Each country has its own school system. In France it is very different from that of the United States or the United Kingdom. Let’s see how it’s made up
- 3 to 5 years
It’s kindergarten: it consists of 3 classes : Small section, medium section and large section
- from 6 to 10 years old
The primary school is broken down into 5 classes. CP: primary course, CE1 elementary course 1, CE2 elementary course 2, CM1 medium course 1 and CM2 medium course 2
- 11 to 14 years old
We enter the french ”collège” where we stay 4 years. In 6th, 5th, 4th and 3rd.
- 15 to 18 years old
The last three years before higher education are spent in high school. In 2nd, 1st and Terminal.
Some basic words related to school:
- a school : une école
- a high school : un lycée
- a college : une université
- kindergarten : l’école maternelle
- a rubber : une gomme
- a ruler : une règle
- a desk : un bureau
- a classroom : une salle de classe
- a professor/ a teacher : un professeur
- a diploma/ a degree : un diplôme
- a director : un directeur
- a Ph.D : un doctorat
- homeworks : les devoirs
- an exam : un examen
- a pen : un stylo
- a pencil case :une trousse
- a book : un livre
- a manual : un manuel
- a notebook : un cahier
- a lesson : une leçon
- a schoolbag : un cartable
- glasses : des lunettes
- a classmate : un camarade de classe
- a board : un tableau
- a chalk : une craie
- the cafeteria : la cantine
- a student : un étudiant
