Education in public schools in Australia is free. Parents need only to pay for excursions, swimming lessons and other activities fees for their children. They also pay money to buy books and school supplies that their children use during the year.
Most public schools in Australia are co-education schools. This means that boys and girls study there together. There are only four schools in Melbourne that are not co-education ones. They are called single-sex schools. Two of them are for boys and the other two are for girls.
Some people believe that single-sex schools are better than the co-education ones because their children don’t get distracted while studying in class. Still there are other parents who think that single-ses schools are not good because they make boys and girls compete against each other to prove that they are smart.
Young children normally go to childcare before they start their primary education. In Australia students start primary school at the age of 5. It is compulsory to send your children to primary school so they can learn to read and write. There are other sports and musical activities that students can take part in. Students also work in pairs and small groups. They use computers to find information on the internet or use programs to improve their reading and mathematics skills.
There are some schools that start only in year 9 for very gifted students. The students in these schools do extra work and there is a selection test that a student has to pass if he or she wants to enrol in one of them.
Private schools cost a lot of money and not many people can afford to send their children to study there. Private schools look after students very well and make sure they do well in all subjects. Some parents send their children to study at private schools because these schools have good names. Others send their children to study there for prestige.
Private and public schools always have their own web sites and students can use them to do their homework when they go home and sent it to their teachers. They ask students to buy their own lap top computers.
Some students go overseas to spend a few weeks in countries like Japan, Italy, France or China. On the other hand, other students from these countries come to stay in Australia. There are some student exchange programs that students can take part in if they want to travel overseas. Parents normally pay money to send their children there.
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Education in public schools in .....................is free. Parents need only to pay for excursions, swimming ......................and other activities fees for their children. They also pay money to buy books and school supplies that their ....................use during the year.
Most public schools in Australia ...................co-education schools. This means that boys and girls study there together. There are only ...................schools in Melbourne that are not co-education ones. They are called ......................-sex schools. Two of them are for boys and the other ..........................are for girls.
Some people .......................that single-sex schools are better than the co-education ones because their children don’t get distracted ....................studying in class. Still there are other parents who think that single-ses .........................are not good because they make boys and girls compete against ......................other to prove that they are smart.
Young children normally go to .....................before they start their primary education. In Australia students start primary school at the ...................of 5. It is compulsory to send your children to primary school ......................they can learn to read and write. There are other sports and musical activities that students can .....................part in. Students also work in pairs and small groups. They .....................computers to find information on the internet or use ....................to improve their reading and mathematics skills.
There are some schools that start only in year 9 for very gifted students. The students in these schools do extra work and there is a selection test that a student has to pass if he or she wants to enrol in one of them.
Private schools cost a .....................of money and not many people can afford to send their children to study there. Private ...................look after students very well and make sure they do well in all subjects. Some parents send their ....................to study at private schools because these schools .....................good names. Others send their children to study there for prestige.
Private and public ...................always have their own web sites and students can use them to do their homework when they go home and ....................it to their teachers. They ask students to buy their own lap ..................computers.
Some students go overseas to spend a few .....................in countries like Japan, Italy, France or China. On the other hand, ....................students from these countries come to stay in Australia. There ...................some student exchange programs that students can take part in if they want to travel overseas. Parents normally ...................money to send their children there.
