TRACK EIGHT - SCHOOL SYSTEMS

TURKEY

1. What is the name of your school?• DOGA BURSA HAMITLER COLLEGE

2. Which levels do you educate? Kindergarten(nursery), primary (grades 1 - 4) , lower secondary (grades 5 – 8), upper secondary (grades 9-12)

• LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL

3. What are the age requirements?• 5-6 for Year 1 and the rest accordingly.

4. How many students are there in each level, in your school?• Nursery - 100 students• Primary – 176 students• Lower Secondary – 200 students

5. What are the school times?• Students : 8.30 – 16.50 • Teachers : 8.30 – 16.50

TURKEY6. What subjects are taught at your school?• Turkish, Maths, Science, Social Science, English, German, Art, Music, Ecology, RE,

PE, SOES Lessons(Student Oriented Education System).

7. How many lessons a week are set aside for physical education?• 2 Lessons

8. On average how many students do you have in each class?• 15 – 25 students

9. What are the priorities of your school?• Happy Children, our school motto is “Happy children learn!”.

10. How many teachers are there in your school?• 39• Female teachers: 28 Male teachers: 11

POLAND

1. What is the name of your school?• SZKOŁA PODSTAWOWA NR 171 IM. STANISŁAWA STASZICA2.

2. Which levels do you educate? Kindergarten(nursery), primary (grades 1 - 4) , lower secondary (grades 5 – 8), upper secondary (grades 9-12)

• GRADES 0-6 PRIMARY

3. What are the age requirements?• 5-6 for Year 0 , 6-7 for year 1 and the rest accordingly, we finish in grade 6, • 3 years of gimnazjum- lower secondary school• 3 years of liceum- upper secondary school

4. How many students are there in each level, in your school?• Kindergarten – 55 students Grade 1 – 28 studentsGrade 2 – 63 students• Grade 3 – 48 studentsGrade 4 - 51 students Grade 5 – 48 students• Grade 6 – 48 students

5. What are the school times?• Students : 8.00 – 13.50 • Teachers : 7.45 – 15.00

POLAND

6. What subjects are taught at your school?• Integrated Learning, Sports, Religion, English, Polish, Maths, Nature, History, Ict, Art,

Music, Technical Education, German

7. How many lessons a week are set aside for physical education?• 4 Lessons

8. On average how many students do you have in each class?• 20 – 25 students

9. What are the priorities of your school?• Safety, Individual Attitude To Students, Learning Through Doing.

10. How many teachers are there in your school?• 30• Female teachers: 29 Male teachers: 1

ENGLAND1. What is the name of your school?• LEIGHSWOOD

2. Which levels do you educate? Kindergarten(nursery), primary (grades 1 - 4) , lower secondary (grades 5 – 8), upper secondary (grades 9-12)

• Primary school with a Nursery

3. What are the age requirements?• Nursery – 3yr Entry 22 – 36m• Reception – 5yr Entry 30 – 50m• KS1 – 7yr level 1• KS2 – 11 yr level 2 – exit level 4

4. How many students are there in each level, in your school?• Nursery - 78 students• Reception – 75 students• KS1 - 150 students• KS2 - 300 students

5. What are the school times?• Students: Nursey: 2h30m per day KS1: 9.00 – 15.25 KS2: 8.50 – 15.30• Teachers : 8.00 – 18.00

ENGLAND

6. What subjects are taught at your school?• Foundation Stage, English, Maths, Science, PE(Physical Education), RE(Religious Education),

Music/Drama, Topic (Art, Design, History, Geography), MFL at KS2 (French and Italian)

7. How many lessons a week are set aside for physical education?• Foundation Stage – access to outdoors• KS1 KS2 – 2hrs

8. On average how many students do you have in each class?• Nursery 13 students Reception & KS1 30 students KS2 36 students

9. What are the priorities of your school?• To ensure children feel safe, secure and welcome in school.

Making rich learning opportunities for the children that are fun, exciting and interactiveEncourage children to lead a healthy lifestyle

10. How many teachers are there in your school?• 25 teachers 25 support staff• Female teachers: 22 Male teachers: 3

ROMANIA1. What is the name of your school?• Şcoala Gimnazială “Ion Pop Reteganul” Sâncel

2. Which levels do you educate? Kindergarten(nursery), primary (grades 1 - 4) , lower secondary (grades 5 – 8), upper secondary (grades 9-12)

• Kindergarten, primary and lower secondary.

