I’m going to write about WAS because it’s my keypal’s school.

PUPILS:

The students in WAS are between 4 and 18 years old.

So the school is very big. All the students have to wear uniforms: a white shirt and a grey and red skirt for girls and shorts for boys.They also wear red ties.

SCHOOL DAY:

Children start school in the morning at 8:30 am and they leave school at 3:00 pm. A lesson lasts 1 hour and 10 minutes. They have 4 lessons a day and two breaks which last about 45 minutes.

SUBJECTS:

Here are some of the subjects you can take in Australia:

French – English – Maths –Science – Sports -Japanese – Drama – Music – P.E (Physical Education) – Christian ED –Graphics – Sose (it’s History and Geography) – CIT (it’s about computers . CIT means “computing and Information technology”).

The subject CIT doesn’t exist in France . According to several Australian pupils , it’s  both a  funny and interesting lesson but it’s sometimes difficult .

AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL SYSTEM :

There are a lot of differences between the Australian school system and our French school system.

First they are differences about subjects: in Australia you can choose to do fewer or more subjects; in France all the subjects are compulsory even if you can choose between Spanish, English or German for languages.

Next they are differences about the type of school:
In Australia, there are a kindergarten, a prep school, a junior school, a middle school and a senior school all in the same buildings.