Timetabling ensures an Lessons are well distributed during the whole day equitable distribution of subject to make the best use of teaching time. The school time through the week/half has a policy that in the morning pupils can enter school 15 minutes before the start of the lessons, term. Measures are taken to make best to ensure that they are settled so that the first use of teaching time (including lesson can start on time. Replacement teachers replacements). are available to cover up for absent teachers. Cancelled lessons are not so frequent. Each lesson in the timetable is allotted 50 minutes, i.e an extra five minute above the normal 45 minutes. This is an allowance so that students can go from one class to another/ exchange textbooks or use the lockers during this short period and be in time for the next lesson. A short ring of the bell is sounded at the beginning of the lesson. There is no bell sounded at the end of the lesson and it is the teacher who is to send the students 5 minutes early for the successive lesson. Sometimes this proved to be a problem having teachers going on with the lesson and students arriving late for the next lesson. The students were in favour of having two short bells both at the beginning and end of each lesson. The SMT acknowledges the problem but having some primary classes on the same floor as the secondary, the bell ringing in different times will cause some disruption. For next year when the secondary will be expanded on the top two floors the bell will sound to begin and end the lesson in time. III. School and Climate III.1 A European Context is established in order to foster mutual understanding and respect for diversity in a multicultural setting
Timetabling ensures an equitable distribution of subject time through the week/half term. Measures are taken to make best use of teaching time (including replacements). Lessons are well distributed during the whole day to make the best use of teaching time. The school has a policy that in the morning pupils can enter school 15 minutes before the start of the lessons, to ensure that they are settled so that the first lesson can start on time. Replacement teachers are available to cover up for absent teachers. Cancelled lessons are not so frequent. Each lesson in the timetable is allotted 50 minutes, i.e an extra five minute above the normal 45 minutes. This is an allowance so that students can go from one class to another/ exchange textbooks or use the lockers during this short period and be in time for the next lesson. A short ring of the bell is sounded at the beginning of the lesson. There is no bell sounded at the end of the lesson and it is the teacher who is to send the students 5 minutes early for the successive lesson. Sometimes this proved to be a problem having teachers going on with the lesson and students arriving late for the next lesson. The students were in favour of having two short bells both at the beginning and end of each lesson. The SMT acknowledges the problem but having some primary classes on the same floor as the secondary, the bell ringing in different times will cause some disruption. For next year when the secondary will be expanded on the top two floors the bell will sound to begin and end the lesson in time. III. School and Climate III.1 A European Context is established in order to foster mutual understanding and respect for diversity in a multicultural setting