The School system (fr_02)¶

Quest Index - Language: english - french - polish - italian

Version: 1.00
Status: NeedsReview
Location: France - Angers

Content¶

Subjects:

• Culture (x9)
• Education (x7)
• Math (x7)
• Civics (x2)
• Community (x2)

Topics¶

French School¶

• French Schools
  In France, school happens in four main steps: maternelle (play-and-learn for little kids), école élémentaire (reading, writing, maths), collège (middle school), and lycée (high school). At the end of lycée, many students take a big exam called the baccalauréat (‘le bac’)
• École Maternelle
  School for little kids aged 3 to 5. You learn by playing and exploring.
• Primary School in France
  School for kids aged 6 to 10. You learn reading, writing, and counting.
• Lycée in France
  High school in France for teenagers aged 16 to 18. Students study hard for the Baccalauréat exam to go to university.
• Collège in France
  Middle school in France for kids aged 11 to 15. Students learn many subjects and prepare for high school.
• Cursive Writing
  A special way of writing where all the letters in a word are connected. In France, children learn to write this way in school.
• Canteen menu
  A list that shows what food you can eat at school lunch. It helps you choose what to eat!
• Charter of Secularism
  A set of rules for respecting everyone's beliefs. It helps people live together in peace.

Elementary Math¶

• Eleementary Maths
  Numbers and shapes for everyday life: counting, adding and subtracting, simple fractions, measuring, telling time, and using money.
• Line
  A straight mark that goes from one point to another. Lines can be long or short.
• Triangle
  A shape with three straight sides and three corners. Triangles look like pizza slices!
• Compass
  A tool that helps you draw perfect circles. It has two legs like scissors.
• Ruler
  A straight tool used to measure how long things are. Rulers have numbers and lines.
• Square
  A triangle-shaped tool used to draw straight lines and right angles in math.
• Circle
  A round shape with no corners. Circles look like wheels, balls, and coins!

Additional Cards¶

School bag
A bag that students use to carry their books, pencils, and homework to school.

Classroom
A room in school where students sit and learn new things from their teacher.

Quest Script¶

See the full script here

Words¶

• water

Activities¶

• Match

Tasks¶

• [Interact] TASK_SCHOOL
• [Collect] TASK_BACKPACK
• [Interact] TASK_CLASSROOM

Gameplay¶

• Difficulty: Normal
• Duration (min): 20

Credits¶

• Anne (France) (content)
• Lucie Paillat (France) (content, design)
• Stefano Cecere (Italy) (development)

Game Design Notes¶

The cat goes to different places until he finds his school. Then he visits the school and finds his class.

Content¶

School system : the cats goes a lycée (16-18 ans), to a collège (11-15 ans), to a école maternelle (3-5 ans) and finally goes to an école primaire (6-10 ans), that corresponds to his age, called Jules Verne

A typical day at school

• Morning childcare = garderie du matin
• arrival at the school gate = le portail
• work in class with different subjects/matières : maths, reading & writing
• morning playtime (récréation) on the playground (la cour)
• lunch at the canteen (la cantine) or at home (à la maison)
• school work with different subjects/matières : PE = EPS (éducation physique et - sportive), hist/geog = histoire/géographie, science = sciences, arts= art
• evening childcare = garderie du soir / homework support = aide aux devoirs

School levels with level names and age (CP–6 ans / CE1-7 ans / CE2-8 ans /CM1-9 ans / CM2–10 ans).

Knowledge content¶

The French School System: Kids learn the names, age groups, and order of the main schools:

• École Maternelle (3-5 years old)
• École Primaire (6-10 years old) - 5 years total.
• Collège (11-15 years old)
• Lycée (16-18 years old)

The Baccalauréat: Kids learn that the Lycée prepares you for a final diploma called le Baccalauréat, which is needed for university.

Classroom Life: Kids learn that French students learn to write in cursive, have playtime (la récréation) in the morning and afternoon, and study things like geometry.

Cultural Values: Introduction to the principles of French public schools via the national motto and the Charter of Secularism.