1. SCHOOL The happiest days of your life?

2. SCHOOL Topics:  Teachers  Pupils  Schools  Types of school  Streaming  Tests  Homework  Uniforms  Discipline  Bullying

3. SCHOOL Teachers Pupils Schools Types of school Streaming Tests Homework Uniforms Discipline Bullying Teachers A good teacher is?  Kind  Strict  Funny  Inspiring  Demanding

4. SCHOOL Pupils The pupil – teacher’s pet or teacher’s pest? Teachers Pupils Schools Types of school Streaming Tests Homework Uniforms Discipline Bullying

5. SCHOOL Teachers Pupils Schools Types of school Streaming Tests Homework Uniforms Discipline Bullying Schools A good school is?  Learning by rote?  Social development?  Good exam results?  All-round knowledge?  Specialization?  Creativity?

6. SCHOOL Teacher Pupil Schools Types of school Streaming Tests Homework Uniforms Discipline Bullying Types of school  State school?  Comprehensive school?  Independent school?  Boarding school?  Go as you please school?  Single sex?  Co-educational? Rugby School

7. SCHOOL Teacher Pupil Schools Types of school Streaming Tests Homework Uniforms Discipline Bullying Streaming Streemin Im in the botom streme Which meens Im not brigth Don't like reedin Cant hardly ryt But all these divishns Arnt reely fair Look at the cemetery No streemin there Roger McGough

8. SCHOOL Teacher Pupil Schools Types of school Streaming Tests Homework Uniforms Discipline Bullying Tests The National Curriculum Tests in the UK: Key Stage 1 test at age 7 - English and Maths Key Stage 2 test at age 11 - English, Maths, Science Key Stage 3 test at age 14 - English, Maths and Science Key Stage 4 test at age 16 - GCSE - end of compulsory secondary education Exams – a necessary evil?

9. SCHOOL Teacher Pupil Schools Types of school Streaming Tests Homework Uniforms Discipline Bullying Homework How can you have a school without homework? Homework makes kids hate learning Homework robs children of their childhood! I love homework. - It saves me from doing my chores. Homework, I love you. I think that you’re great. - It's wonderful fun when you keep me up late. Homework allows the pupils to practise and develop their skills at home.

10. SCHOOL Teacher Pupil Schools Types of school Streaming Tests Homework Uniforms Discipline Bullying Uniforms Pros Everybody wears the same (higher degree of equality) Cons Everybody looks the same (loss of individuality)

11. SCHOOL Teacher Pupil Schools Types of school Streaming Tests Homework Uniforms Discipline Bullying Discipline Pros Pupils need to be told how to behave Cons It is not the job of the school to teach children how to behave

12. SCHOOL Teacher Pupil Schools Types of school Streaming Tests Homework Uniforms Discipline Bullying Intervention? Pros If teachers and pupils work together bullying might be prevented altogether Cons You should leave it to the children themselves to work out their disagreements and not interfere

13. SCHOOL Teacher Pupil Schools Types of school Streaming Tests Homework Uniforms Discipline Bullying The happiest days of your life?