thone s organisation of primary and secondary school (ages, classes …)
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Thones
Organisation of primary and secondary school (ages, classes …)
Nursery school
There are 3 classes in nursery school: -We enter the first year of nursery school when we are 3 years old. We play to improve our language, learn colours and learn to interact with others. -We are in the second year of nursery school when we are 4 years old. We improve our knowledge of colours and we learn numbers. But we still play a lot. -The last year of nursery school is when we are 5 years old. We learn the alphabet and we begin to learn to write.
Elementary (primary)
In primary we have 5 classes : CP, CE1, CE2, CM1, CM2 : -We enter CP when we are 7 years old. We learn how to read, write and count. -We are in CE1 when we are 8 years old. We improve our reading, writing and counting. -We are in CE2 when we are 8 years old. We begin to learn English. We continue with the school curriculum. -We are in CM1 when we are 9 years old. We learn Music. We continue with the school curriculum. -We are in CM2 when we are 10. We work to prepare for 6eme (secondary school).
We go to Junior high school from 11 to 15 years old : -When we are 11 years old, we are in 6th grade. Our subjects are : Mathematics, English, Biology, French, Music, Art, History and Geography, PE and Technology. -When we are 12 years old, we are in 5th grade. We have the same subjects, plus Physics and Chemistry and, as an option, Latin. -When we are 13 years old, we are in 4th grade. We have a choice for the second foreign language : German, Italian or Spanish. -When we are 13 to 14 years old, we are in 3rd Grade. We study the same subjects.
Junior High (School)
We aren’t obliged to go to high school. We go from 15-16 to 18 years old : -When we are 15, 16 years old, we are in 2nd grade. We have the same subjects as in junior high school. -When we are 17 years old, we are in 1st grade. We choose a section: literary, scientific or economic. The subjects are in accordance with the section. At the end of the year, we have a final examination in French literature. -When we are 18 years old, we are in “Terminale”. We have one extra subject : Philosophy and one less : French. At the end of the year, we have the final examination.
High School
Alternative to the high school
Instead of High school we can go to a professional school where you can learn a job. Between the ages of 6 and 16 it is obligatory to go to school (or get an education at
home). Before and after these ages it isn't compulsory.