I moved to France when my children were 12 and 14 four years ago. My husband has just been made redundant, and it was a moment of now or never-we knew that if we waited too long, children would have the possibility of a really hard time adjustment. Here are my experiences of the French educational system.
The French system is divided into Maternelle, c.m., College Liceo. Children start school at age three.Going to school at the age of 11 years, remain generally up to 14, and then go to the Liceo.Aldeas premises often have their own maternelles and the c.m. but when children to go to University, often at some distance from their home, remain in the 'cut' which is the equivalent of boarding and is closely monitored by 'surveillants'.
At the end of the school, children take a test called the brevet consisting of three parts: French, mathematics and Ciencias.No there is equivalent of Lisbon. Passing the brevet is not essential in order to go to more academic study, but preference will be given to those who spend as they have shown evidence of fitness to continue his studies.
Children do not automatically go to the end of each academic year. If teachers do not feel that the child is ready to move forward, is common practice to 'redouble' or redo the year. This means that each school class, is a spread of ages.
French school is very formal.Children footnote when boss enters the room.The lessons are very chalk and talk and group work/writing test is not the case.Drama, data processing and religion are not part of the estudios.La program practice of going to school on Saturday morning now rara.Antes school, children have free Wednesday. At University, on Wednesday afternoon is typically free with many sports that are ofrecen.El French studies plan has an emphasis very academic - my children had 11 hours of languages (English, French, Latin, Spanish and Occitan), 6 hours of Mathematics (to a much higher level demanded in England), 3 hours of sport and the rest divided between art, science, civics and Vie Communale.
Progress is monitored by 'controls', which are periodically tests and there are nights regulate parents.
Of freedom of the British educational system, frankly my children do not thrive and not only because it does not speak the language - a year were both very manage bien.Se felt stifled by the rigidity of the structure and the inability of the system to allow individuality.
At age 14, or when a child completes College age, a choice must be made between continue in formal education in a lycée Generale e go in high school, or enter into an apprenticeship or is Liceo Professionale and learn a trade. This is where stands the French system. The number of courses available is truly mindboggling and ensures that a child is not academic can make a formation which will earn them useful employment.
My eldest who now is almost 18, became Lyceum Professionale and obtained a certificate d'Aptitude Professionale (PAC) of electricity and has disappeared in situation of Brevet Professionale (BEP) electricity.He goes on working experience regularly and is gaining confidence every day.
My child, who is now 16, made absolute head system and began International School in Bordeaux a year ago.He is studying international GCSE and took French after a year in which he earned an A *.He is in a class of 6 and is very happy.He boards with a French family who look after him very well and he comes home on weekends.Occasionally gets on the wrong train and sounds that will be a time...
No, I regretted them to carry children Francia.Los here are hardworking and respetuosa.No have no desire to join the 10% unemployed.Do not hang around the streets of drinking on the weekends (although this happen during holiday weeks!).I do not remember the last time that a teenager driving a cochecito.No VI are obsessed with the compras.Sé very well that if we had stayed in England, my eldest would have arisen from the system with nada.En comprehensive English, a child may easily lose thousand more children. in the French school heading, Chief knows every child - not as difficult as there were only 80 in the entire school - and any misconduct is very quickly cut root.
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