Self-study activity:
Watch this video clip on Durham School, one of the oldest schools in Britain, and say whether sentences 1-12 below are true or false.
1 Durham School is for boys and girls.
2 Children aged 3-8 can study there.
3 Durham School has 600 students.
4 Durham School is divided in Senior School and Junior School.
5 Older students spend time with students at Junior and Nursery School.
6 Achieving good academic results is not the only objective of Durham School.
7 At Senior School there are single-sex houses.
8 Durham School is also a boarding school.
9 If you are a day student, you can stay at school until 9pm.
10 Extracurricular activities make it difficult for students to study.
11 Gilliann Reader, a parent, has three boys at school.
12 Developing a community spirit is a priority at Durham School.
Key:
1T (co-educational school) 2F (children aged 3-18) 3F (600 years old) 4T 5T 6T 7T 8T 9T 10F 11F (two boys and a girl) 12T
