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:pen: The ABCs of German Schools :pen: (Types of schools in Germany…
:pen: The ABCs of German Schools :pen:
School Holidays in Germany!
two weeks for christmas/winter vacation
two weeks fro easter/spring vacation
One week of autumn vacation
six weeks of summer vacation
German School Hours
8am - 1 pm
no extracurriculars
There is some groups or clubs like:
Sports
etc.
Theatre
Types of schools in Germany
Gymnasium
25% of children go here
if you fail more than 2 subjects you must repeat school year.
2 foreign languages required
one has to be English
if you fail more than twice you will be assigned a different school
age 12-18/19
No Summer School
nothing to do with sports or PE
must choose a 'Zweig`(literary branch) in 7th grade
Realschule
after 6 years graduates with a Mittlere Reife.
can transfer to Gymnasium if high enough grades
prepares for mid-level job in business
learn basic subjects
25% go here
Hauptschule
5 years
Final half of elementary school
teaches:
one foreign language
prepares for:
unskilled/semiskilled role in job market
apprenticeship
Basic skills
continues basic learning
Gesamtschule
comprehensive school
for students of all different abilities
Private schools
only 3000 in Germany
Many of them are boarding schools
intended to prepare students for IGCSE and IB
Berufskollegs
Vocational Schools
ages 16-19
sometimes age up to 23
usually directly based for apprenticship
System is quite rigid with where each person will go