School subjects, study time at home, tests and exams

Discipline at school, teacher-student relationship

Books and materials used for teaching in the classroom and for learning at home

School hours, length of school year

School buildings, number of students in a class, school facilities

Dress code

SCHOOL SUBJECTS Lessons in schools vary throught the years. In primary school students are taught the basic lessons. Some of these are :

Modern GreekMathsReligionHistoryGeographyThere are also other kinds of lessons such as:Physical Education (P.H.)MusicVisual ArtsIn high school more lessons are added to the everyday programme. For instance Chemistry and Ancient Greek as well as Homer's epics are some of the new lessons that students take.

STUDY TIME AT HOME - TESTS - EXAMSThrought the years children have to dedicate more and more time to study for the next day at school. The avarage time that they have to study is one to two hours, but it depends on the student, his age and also the homework for the next school day. Each student has to learn something act-out and solve some excercises that are given to him in order to understand what they have learnt.

Moreover there are the final exams wich are at the end of the school year (something that doesn't happen in primary school). The students have two weeks to study everything that has been tought to them during the previous year and then write a test for each lesson.

DISCIPLINE AT SCHOOL, TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIP

Throught the years , the relationship between teachers and students is getting less and less strict. Nowdays students aren't in fear of their teachers and teachers are not so strict with their students . Instead , teachers can make jokes with their students , or the other way . Also teachers and students may share life experiences according to the topic that they are discussing in the classroom .

Lastly, most students obey the (few) rules that the Headmaster sets (which are not so strict) so there aren't any "problems" between the teachers and the students .

TOOLS AND MATERIALSStudents at present day schools are obligated to use the books that are given to them at the beginning of the year , from the goverment.The books are usually two for each lesson. These books contain the theory of the lessons and many excersises to helpthe students understand each one better and practise .

Moreover students have to own some notebooks . These notebooks are used for taking notes and writting the homework. Each student also has to be equipped with the basic tools.

Some of these are pens and pencils, erasers and highlighters. Every lesson needs different equipment so there are much more tools that students need to buy at the beginning of each school year.

SCHOOL HOURS , LENGTH OF SCHOOL YEARSNowdays children start going to school from the age of 6 and finish school at the age of 18(usually) . They go to school every day (except from Saturdays , Sundays and National celebrations) at 8:10 am and can return back home at 2:10 pm . The school year starts in early September and finishes the next year in June.

There are 3 mid-year school breaks :Christmas , lasts 2 weeks.Easter , lasts 2 weeks.Summer , It's the end of the school year and and lasts from Early June to Early September.

After Summer break , a new School year starts and (most likely) children pass to the next class!

SCHOOL BUILDINGS , NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN A CLASS , SCHOOL FACILITIES

Today's schools are not very different from the old schools.Τoday the schools have more halls and even hall informatics.They are bigger than the old schools and also have a big yard for the students . Also there are more lessons.

A today class has approximately 17- 24 children .

Also classes have right equipment for an emergency

( fire extinguisher,first aid box ).

DRESS CODE

In our age students can wear anything the want . T-Shirts and short trousers at Summer and warm and comfortable hoodies or shirts with long sleeves in the Winter .

At private schools students wear uniforms ,chosen by the school’s counselor .

STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATED :

Κωνσταντίνος Βασιλειάδης - Στεργίου

Λυδία Αθανασούλα - Δοβέλου

Σταύρος Ζοητσάκος

Αντώνης Παπαδόπουλος

Μαριάννα Χρυσσάφη