Girls Only Schools

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We researched girls only schools in UK last week. Now, as one of famous girls schools, I would like to introduce Benenden School and school life.

About Benenden School
Benenden is a beautiful village in the Kent ( a country town on the Southeast of England ). Benenden School is an independent school (a school which is not dependent on national or local government for its finance ) Benenden School was founded in 1923, and has been one of the leading boarding schools in Britain for over 80 years. There are 520 girls students aged 11-18, and all of them are boarders. At Benenden there are six boarding houses for 11-16 years old and four houses for Six Formers aged 17-18. School fees are ￡37,400 ( about 6 million yen) per year. Benenden School has a Christian foundation and a strong Christian ethos.

Pupil Behaviour Policy

This school has many policies like Anti-bullying Policy, Child Protection Policy and Pupil Behaviour Policy. Each policy is very important and necessary for a good school, but among of all if you read Pupil Behaviour Policy on the parents handbook, you will find something different from the school you graduated from. What I got interested in is that teachers use four different colored ( blue, yellow, orange and gray) peaces of paper to warn pupils' poor behaviour. ______________________________________________

Curriculum

According to Benenden School homepage-Welcome to Benenden School, Benenden School aims to give each pupil the chance to "develop her potential to the full within a happy and caring environment." Students must study English, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, a modern language ( from Spanish, Chinese, German and French ) and other three subjects at least for GCSE. Arts and Drama are popular subjects in Benenden.

School life
I will show you a sample plan of day, here
Monday to Friday
7.30am-8.15am Breakfast
8.30am Prayers/Form Order
9.00am-10.00am Period 1
10.00am-11.00am Period 2
11.00am-11.30am Break
11.30am-12.30pm Period 3
12.30am-1.00pm Lunch/Activities
1.00pm-1.30pm Lunch/Activities
1.30pm-2.00pm Lunch/Activities
2.00pm-3.00pm Period 4
3.00pm-4.00pm Period 5
4.00pm-4.30pm Break
4.30pm-5.30pm Period 6
5.30pm-9.30pm Clubs, Activitiesand Prep
6.30pm-7.20pm Supper
( refered to Benenden School Lower School Handbook )

If you read the Handbook, you can get information about boarding. When can pupils go home? What happens at weekend? Let's check it!

REFERENCES:

Benenden School homepage-Welcome to Benenden School http://www.benenden.kent.sch.uk/Pages/Index.aspx

Wikipedia (Benenden) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benenden