School flashcards

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American football
An American sport
played with an oval ball
between two teams.
(noun)

Art
The study of drawing,
painting and other
creative processes.
(noun)

Art-room
The room where art is taught and studied.
(noun)

Assembly
The start of the school day when all the pupils
gather together.
(noun)

Assignment
A piece of work to be
done at home (similar
to homework and
coursework).
(noun)

Attend
To be present at a specific location, or to go to a
specific school.
(verb)

Bag
A container for
carrying books and
other items (similar to
satchel and school
bag).
(noun)

Baseball
An American sport
played with a bat and
ball between two
teams.
(noun)

Basketball
An American sport
played on a court with
a ball and two teams.
(noun)

Bell
The machine that
makes a loud noise to
signal the start and end
of the school day.
(noun)

Biology
The scientific study of
animals and plants.
(noun)

Blackboard
An area, often on a
wall, to write on using
chalk.
(noun)

Break
The times during the day when children do not
have lessons and can do what they want
(American English, same as playtime and
recess).
(noun)

Caretaker
The person responsible
for cleaning and fixing
buildings (British
English, same as
janitor).
(noun)

Chair
An object to sit on.
(noun)

Chalk
The object used to
make marks on a
blackboard.
(noun)

Changing room
The place where people put on different clothes
before doing sport (British English, same as
locker room).
(noun)

Chemistry
matter and substances.
(noun)

Christmas holiday
The time in December and January when
children do not need to go to school.
(noun)

Class
A group of children
who all study a subject
together.
(noun)

Classroom assistant
An adult who helps a teacher look after and
teach children (similar to teaching assistant).
(noun)

Classroom
The place where
teachers teach
children.
(noun)

Collect
To gather something or someone from a place.
(verb)

Computer lab
The place where
information technology
is taught.
(noun)

Course work
A large and important
piece of work to be
done at home (similar
to assignment and
homework).
(noun)

Cricket
A British sport played
with a bat and ball
between two teams.
(noun)

Daunting
To be frightening or upsetting and difficult to
complete.
(adjective)

Department
A specialized part of something that is larger,
e.g., art department.
(noun)

Deputy head
The second most important person in a school
(British English, same as deputy principle).
(noun)

Deputy principle
The second most important person in a school
(American English, same as deputy head).
(noun)

Design and technology
The study of how things are made and how to
make technical objects.
(noun)

Desk
A flat area on which
children do their
school work (similar to
table).
(noun)

Dinner worker
The person who makes
and serves food in the
middle of the day in a
school.
(noun)

Drop-off
To leave something or someone at a specific
place.
(verb)

Easter holiday
The time in March or April when children do not
need to go to school.
(noun)

Education
The knowledge that is learnt from other people.
(noun)

Elementary school
A school for children
from about 5 years old
to about 11 years old
(American English,
same as primary
school).
(noun)

English language
The study of the grammar and mechanics of
using English.
(noun)

English literature
The study of written English.
(noun)

Exam
A formal test to determine how much a person
knows.
(noun)

Exercise book
A book for writing in
and doing school work
in.
(noun)

Fare
The money that has to be paid to use a bus or
train.
(noun)

Football
with a round ball
between two teams
(same as soccer).
(noun)

Former
To have previously done something but to not
be doing it now.
(adjective)

Geography
The study of the Earth
and the people on the
Earth.
(noun)

Grade
A group of children all the same age within a
school, e.g., grade 1, grade 2 (American English,
same as year).
(noun)

Grounds
The open area around the school buildings.
(noun)

Gym
The place where sport and physical education
are done inside a building.
(noun)

Half-term
A short holiday that comes in the middle of each
school term.
(noun)

Head teacher
The most important person in a school, the
person who is in charge (British English, same as
principle).
(noun)

High school
from about 11 years
old to 18 years old
(American English,
same as secondary
school).
(noun)

History
The study of what has
happened in the past.
(noun)

Hockey
A sport played with a
curved stick and small
ball between two
teams.
(noun)

Holiday
The time when children do not go to school and
can stay at home.
(noun)

Home economics
The study of how to prepare food and manage a
house.
(noun)

Homework
The work that has to
be done away from
school in the even or at
the weekend (similar
to assignment and
coursework).
(noun)

Information technology
The study of computers and the Internet.
(noun)

Janitor
The person responsible
for cleaning and fixing
buildings (American
English, same as
caretaker).
(noun)

