WELCOME TO COMPULSORY SECONDARY EDUCATION

INDEX

• Educational system outline• What’s ESO? (Compulsory Secondary Education)

– General statements– Subjects and time distribution– Promotion e certification– TheTutorial class and the departament of

orientation– What to do after ESO

INDEX

• Educational offer• Timetable• Complementary services• Attention to diversity• Complementary and extracurricular

activities• Welcome formalities• School Rules

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OUTLINE

NURSERY SCHOOL … -2 years old

ESO(12-16):COMPULSORY SECONDARY EDUCATION

(17-18)NON COMPULSORY SECONDARY EDUCATION

SECONDARY SCHOOL

INFANTAnd PRIMARY

SCHOOL

Infant Education3 – 5 years old

PRIMARY EDUCATION (compulsory)- 1st cycle: 6-7 years old- 2nd cycle:8-9 years old- 3rd cycle:10-11years old

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OUTLINE

Non compulsory Secondary Education

Vocational TrainingBasic Diploma

PCPIInitial Professional Qualification Programme

Primary Education

Compulsory Secondary Education

12-13

13-14

14-15

15-16

1º ESO

2º ESO

3ºESO

4º ESO

Entrance Test

E.S.O.

(Compulsory Secondary Education)

. 12-to-16-year-old students. But they can stay until the age of 18

• Objectives: – To acquire basic cultural knowledges, specially on

humanistic, artistic, scientific e technological aspects; – To develop and consolidate habits of study and work; – To prepare students for further education and for the

labour market – To train students for the exercise of their rights and

duties as citizens.

SPECIAL ATTENTION TO READING EVALUATION of DIAGNOSIS Test ON HAVING

FINISHED 2nd ESO BASIC COMPETENCES:

• Linguistic and communicative competence• Maths competence• Interaction with the physical world competence• Digital competence• Social competence• Cultural and artistic competence• Learn to learn competence • Autonomy and personal initiative

E.S.O.: CURRICULUM

E.S.O.: TIME DISTRIBUTION 1º ESO 2º ESO

SCIENCE 4 4

GEAGRAPHY AND HISTORY 3 3

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 2 2

EDUCATION FOR CITIZENSHIP AND HUMAN RIGHT

2

PLASTIC AND VISUAL EDUCATION

3

GALICIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

4 3

SPANISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

3 4

FIRST FOREIGN LAGUAGE 3 3

SECOND FOREIGN LANGUAGE 2 2

MATHEMATICS 4 4

MUSIC 3

RELIGIOUS STUDIES 2 1

INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT 1

TUTORIAL CLASS 1 1

3º ESO 4º ESO

BIOLOGY AND GEOLOGY 2 *3

GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY 3 3

PHYSICAL EDUCATION 2 2

ETHICAL-CIVIC EDUCATION 1

PLASTIC AND VISUAL EDUCATION *3

PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY 2 *3

COMPUTER STUDIES *3

LATIN *3

GALICIAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

3 3

SPANISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE 3 3

FIRST FOREIGN LANGUAGE 3 3

SECOND FOREIGN LANGUAGE 2 *3

MATHEMATICS 4 3

MUSICA *3

TECHNOLOGY *3

TECHNOLOGIES 4

RELIGIOUS STUDIES 1 1

OPTIONAL SUBJECT 2 3

TUTORIAL CLASSES 1 1

ESO: PROMOTION

• Repetitions: they can repeat a course once. Maximum 2 repetitions in ESO

• Promotion to next level:– If they pass all subjects– If they fail a maximum of 3 subjects (they

must pass them the following year)– If they have already repeated,they promote to

next level, but they must pass the failed subjects

ESO: CERTIFICATION

• Who gets the Certificate?– Students who pass all the subjects– Students who fail a maximum of 2 subjects

18-year-old students with NO Certificate and no more than 5 subjects failed, will have during the following two years a special exam to pass those subjects and get the Certificate.

ESO: TUTORIAL CLASSWho can be a tutor? Any teacher who teaches the whole class

How long? 1 school year

Activities in the tutorial class 1 session weekly for:Talking about relationship, coexintence…Solving any problems which arises in the classroomImproving the students’ learning proccessAdvising and orientating students (optional subjects..)

Comunication with families A parents-tutor meeting at the beginning of the school year

A weekly session to speak to parents individually

ESO: ORIENTATION

• There is a Departament of Orientation with the aims of: – Giving information to both parents and students about

anything in relation with the whole educational proccess.

– Establishing varied ways to help students to meet the objectives of ESO

– Orientating and advising parents and students on the choices they have to make along the educational stage

– Organising activities for cross-curricular topics

WHAT TO DO AFTER “ESO”

• If students get the Certificate:– Non Compulsory Secondary Education/Bacharelato– Vocational Training - Basic Degree

• If students do NOT get the Certificate:– PCPI (Initial Professional Qualification Programme)– Entrance test to Vocational Training-Basic Degree– EPA (Adults’ Longlife Education)– Tests for +18-year-old students with no more than five

subjects failed

TIMETABLE

• Classes start: 9’10

• Classes finish: 14’40

• BREAK: 11’40-12’10

• 50-MINUTES SESSIONS

• MONDAY EVENING: 16’40 – 18’20

COMPLEMENTARY SERVICES

• SCHOOL BUS

COMPLEMENTARY and EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

• Complementary activities: those carried out at school during the school schedule.

• Extracurricular activities: they take place out of school and parents’ authorization will be asked for.

ATTENTION TO DIVERSITY

• Educational support to students with ACI (Individual Curricular Adaptation)

• Educational Reinforcement

• Curricular Diversification (in 3rd/4th year ESO)

• Schooling students from abroad / inmigrants

SCHOOL REGULATIONS

• There is a document with all the school rules for a good coexistence.

• At the beginning of the school year students take home a summary of the school rules and both parents and students sign it.