Window on Britain 02 School — Transcript

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1. 0:01[Music]
2. 0:15do you go to school on Saturdays do you
3. 0:18wear a uniform do you like school well
4. 0:23in this program we look at British
5. 0:25schools and British students
6. 0:30[Music]
7. 0:34that's lovely most children start
8. 0:36primary school at the age of
9. 0:40five then at 11: they go to secondary
10. 0:45school all children stay at Secondary
11. 0:47School to the age of
12. 0:4916 and at 16 in England they take GCSE
13. 0:54examinations that is the general
14. 0:57certificate of secondary education
15. 1:00after these exams about 30% of students
16. 1:03leave
17. 1:04school the others usually study three
18. 1:07subjects for two more years and then
19. 1:10take a levels or Advanced Level
20. 1:16examinations about 20% of 18year olds go
21. 1:19to
22. 1:20university they usually leave home and
23. 1:23go to a university in a different town
24. 1:25or
25. 1:26city another 20% go on to other kinds of
26. 1:29educ ation and
27. 1:32training this is the John Mason School
28. 1:34in Abington near Oxford students go to
29. 1:38school from Monday to Friday and school
30. 1:40starts at
31. 1:429:00 hurry up it's nearly
32. 1:469:00 most schools are mixed they're for
33. 1:49boys and girls and at most secondary
34. 1:52schools the students wear a
35. 1:54uniform this is the first class of the
36. 1:57day it's maths
37. 2:03H that's a bit
38. 2:06difficult on average there are about 22
39. 2:10students in a secondary school class and
40. 2:13about 27 are in a primary school
41. 2:21class British students have a wide
42. 2:24choice of
43. 2:25subjects this is an art class
44. 2:32here's a food technology class the
45. 2:35students learn about food and
46. 2:43cooking this is a design and Technology
47. 2:57class science of course
48. 3:05and foreign
49. 3:06languages many British school children
50. 3:09only learn a foreign language from the
51. 3:11age of
52. 3:1211 most students study
53. 3:16French other popular languages are
54. 3:19Spanish and
55. 3:26Italian they also study other subjects
56. 3:29like information
57. 3:31technology history
58. 3:34geography English literature and
59. 3:42religion students have lessons in the
60. 3:45morning and then a break of an hour for
61. 3:47lunch some go home for lunch some bring
62. 3:51sandwiches with them and some eat here
63. 3:53in the school
64. 3:54canteen what's on the menu today uh
65. 3:57chips and beans
66. 4:00[Applause]
67. 4:07there are classes in the afternoon and
68. 4:09school finishes at about
69. 4:124:00 after school some students do other
70. 4:15activities like sport football's very
71. 4:19popular but so are other games like
72. 4:21netball rugby and badminton
73. 4:34and some students learn music Daniela
74. 4:37plays the
75. 4:39violin she's
76. 4:42good oh thank
77. 4:49you I'm
78. 4:57not 92% of br schools are State schools
79. 5:01that means they're free the government
80. 5:04pays not the
81. 5:06parents 8% of schools are
82. 5:09independent the parents of these
83. 5:11students pay for their
84. 5:13education some of these Independent
85. 5:15Schools are boarding schools the
86. 5:18students don't live at home during term
87. 5:20time they live at the
88. 5:21school and some of these schools have
89. 5:24very traditional
90. 5:26uniforms these boys are from Eaton a
91. 5:29very famous independent school near
92. 5:33Windsor what do British students really
93. 5:36think about their
94. 5:38schools I think school is great I like
95. 5:41school most of the time I really like
96. 5:43history and art I love art and drama I
97. 5:47don't like geography I don't like French
98. 5:50homework's okay I don't like homework I
99. 5:53really hate homework School food's all
100. 5:55right sometimes I love school
101. 5:58food well what do you think are British
102. 6:02schools good or do you prefer your
103. 6:04school