Dover Middle School Programme
School week
Students spend much of their day in the Middle School building, moving to specialist facilities and classrooms that are also used by the High School for subjects such as Visual Arts, Drama, Design and Technology, Music and PE.
Classes remain together with their advisory group for the majority of lessons, except Languages other than English in Grades 6–8. In Grades 7 and 8 students are placed in mixed ability Mathematics classes and in Grade 8 English they are placed in mixed classes to widen their friendship groups.
School starts at 8am and finishes at 3pm, although many students will be involved in the Activities programme after school, and some may even be involved in sports training before school
| Middle School programme TIMETABLE OUTLINE | Number of periods per week | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | Grade 7 | Grade 8 | |||
| Grade 6: English and Humanities (Geography and History)* | 10 | - | - | ||
| Grades 7 and 8: English or English as an Additional Language (EAL) | - | 6 | 6 | ||
|
Grades 7 and 8: Humanities (Geography and History) |
- | 5 | 5 | ||
| Language other than English or Extra EAL or Study Skills | First Languages | Chinese; Dutch; French; German | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Beginner Languages | Chinese; French; Spanish | ||||
| Foreign Languages | Chinese; French; Spanish | ||||
| Second Language | Chinese | ||||
| Mathematics | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Science | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Physical Education (PE) | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Design and Technology, includes modules on: • Product Design • Food Technology • Textile Technology • Electronics, Communications and Technology • Graphic Products • Engineering |
4 | 3 | 3 | ||
|
Visual Arts |
2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Drama | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Music | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Life Skills | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 40 | 40 | 40 | ||