& vs & gtvs 17 wichtelgasse 67 educational system austria

&VS & GTVS 17

Wichtelgasse 67

Educational System Austria

Compulsory

Kindergarten

from 5 to 6, the year before school

since 2009

in Vienna free of charge

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Compulsory Schooling

School attendance is compulsory

for all children permanently resident in Austria irrespective of their nationality, and lasts for nine years.


School StartCompulsory schooling starts on the first of September following the child's sixth birthday.

Children

who celebrate their sixth birthday

between September 1 (start of the academic year) and

March 1,

may start primary school prematurely, provided they are mentally and physically mature enough to follow lessons.


Special Education and Integration

Legal regulations provide for the possibility of integrated teaching of disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged pupils in primary schools and (since the academic year of 1997/98) in lower secondary schools and in the lower level of secondary academic schools.

The decision whether a disadvantaged child will be educated in a special needs school or in a conventional school rests with the parents of the child or other persons vested with the right of education.


Pupils with Mother Tongues other than GermanSpecial emphasis is put on the language teaching of these pupils. Teaching takes place in regular classes just as on an extracurricular basis.

Children are given the opportunity to attend remedial classes to improve their command of German; special tutors attend to pupils with little knowledge of German.


Full-time CareFull-time primary, lower secondary and secondary academic schools provide students with assistance in general study work (5 hours a week).

Moreover, they provide for leisure education until 5.30 p.m. at the latest.

For use of these facilities fees are charged for care (the amount of this fee depends on the social situation of the child's family) and for catering (€ 8,84 per day or less).


Primary SchoolPrimary schools [Volksschulen] are designed to provide all pupils with the same elementary education.

Primary schools are to be organized as schools providing for four classes – one class for each school year.

In addition to that and depending on the possibilities, primary schools are also requested to provide for pre-school education, either by means of a pre-school year [Vorschule].


Compulsory education In the last year before school

in the kindergarten

In the first four school years a Grundschule/Volksschule (primary school) or Sonderschule (special school);

in the fifth to eighth school years a Hauptschule (general secondary school), allgemeinbildende höhere Schule (academic secondary school), Volksschuloberstufe (primary school - upper bracket) or Sonderschuloberstufe (special school - upper bracket);

in the ninth school year a Polytechnische Schule (polytechnic school), Hauptschule (general secondary school), or Sonderschule (special school), or attendance/ continued attendance at a medium- or higher-level school.


Schoolsystem


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2 preschool classes ( 1 fulltime care)3 classes on each school year (12 classes)

1 and 2 grade (per grade 2 classes fulltime care)3 and 4 grade (alternative fulltime care offer

outbound)

324 children 167 full time care

43 staff 32 school 7 fulltime care 4 kitchen and house

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Key aspects of activityGEPS

Global Eduction Primary School

Varying forms of assessment

Throughout primary schooling the use of English as a

working language (1 hour per day); team-teaching

with an English native speaker teacher

Introduction of a further modern language in Grades

3 and 4 (according to teacher capacity)

Creative use of ICT in learning

Participation in international projects


Key aspects of activity(superar)music project in cooperation with

Wiener Konzerthaus, Caritas and the Vienna Boy's Choir.

4 classes 4 (superar) hours per week per class Numerous concert performances

Konzerthaus, companies, … this year at the Salzburger Festival


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for your attention!

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Aufmerksamkeit!

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