructions...
...read the informations on the sheets of paper in the envelope and...
…understand the keywords
Language Points
⇒ subjects
⇒ registration
⇒ assembly
⇒ break time
⇒ afternoon lessons
⇒ lunch time
⇒ playground
⇒ whistle
⇒ classrooms
⇒ attendance
⇒ lesson
Instructions
The children form groups and each group gets an envelope. In this envelopes there
are some sheets of paper with information about “a school day in England”. The
groups have to bring them in order. Following they can control if they are right or
wrong with an answer sheet on the blackboard.
You can combine this exercise whit the following game “Yes or No”, to control the
teaching aims.

2. DFEÜ Manfred Graber
School Life In England
5.Sem. / WS 2007/2008 / Gr.A
A School-Day in England
8:45 am: The students start arriving on the playground. They
wait for their teacher.
The children wear a school uniform and carry their homework
and packed lunch in a school bag.
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School begins at 8:55 am.
The children go to their classroom with their teacher.
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Registration
In the classroom the teacher reads out each child’s name in
turn every morning.
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Assembly
At 9:10 am the children go to assembly in the main hall

3. DFEÜ Manfred Graber
School Life In England
5.Sem. / WS 2007/2008 / Gr.A
In the assemblies the children listen to a story, sing a song and
pray.
The first lesson of the day begins at 9:30 am. The morning
lessons are English or Mathematics.
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Break Time (Recess)
The children have their morning break from 10:20 - 10:35 am.
They bring a snack from home to eat in the playgrounds. The
children play games on the playgrounds.
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Lesson Two
The children will then have an English or Mathematics lesson
before Lunch time.
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Lunch time is from 12 noon to 1:10 pm. Most children bring
their own packed lunch from home. Some children will have a
School Dinner, cooked in the school kitchen.
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The afternoon begins with reading activities.

4. DFEÜ Manfred Graber
School Life In England
5.Sem. / WS 2007/2008 / Gr.A
The rest of the afternoon is spent learning one or two of the
other school subjects:Gymnastics, Science, History Crafts, Art
and Computers.
At 3:15 pm the children go home.