I need information about Australian public senior high school!?
I'm going to study in Australia, but now It's been 4 years I'm homeschooling. So I don't know high school, and I'm not Australian. So can you tell me about it. From the school start til it ends. What do we do from morning to afternoon, so tell me really details. And can you tell me about the home work for senior high school in Australia for public school?Does it has many home work?Tell me about the school rules for public senior high school. And at weekend what are the Australian senior high school do?Please I need details information!You can tell me about your life in school. Thanks
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Hi there, In Australia there are two schools ( I know in the USA there is Elementry, Middle and High). In Australia there is Primary and Secondary. In Primary school in all states except QLD and WA, it goes from Kindergarten to grade 6. And then you go to the same high school for grade 7 to 12. In QLD and WA, primary school is grades Prep to 7 and High School is grades 8 to 12. So it would depend what state you are in but generally you would be going to school with kids from around 13 to 18 years old. I have experienced both the NSW and QLD school systems, and in regards to the senior years of schooling, NSW is a lot harder with the HSC exams. QLD is more laid back with just two days of QCS and all results from years 11 and 12 are collected to calculate your final marks. Generally school is 9am to 3pm, give or take up to half an hour. There are usually 6 or 8 periods in a day where you take different subjects and your electives. Maths and English are compulsary. School is different in Australia than it is in the USA, there isn't as much of a emphasis on the different "groups" and "cliques". In cities like Sydney there may be more of an emphasis on the popular groups or whatever, but generally everyone gets along if you're nice. You usually take your own lunch to school, there is a canteen or a tuckshop, but there isn't a big cafeteria. The school I went too wasnt in one big building, it had buildings all over the grounds with a massive oval. We didnt use lockers etc etc, we just carry our bags around with us during the day. I hope that gives you a little overview of high school in Australia. I thoroughly enjoyed my high school years and have lots of good memories. I'm sure you will enjoy school in Australia too. Good luck. Edit: Don't know why I have thumbs down, everything I have said is 100% true.
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Hi, we don't have 'senior' and 'junior' high school like they do in America, we just have primary school and high school. Primary school goes from when you start school at age 5 or 6, until about the age of 12. Then you go to high school, also called 'secondary school' from Year 7 until Year 12. You graduate in Year 12. In Year 11 and 12 you complete basically your high school certificate, which is called VCE (Victorian Certificate of Education) if you live in Victoria, or HSC (High school certificate) if you live in most other states. You go to school 5 days a week- from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 3:30 in the afternoon. The amount of homework you will get depends on what year level you are in. In Year 7 and 8, there is not a huge amount of homework. From then on, and especially in the last few years, a large amount of homework is expected, and study is expected as you do exams from Year 10 onwards. The school year is divided into 4 terms- 2 semesters...with 2 weeks of holidays in between each term and about 7 weeks holiday over Christmas/Summer time. During the day you will go to a number of different classes (depending on what subjects you are doing) each class lasts for about 40 minutes, usually two classes before recess break, then 2 classes before lunch, then another two classes before you go home. But for some subjects, it will be a 'double' class, where it will be the same subject taking up the time of those two 40 minute periods. As for school rules, basically just go to all your classes and do the work that the teacher asks and you will be fine. I'm at University now, and I'll tell you that high school was a lot easier because looking back, everything was basically done for you, you get told exactly what to do and there is a lot more direction than we get now at University. I hope you enjoy you time in Australia
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Yeah pretty much everything above answerers have said. High school is fun unless you end up living in a bogan saturated area. If you are at a high level because of your homeschooling maybe you could try to get into a selective school, there are a couple in each state. I'm assuming that senior high is years 11 and 12? Although for the lower year levels there is a set structure of 6 periods (50 mins long) plus recess and lunch break the higher year levels that are completing VCE or HSC typically have more varied timetables with some early starts and a bunch of free/study periods. My high school was large so all the senior students would start 1 period earlier than the rest of the school. We started at 8:10am and finished at 2:25pm. We also had 'lunch privileges' which meant we could go to the local shopping centre to eat lunch. During breaks most people just chat or whatever, some play sports, occasionally people rush to get homework and assignments finished. I'm not sure if this is true but i think that in American schools there are a lot more extracurricular activities? Like school newspaper and glee club or whatever. Going by my own experience these sorts of clubs aren't really popular over here. There's debating team and band and stuff but not many people bother to join.
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yes U go to school until u can get a job at Mc Donalds or Hungry Jacks. When u turn 18 u get laid off & start work at a discount shop until u retire at 65.
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