3. What are the age requirements?• Kindergarten – 3yrs to 6yrs• Primary – 6yrs to 11yrs• Lower secondary – 11yrs to 15yrs• Upper secondary - 15yrs to 19yrs

4. How many students are there in each level, in your school?• Kindergarten – 63 students• Primary – 115 students• Lower secondary – 112 students

5. What are the school times?• Students - Primary: 8.00 – 12.00 Lower secondary: 8.00 – 14.00• Teachers : 8.00 – 14.00

Școala Gimnazială “Ion Pop Reteganul” SâncelStr. M. Eminescu nr. 27 loc. Sâncel jud. Alba România

ROMANIA

6. What subjects are taught at your school?• Romanian Language, English, Latin, French, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Mathematics, Art, PE,

History, Geography, Civics, Tehnological Education, Health Education, Religious Education and Music

7. How many lessons a week are set aside for physical education?• 2 lessons

8. On average how many students do you have in each class?• 15 – 20 students

9. What are the priorities of your school?• To provide its students with competent teachers and facilitate an appropriate learning

environment.

10. How many teachers are there in your school?• 27 teachers• Female teachers: 23 Male teachers: 4

Școala Gimnazială “Ion Pop Reteganul” SâncelStr. M. Eminescu nr. 27 loc. Sâncel jud. Alba România

BULGARIA1. What is the name of your school?• Lyuben Karavelov Primary school

2. Which levels do you educate? Kindergarten(nursery), primary (grades 1 - 4) , lower secondary (grades 5 – 8), upper secondary (grades 9-12)

• Primary and lower secondary.

3. What are the age requirements?• Nursery – 4yrs to 6yrs• Primary – 7yrs to 10yrs• Lower secondary – 11yrs to 14yrs• Upper secondary - 14yrs to 18yrs

4. How many students are there in each level, in your school?• Grade 1 – 61 studentsGrade 2 – 61 students Grade 3 – 50 students• Grade 4 - 61 students Grade 5 – 54 students Grade 6 – 32 students• Grade 7 – 57 students

5. What are the school times?• Students - Primary: 8.10 – 12.15 Lower secondary: 8.00 – 13.30• Teachers – Flexible as it depends on their individual program

BULGARIA

6. What subjects are taught at your school?• Bulgarian, Maths, Science, History, Geography, PE, Painting, Music and Dance.

7. How many lessons a week are set aside for physical education?• 3 lessons a week

8. On average how many students do you have in each class?• 20 – 25 students

9. What are the priorities of your school?• It is a Comprehensive school, in each grade there is one art class and one traditional

dance class. It is also one of the oldest school in Burgas . It was founded in 1929.

10. How many teachers are there in your school?• 32 teachers• Female teachers: 26 Male teachers: 6

ITALY1. What is the name of your school?• I Circolo Didattico “Raffaele Arfé” of Somma Vesuviana Naples

2. Which levels do you educate? Kindergarten(nursery), primary (grades 1 - 4) , lower secondary (grades 5 – 8), upper secondary (grades 9-12)

• Primary (grades 3 – 5)• Lower secondary (grades 6 – 10)

3. What are the age requirements?• Kindergarten – 2 and a half yrs• Primary – 5 and a half yrs• Lower secondary – 11yrs• Upper secondary - 14yrs

4. How many students are there in each level, in your school?• Kindergarten – 300 students • Primary – 700 students

5. What are the school times?• Students - 8.30 – 13.30• Teachers - 8.30 – 13.30 but for a maximum of 25 hours per week

ITALY

6. What subjects are taught at your school?• Italian, English, History, Geography, Mathematics, Science, IT, Music, Art and Design, Motor

and Sport Sciences, Education for civil society and Catholic religion or an alternative

7. How many lessons a week are set aside for physical education?• 2 lessons a week

8. On average how many students do you have in each class?• 25 – 30 students

9. What are the priorities of your school?• The priorities of our school can be summarized as: initial formation of man and citizen and the

best methodological and didactic approaches to get the best results from all of our students.

