In Great Britain boys and girls go to school from the age of five to fifteen; some go up to sixteen or eighteen. The school year in Great Britain begins in the middle ofSeptember and it is over in July. English children learn subjects like: English,mathematics, geography, chemistry, drawing, signing, zoology and many other subjects.The children stay at school from 9 till 16. 15. From 12 till14 o'clock they have a lunch break or dinner-time. Andfrom 14 till 16. 15 they have their lessons at schoolagain. After 16. 15 they go home. English schools are open five days a week. OnSaturdays and Sundays there are no lessons. The school year has three terms. After a term pupils have holidays. So they have winter holidays which begin inDecember, spring holidays are in April, and summerholidays are in August and the first half of September.So they are six weeks long.