A Typical School Day

All classes begin at 9.20 a.m. every morning. In our school, children work until 10.50 a.m. on various subjects. At 10.50 a.m., they will stop work and eat a snack in their classroom. At 11.00 a.m., the school bell will ring and if the weather allows, all children will go outside to play for 10 minutes until 11.10 a.m. We are very lucky to have an astro turf area where children can play soccer matches at their breaks.

When the bell rings, all children line up and return to their classroom. Again, they will work on various subjects until 12.50 p.m. At this time, they will have lunch and then go outside to play at 1.00 p.m. for 30 minutes

When the children return to class at 1.30 p.m., this is where the day will differ for younger and older children. Both Junior and Senior Infants finish their day at 2.00 p.m. while 1^st – 6^th class continue to work until 3.00 p.m. when their day finishes. 

A Typical Day in a German Vocational School

In Germany there is a so-called dual education system, which combines apprenticeships in a company with vocational education at a vocational school in one course. Thus, German students can learn jobs that require formal training such as nursery-school-teacher, hairdresser or retailer.

At my vocational school, which is called Dr.-Walter-Bruch-Schule, I mainly teach students who want to become nursery-school-teachers. There I teach English and educational science.

A typical day in my vocational school starts 7:45 a.m. One lesson is usually 45 min. After two lessons there is a 15 min break. So the first break is at 9:15 a.m. The third lesson starts at 9:30 a.m. and there is another break at 11 a.m. after the fourth lesson. We normally have six lessons on a typical school day, which means that after the sixth lesson, at 12:45, the school day is over. Sometimes there are also afternoon lessons. Especially for older students the school day then ends at 13:40 or 14:25.

A Typical Day in an Irish Primary School

Introduction

There are 8 classes in primary school in Ireland. Children begin school at the age of 4 or 5 after 1 - 2 years in preschool. The classes they progress through are:

• Junior Infants
• Senior Infants
• 1^st Class
• 2^nd Class
• 3^rd class
• 4^th Class
• 5^th Class
• 6^th Class