Education and Student Life 91

My School is a mixed 11-18 school. There are about 1, 150 students in my school. It is called a Technology College and specialises in Computers and Math. My school has over 1200 computers (including over 400 tablet PC's). Some subjects are compulsory like Math, English, Science and a foreign language.

I am in Year 8 (a year earlier than normal). I will have my GCSE exams next year.

My School Day

I leave home at 6: 45 and walk 20 minutes to catch a bus to school. The bus is a special one just for kids going to my school The journey on the bus takes an hour because it stops to pick up other students along the way.

When I arrive at school, I collect my tablet PC. Then I go to my Tutor Room for Registration at 8: 30.

What is registration?

The presence of every child attending school each morning and afternoon is recorded in a special book, The teacher reads out each child's name in turn. On hearing his/her name, the child replies⁵ yes Mrs. (teacher' s name)' and the teacher notes down in the book whether the child is in school or not.

We listen to announcements to see what special things are happening at school today or this week.

At about 8: 50 we leave Tutor Room to go to our First Period. Every day in first period I have a different lesson. Normally it is Humanities but I also have Maths, Drama and Music, and French on the other days. Each period lasts an hour.

All my lessons are in different rooms and places around the school. Each Room either has a three digit number or a name. The numbers are very hard to remember! I have different teachers for each lesson. I have a locker where I can store some of my stuff but otherwise I have to carry it all around with me in my bag.

Swipe Cards

Every Student carries a swipe card. We swipe into every lesson to let the school know that we have attended that certain lesson and to know where we are in case of emergencies.

On the Swipe Card there are two stripes, a black and a brown. The brown is to swipe into lessons and the blackis to get into the toilets and buildings.

We can put money on our Swipe cards instead of carrying cash around. When we want to pay for snacks at the canteen we just hand over our cards and they deduct the money.

Subjects

Английский язык для бакалавров

Education and Student Life 93

11: 20 3rd Period

12: 30 4th Period

1: 30 - 2: 10 Lunch

/ bring a packed lunch to school but occasionally I have school

dinners in the School Canteen.

2: 10 5th Period

3: 10 End of School

Sometimes I stay after school for clubs.

Canteen

The Canteen is open at Lunch Time and Break Time. Most hot food is served only at lunch time. Chips are only available on Mondays and Fridays.

Tablet PC

We don't use our tablet PCs in all lessons because some rooms do not have enough power sockets. We use the laptops to do our work and to search the Internet. Our tablet PCs are connected to a Network so we can send our work straight to our teachers and they can send them back with their comments.

Written by Erik

Picture of tablet PC

СЛОВАРЬ

mixed school школа для мальчиков и девочек student ученик

Technology College техническая средняя школа math = mathematics математика tablet PC планшетный персональный компьютер compulsory [кэт'рлЬэп] обязательный

GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) аттестат о сред­нем образовании

presence присутствие in turn по очереди

to reply [n'plai] отвечать, отзываться

announcements [a'naunsmants] объявления

Tutor Room кабинет классного руководителя

Humanities [hju'maemtiz] гуманитарные науки

three digit number номер из 3 цифр

locker запирающийся шкафчик

to store [sto: ] хранить

stuff вещи, имущество

swipe card карточка-пропуск, (пластиковая карта с магнитной полосой)

hand over передавать, вручать

power socket сетевая розетка

emergency [I'maicfeansi] экстренный или непредвиденный случай

stripe полоска

to hand over передавать (другому)

to deduct [di'dAkt] удерживать, вычитать

РЕ (Physical Education) физкультура

ICT (Information Computer Technologies) информатика и вычи­слительная техника

chasing game догонялки

Задание 3.3. Ответьте на вопросы.

1. What kind of school does Eric attend?

2. What subjects are compulsory?

3. How does he get to school?

4. Why the journey is so long?

5. What is a registration of students?

6. What is a sweep card used for?

7. How can Eric pay for his meals in the canteen?

Задание З.4. Переведите на русский язык.

At what age do children start school in England?

Children in England and Wales go to school from the age of 5 till 16 years old.

English children enter the reception class (first grade) of primary school in the next term after their fifth birthday. They attend primary