2009年11月25日水曜日

Girl's school


The famous girl's schools in UK are Cheltenham, Roedean, Benenden, Wycombe, and Abbey school.
Wycombe Abbey School
Wycombe Abbey is one of the most famous independent girls' schools in Britain. Since 1896, the Wycombe Abbey school has been forefront of girl's education. The founder is Dame Frances Dove.
It is boarding school.
"'You're always with your friends''
"Less time commuting to school and more time doing something more interesting!"
This is the reason that Wycombe Abbey school is boarding school.


Club
Aerobics/ Fitness /Training (UV up) /Athletics /Kickboxing (over 14s)
Badminton /Life Saving /Ballet /Polo
Basketball /Riding /Climbing/ Rifle Club (over 14s)
Dance Club /Rowing /Fencing /Sailing
Football /Self-defence/ Golf /Street Dance
Gym Club /Squash /Hockey Club
Judo/ Swimming/Karate /Trampolining

Computer club /International cinema club
Flying /Caledonian Society (Calsoc)/ Green society
Orchestras/ Choirs /Choral Group
...and more
There are a lot of clubs and societies in Wycombe Abbey school.

●Curriculum

English/mathematics/chemistry/Physics/Biology
History/Spanish/German/French/Classics
Geography/Drama/Religious Studies/Music
Physical Education/Design Technology/ICT
History of Art/Art and Design/Economics
Government and Politics/Critical Thinking/PSHCE

2009年11月11日水曜日

Universities in UK




The University of Oxford


Oxford University is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. It is constructed in 11 century, so this university has a long history. It located in English city of Oxford. it takes 1 hour to go to London by train.



Oxford university is really famous and traditional university in the world. There are over 20,000 students at Oxford, including 11,734 undergraduates, 8,101 postgraduates, and there are 10 per cent international students.

47 Nobel laureates, 25 prime minsters, 5 kings of UK, and more then 50 medalist of Olympic game graduated from Oxford University so far

It is regarded as one of the world's leading academic institution. The university of Oxford does not have a clear date of foundation.



The University of Cambridge







The University of Cambridge is second oldest university in English-speaking world and forth oldest in Europe. it is established in 1209. This university was formed by the sholars leaving from Oxford. the two anciant university is called as "Oxbridge".



There are 31 colleges and over 150 depertments, faculties, schools, and other institutions.





colleges



There are a lot of colleges in the Cambridge university. Each college is very unique. Most college hold "Formal Hall" once a week at least. Formall Holl is a dinner party. All students and teachers dress up, gather in the dining hall, and they enjoy having a dinner and chatting with thier friends.



Meal is very different in each college. In college where the tradition and status are valued, the seat for teacher is higher than the seat for students, and the meal for teachers is also better than for students. on the other hand, in the colleges called "democratic" have a same meal and same seat for students and teachers.