Life at School

There is no such thing as a “typical” day, as there is such a wide variety of activities in the curriculum, but to give you an idea, read on...

Arrival

Johnny is dropped at school shortly after the doors open at 8am. He is immediately welcomed by name by one of the welcoming staff and ushered into the “early room.” Here he chats with his friends, reads or plays until 8:30am when he goes to his form room to prepare for the day’s start with registration at 8:45am.

School starts

Lessons in the morning will include some literacy and numeracy, but perhaps some French, or music, or swimming. Mid-morning brings break and a snack of fresh fruit, before class work resumes with some time on one of the computers to reinforce what was learnt earlier. A quiet time for reading occurs before lunch.

Lunchtime

“Yum,” says Johnny to his friend Anne, “I have smelled something delicious all morning! It’s Greek day, Moussaka—yum! Are you going to have waffles for dessert or melon and grapes?”

“I’m going to ask the nice dinner ladies to give me some of the vegetarian Moussaka,” replies Anne.

After he finishes his lunch, Johnny goes outside for a break with his friends. He takes a few minutes out to talk with the staff supervising the pupils about his plans for the coming weekend before heading inside for some art. The class is doing self-portraits as part of their study of “Ourselves.” The afternoon ends with a sports session outside.

After school

Johnny goes to several after school clubs, and today is the day for Mandarin. At the end of the hour he shakes hands with the staff before going home with his mother, talking excitedly about the day and about tomorrow’s exciting trip to the Tate Museum.