Holidays, marks and timetables / foreign languages at school

Hello everybody!

Holidays

The most popular holiday destination for us here in Sweden is actually Spain. But on the winter break we often go skiing up in the Swedish mountains or the Alps instead. The most common issue on the swedes winter holidays is the Danish people that do not know how to ski properly, we hate them.

Marks

Here in Sweden we have the grade system A - F where A is the highest mark possible and F is when you do not reach the demands of the course. The grades A, C and E are the main grades, while B and D are In between grades. If you have A on a part of the course but can not reach higher than E on the other part of the course, then you will get a D in the whole course. This is because the lower grades always determine the main grade.

Timetables

Our schooldays tend to start at 8.30 but sometimes we get to have a late start and begin later at 10.15. We have lunch in school every day at approximately 11.30 and always have at least a 40 minutes break including the time for lunch. The students in our class does not have the same timetable so the time we end and begin school varies, but we usually end somewhere between 15.00 - 16.30.  

Foreign languages at school

In our school we have a system that allows students to learn their mother tongue if it is necessary or if the school has the resources. As a student you get  the opportunity to learn at least two foreign languages. English is  mandatory to learn and when it comes to the second language you have a choice in which language you want to learn. The languages that you have to chose between differs from school to school. On this school the alternatives german, spanish, italian and french.