School in France

The Different Levels At SchoolThe children in France have to go to school from 6 years

old to 16 years old. But they can begin before.

LEVEL AGE

“maternelle” 3 – 5 years old

Primary School 6 – 11 years old

Secondary School 12 – 15 years old

High School 16 – 18 years old

Primary School

Secondary School

Maternelle

High School

The School Holidays

beginning of the school year 2 sept.

Toussaint 18 oct. – 2 nov.

Christmas 20 dec. – 4 jan.

Winter 21 feb. – 8 march

Springtime 25 april – 10 may

Summer holidays 4 july – 2sept.

Maternelle

The children go to maternelle from 3 years old to 5 years old.

They learn to : _ use a pen,_ write their name,

_ live and talk together,_ move in space_ open their mind and be

creative

MATERNELLE

Levels Age

Little section 3-4 years old

Middle section 4-5 years old

High section 5-6 years old

They go to school from 8:30am to 4:00pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. And from 8:30am to 12:00am on Wednesday.

Primary School

The children go to the Primary School from 6 years old to 11 years old.

They learn to : _ write and read_ calculate and solve problems

They have music, physical education and visual arts.

They can begin to learn english.

Cours Préparatoire

(CP)6-7 years old

Cours élémentaire 1re

année (CE1)7-8 years old

Cours élémentaire 2e

année (CE2)8-9 years old

Cours moyen 1re année

(CM1)9-10 years old

Cours moyen 2e

année (CM2)

10-11 years old

Secondary School (collège)

The Different Classes and Cycles of Secondary School (Collège)

LEVELS AGE

6ème 11 – 12 years old

5ème 12 – 13 years old

4ème 13 – 14 years old

3ème 14 – 15 years old

The Adaptation Cycle

Orientation Cycle

Central Cycle

In the secondary school, we have :

≡ French

≡ mathematics

≡ modern languages

≡ languages and cultures of Antiquity (option)

≡ history geography

≡ civic education

≡ biology

≡ Physics + chemistry

≡ Information technology

≡ musical education

≡ visual arts

≡ physical education

≡ history of art

monday thursday wednesday tuesday friday

8h15 ITPE

French

9h15Mathematics Histoiry

GeographyHistoiry

Geography10h25

PE

English Mathematics English Musical Education

11h20Mathematics Histoiry

GeographyBiology Visual Arts

12h15 LUNCH13h30

Physics Chemistry

IT Spanish Physics Chemistry

14h25 EnglishFrench

Mathematics Spanish

15h35 Biology French

16h30 Spanish

Example of Timetable for 4ème

At the end of 3ème, the students take a big exam called BREVET. They take mathematics, french and history + geography tests.

There are about 25 students by class.

The school year is divided into 3 trimesters. At the end of every trimester the parents go talk with the teacher to follow the progress of their child.

Here is the log book used for writing important information and communication between teachers and families.

High School (lycée)

The current high school mainly corresponds to the last three years of secondary education (second, first and final) for teenagers usually from 15-16 years old (seconde) to 17-18 years old (terminale). The point of High School is to prepare to the exam called BAC (baccalauréat).

The students have :

French

Mathematics

History

Geography

ECJS

Physical Education

Two Foreign Languages

Physics

Chemistry

Biology-Geology

There are different kinds of BAC, the choice depends on the job we want to do.

General BAC Technologic BAC

BAC L BAC STI2D

BAC ES BAC STD2A

BAC S BAC STMG

BAC STL

BAC ST2S

BAC STAV

BAC Hôtellerie

BAC TMD

WELCOME TO OUR SCHOOL !!!

Have a nice day !!

Eloïse BOURBIER, Guewen LOMBARD, Gwenaël LOMBARD, Mariana FERNANDES , Lahcen AMAHANE