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Some Of The Most Unusual Schools In The World.

Work in pairs. Imagine you are a student at one of the following schools:

Dongzhong Mid-Cave Primary School

A Boat School Of Bangladesha

 Train Platform School Of India

Abo Elementary School

Gulu Elementary School

Harvey Milk High School

The Philadelphia School Of The Future

Brooklyn Free School

Witch School

Learn as much as you can about your school and present it to the class using an Impress. 

There should be information related to the following questions:

Where is the school?

Why is it unusual?

What subjects do you learn? What  can you choose? What do you have to study?

What are the teachers like?

What are your classmates like?

Do you have to wear uniforms or special clothes?

What is your daily schedule during the school year? 

OUR SCHOOL.READING.

Read the profile on the Schools International website. Answer the questions.

What is their school like?
What are their teachers like?
Do they have to wear uniforms?
What do students have to do with their footwear?
Do they have to take any compulsory subjects?
How much homework are they given?
When do they have to do national exams?
How long is their school day?

10 Most Unusual Schools In The World

OUR SCHOOL1

Answer the questions.
1 What time do you start and finish school?
2 How long is each lesson?
3 What do you wear to school?


Watch the DVD. Choose the correct answers.
1 Where is the Cheney School?
a) Oxford b) London c) Manchester
2 How many classes are there before lunch?
a) three b) four c) five
3 What do the students wear for PE?
a) a white T-shirt b) a red sweatshirt
c) a red T-shirt


Match the times to the activities.

1 8:30 a) It’s time for the first class meeting.
2 9:00 b) Afternoon classes finish.
3 10:30 c) It’s lunch time.
4 10:45 d) It’s the end of the school day.
5 13:05 e) It’s the middle of the first class.
6 13:45 f) It’s the start of the school day.
7 14:45 g) Afternoon classes start.
8 15:00 h) It’s break time.


Are the sentences true (T) or false(F)?
1 Cheney School is a secondary school.
2 Students wear a uniform to school.
3 They wear grey skirts or trousers.
4 The first class is maths.
5 Mr White teaches English.
6 All the classrooms have got computers and
whiteboards.
7 Students leave school for lunch.
8 Girls and boys play sport together.

Complete the sentences with a number.
1 Cheney School has got _____________students.
2 All the classes are___________________ hour.
3 The students in the English class are in Year_________.
4 The class meeting is _____________minutes.
5 The break is ______________minutes.
6 The students have __________________________minutes for lunch.
7 There’s _____________class after lunch.
8 The students have _____________class meetings every day.

Complete the summary.
break classes school canteen school day
secondary school students teachers uniform


The Cheney School in Oxford is a (1)_                           .It’s got 1,500 (2)               . The(3)                           starts at 8:30 a.m. and finishes at 3:00 p.m. All the (4)                              are one hour. The students always wear a (5)                      and the (6)                                  sometimes wear a suit.
There’s a (7)                             at quarter to eleven and lunch is at five past one. Students eat lunch in the
(8)                   .