10. How many teachers are there in your school?• 88 teachers• Female teachers: 84 Male teachers: 4

SLOVAKIA1. What is the name of your school?• Základná umelecká škola Jozefa Rosinského /Jozef Rosinsky´s Elementary school of Arts

2. Which levels do you educate? Kindergarten(nursery), primary (grades 1 - 4) , lower secondary (grades 5 – 8), upper secondary (grades 9-12)

• Specific type of school (students age : from 5 to 80)

3. What are the age requirements?• Preparatory grade (two-year study) : children of the age of 5 – 6 • First grade (six-year or seven-year study) : children from the age of 6 -7 till the age of 12–14 • Second grade (four-year study) : students from the age of 12-14 till the age of 16-18• Study for adults (four-year study) : students from the age of 18

4. How many students are there in each level, in your school?• Preparatory grade - 140 students First grade - 450 students• Second grade - 300 students Study for adults - 67 students

5. What are the school times?• Students – between 14.00 – 19.00 but it is individual• Teachers - 14.00 - 19.00 but it is individual

SLOVAKIA6. What subjects are taught at your school?• Music department (accordion, piano, guitar, string, brass, choir department and musical theoretical knowledge)• Dance department (classical, modern, traditional dance) - dance preparation and dance workout.• Drama department: drama preparation, movement, work in group, literature, creative drama• Art department: drawing, painting, graphics, modeling, decorative activity, computer graphics, video and

animation.

7. How many lessons a week are set aside for physical education?• It depends on the department

8. On average how many students do you have in each class?• 10-15 students in group education• 1 – 2 students in individual education

9. What are the priorities of your school?• To provide a basic art knowledge.

10. How many teachers are there in your school?• 58 teachers• Female teachers: 36 Male teachers: 22

TRACK EIGHTSCHOOL SYSTEMS

TURKEY POLAND ITALY ENGLAND ROMANIA Primary Students

ROMANIA Secondary Students

BULGARIA 1st and 2nd

Grade

BULGARIA 3rd and 4th

Grade

BULGARIA 5th to 7th

Grade

SLOVAKIA Youngest Students

SLOVAKIA Older

Students

SLOVAKIA Oldest

Students

45

24

27

24 25

35

22

25

30

2 35

STUDENTS NUMBER OF LESSONS PER WEEK

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DURATION OF THE LESSONS IN MINUTES

TURKEY; 40

POLAND; 45

ITALY; 60

ENGLAND; 45

ROMANIA Primary

Students; 25

ROMANIA Secondary

Students; 35

BULGARIA Primary Students; 35

BULGARIA Secondary

Students; 45

SLOVAKIA ; 45

TRACK EIGHTSCHOOL SYSTEMSSTUDENTS SCHOOL STARTING TIMES

TRACK EIGHTSCHOOL SYSTEMSSTUDENTS SCHOOL FINISHING TIMES

TRACK EIGHTSCHOOL SYSTEMSSTUDENTS SCHOOL HOURS PER DAY

TURKEY POLAND ITALY ENGLAND SLOVAKIA ROMANIA Primary Students

ROMANIA Secondary Students

BULGARIA Primary Students

BULGARIA Secondary Students

08:20

05:50

05:00

06:40

Varie

s

04:00

06:00

04:05

05:30

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TEACHERS SCHOOL HOURS PER DAY

TURKEY POLAND ITALY ENGLAND ROMANIA BULGARIA SLOVAKIA

08:20

07:15

05:00

07:30

06:00

Flexible

05:00

Duration in hours and minutes

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TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS EDUCATED AT EACH SCHOOL

TURKEY

POLAND

ITALY

ENGLAND

ROMANIA

BULGARIA

SLOVAKIA

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000

476

341 1000

603

290

376

957

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TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN EACH LEVEL

TURKEY POLAND ITALY ENGLAND ROMANIA BULGARIA SLOVAKIA0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

1000

10055

30075

63140

176190

700

150

115 233

450200

96

300

112

143

300

78

67

NURSERY KINDERGARTEN PRIMARY LOWER SECONDARY UPPER SECONDARY