We present our school - Marine, Jennifer and Sarah

Today we are going to present our school.

The school overhangs La Roche. From our classrooms we can see the river Ourthe and the castle of La Roche.
There are four floors in the school. On the first one there is the secretariat and our headmistress's study, the staff room, the engine room and two classrooms.

Our headmistress is Mrs Delvaux.

Here she is !

On the second floor there is the canteen which is also the study room, locker rooms, the chapel and three classrooms, the playground is on the same level. On the third floor there is the chemistry lab and four classrooms.

And finally on the fourth, there are two computer rooms (one with a big screen and one with the computers) and two classrooms. We are waiting for new computers !

Here's a picture of the computer room :

Our gymmnasium is separated from the main building and is situated at the end of the playground.

Marine, Jennifer and Sarah

About our school - Alizé, Auriane and Célia

Today we tell you about our school.

We have got 36 periods at school.

We have got a lot of double periods.

This is a timetable :


MONDAY :

08.20 - 09.10 French
09.10 - 10.00 French
Break
10.15 - 11.05 P.E.
11.05 - 11.55 P.E.
Lunch break
12.50 - 13.40 History
13.40 - 14.30 History
Break
14.45 - 15.35 Science
15.35 - 16.25 Economy


TUESDAY :

08.20 - 09.10 Maths
09.10 - 10.00 Maths
Break
10.15 - 11.05 Science
11.05 - 11.55 Science
Lunch break
12.50 - 13.40 Study
13.40 - 14.30 Study
Break
14.45 - 15.35 English
15.35 - 16.25 English

WEDNEDAY :

08.20 - 09.10 French
09.10 - 10.00 Computer Science
Break
10.15 - 11.05 Economy
11.05 - 11.55 Maths


THURSDAY :

08.20 - 09.10 Dutch
09.10 - 10.00 Ducth
Break
10.15 - 11.05 French
11.05 - 11.55 Maths
Lunch break
12.50 - 13.40 Geography
13.40 - 14.30 Geography
Break
14.45 - 15.35 Economy
15.35 - 16.25 Economy

FRIDAY :

08.20 - 9.10 Maths
9.10 - 10.00 French
Break
10.15 - 11.05 Dutch
11.05 - 11.50 Dutch
Lunch break
12.50 - 13.40 Religion
13.40 - 14.30 Religion
Break
14.45 - 15.35 English
15.35 - 16-25 English



Of course the timetable changes depending on our class and option.

Some students attend the "Immersion" course : this is a normal geography or history course but in Dutch language. It is very difficult but helpful for the future as Dutch is the 2nd official language in our country.

There are actually 3 official languages in Belgium : French, Dutch and German.



alizé, auriane and célia

Education in Belgium - Bastien, Jean-Denis, Loïck and Pierre

The schools are divided in three groups in Belgium :
schools owned by the communities, subsidized public schools organized by provinces and municipalities and subsidized free schools organized by an organisation affiliated to the Catholic Church. Our school is in the third group.

Education in Belgium is compulsory between the ages of 4 and 18.

The different stages of education are the same in all communities:
Basic education consisting of Pre-school (-6 years) and Primary school (6-12 years).
Then Secondary school (12-18 years)
And finally Higher education with University or Polytechnic/Vocational university

Pre-school :
Pre-school is provided to every child from the age of 2 years 6 months

Primary school :
Primary school is free and age is the only entrance requirement.
Primary school is divided into three cycles :
First cycle (year 1 and 2)
Second cycle (year 3 and 4)
Third cycle (year 5 and 6)

Secondary school :

When graduating from primary school around the age of 12, students enter secondary education.
Here they have to choose a direction that they want to follow, depending on their skill level and interests.
Secondary education consists of three cycles :

First cycle (year 1 and 2).

Here is a photo of the school we went to for our first cycle :

Second cycle (year 3 and 4).
Third cycle (year 5 and 6).

In our school the second and third cycles take place in this school "up the hill" :

We are in the first year of the second cycle.

Secondary school is divided into four general types. Each type consists of a set of different directions that may vary from school to school. The general types are as follow :

General secondary education (about 40%) of all pupils) : a very broad, general education preparing for higher education.

Technical secondary education (about 30% of all pupils) is divided into two groups of education again. The first one focuses more on technical matters, the second one focuses more on practical matters.

Vocational secondary education (about 30% of all students) : very practical and very job specific education.

Art secondary education (about 2% of all pupils)

Higher education :

Since the adoption of the Bologna process in most European countries, the higher education system in Belgium follows the Bachelor/Master system :

Bachelor's degree :

3 years. Distinction is to be made between the professional bachelor, which replaces the former graduate degree and which has a finality, and the academic bachelor which replaces the candidate degree and which gives access to master's studies.

Master's degree :

1 or 2 years

In Belgium, both Universities and Colleges are allowed to teach Bachelor and Master classes, either professional or academical.

Students from La Roche usually go to the universities of Louvain, Liège or Brussels.

After obtaining a Master's degree, talented students can pursue research projects leading to a doctorate degree.

From WIKIPEDIA

If you want to know more about the subject :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Belgium

Bastien, Jean-Denis, Loïck and Pierre

Our usual schoolday - Laura, Cindy, Julia and Alison

Hi !

We describe our usual schoolday.
We get up around 7 o'clock.
For breakfast we have bread with Nutella.

At the weekend, we sometimes have croissants !

We go to school by car or by bus.
Our buses are yellow.

Our school is on a kind of "hill". It's very tiring to get to school !!!

We have lunch at 11.55 in the school canteen.

We eat bread with Nutella (again !), cheese, ham, salami or something.

We go back home at 5 o'clock.

After school, we do our homework, we study
and afterwards we watch TV.

We have dinner at around 7.30.
We usually have meat with startchy food like potatoes, rice or pasta and vegetables. After that we have a fruit or another dessert.

We sometimes have chips.

Belgian French fries are supposed to be the best ones in the world !!!

Belgian beers are also famous !

Our hobbies are reading, watching TV, biking ,
music, computer, dancing, ...

At the weekend we do our homework. We usually work for school between one or two hours a day.

Laura, Cindy, Julia and Alison.

About our school - Xavier and Jérôme

Our favourite subjects at school are computer science and "study" because it's very fun and we like computer. But maths, French and Dutch are so difficult !

We have got a lot of teachers. Some of them are terrible but others are great and fantastic (we don't give names !).

Most of them give a lot of homework.
Sometimes we need help for our homework because it can be difficult.

Xavier and Jérôme