French schools are OUT for the summer

The school year for many secondary school pupils is now officially OVER !!.. In front of them ten weeks without school, but they can't relax just yet...

Yes, the summer holidays are long but the French education system can be pretty tough.
 
At secondary school, there are 'evaluations' every three weeks in each subject. These are marked out of 20 and at the end of the year a report is produced showing the average grade in each subject and then an overall average grade. If this overall average grade doesn't meet the required standard then the pupil must redo the year.

I'm not sure what secondary school life is like in England now, but I didn't have to work that hard when I was at school !!..

And it doesn't stop there.... children are encouraged to ensure that they have understood everything they have been taught during the year by completing a book such as this which covers the whole school curriculum.

For the French Children 'Holiday Books'

After they have finished this mammoth book they can have some fun... that is if they have remembered what fun is !