Kindergarten
The place children go
before they start
school at 5 years old
(American English,
same as nursey).
(noun)

Latin
The study of the language that was spoken by
the Roman people.
(noun)

Lessons
The different parts of
the day when children
learn different
subjects, normally
between 40 and 60
minutes.
(noun)

Locker room
The place where people put on different clothes
before doing sports (American English, same as
changing room).
(noun)

Marker pen
The objects used to
make marks on a
whiteboard.
(noun)

Mathematics
The study of numbers.
(noun)

Middle school
An uncommon type of school that comes
between an elementary/primary school and a
high/secondary school in some places.
(noun)

Music
The study of artistic
auditory
communication.
(noun)

Netball
A British sport played on a court with a ball and
two teams.
(noun)

Nursery
The place children go
before they start
school at 5 years old
(British English, same
as kindergarten).
(noun)

Overhead projector
A machine for making
an image bigger and
showing it on a flat
surface, such as a wall.
(noun)

Packed lunch
The food that children
take to each at school
from home.
(noun)

Period
The different parts of the day when children
learn different subjects, normally between 40
and 60 minutes.
(noun)

Physical education
The performing of
sport or other
energetic activities.
(noun)

Physics
matter and energy.
(noun)

Playground
The area outside the
school buildings where
the children can run
around.
(noun)

Playtime
have lessons and can do what they want (British
English, same as break and recess).
(noun)

Primary school
from about 5 years old
to about 11 years old
as elementary school).
(noun)

Principle
The most important person in a school, the
person who is in charge (American English, same
as head teacher).
(noun)

Private school
A school that is not run by the government and
parents have to pay money for their children to
attend it (same as public school).
(noun)

Projector
A machine for showing
images from a
computer on a flat
surface, such as a wall.
(noun)

Public school
A school that is not run by the government and
parents have to pay money for their children to
attend it (same as private school).
(noun)

Pupils
The children that
attend a specific
school.
(noun)

Reception
The first class that children attend when they
are just 5 years old.
(noun)

Recess
have lessons and can do what they want
(American English, same as break and playtime).
(noun)

Register
The document that records the children’s
attendance at school.
(noun)

Religious education (RE)
The study of different beliefs from around the
world.
(noun)

Rounders
A British sport that is played with a small bat
and ball by two teams.
(noun)

Rugby
A British sport that is
played with an oval ball
by two teams.
(noun)

Satchel
A type of bag with a
fold over opening at
the top for carrying
books and other items
(similar to bag and
school bag).
(noun)

School bag
A container for
carrying books and
other items (similar to
satchel and bag).
(noun)

School bus
A form of transport for
taking children to
school.
(noun)

School
The place where
children go to learn
new knowledge.
(noun)

Science lab
The place where
children learn biology,
chemistry and physics.
(noun)

Science
The study of the
physical and natural
world via the subjects
of biology, chemistry
and physics.
(noun)

Secondary school
from about 11 years
old to 18 years old
as high school).
(noun)

Semester
One of two parts of an academic year, when an
academic year is divided into half.
(noun)

Sixth form
The final two years of study and school before
students go to university (British English).
(noun)

Soccer
with a round ball
between two teams
(same as football).
(noun)

Sport
An activity that requires someone to move and
be active.
(noun)

Sport field
The outside area
where physical
education can be
undertaken.
(noun)

State school
A school that is run by the government of a
country so that all children can get an education.
(noun)

Study
To learn a specific
subject or to learn
information.
(verb)

Students
The children who
attend a school to get
an education.
(noun)

Subject
A specific area of knowledge.
(noun)

Summer holiday
The time in June, July, August and September
(depending on location) when children do not
need to go to school.
(noun)

Swimming pool
The place to do
physical education
while being in water.
(noun)

Table
A flat area on which
children do their
school work (similar to
desk).
(noun)

Teach
To give knowledge and
information to other
people.
(verb)

Teacher
A person who works in
a school and tells the
children what they
need to know.
(noun)

Teaching assistant
An adult who helps a teacher look after and
teach children (similar to classroom assistant).
(noun)

Term
One of three parts that an academic year is
divided into.
(noun)

Text book
The source of the
information that
children learn in
school.
(noun)

Uniform
The clothes that
children have to wear
when attending school.
(noun)

Whiteboard
An area, often on a
wall, to write on using
marker pens.
(noun)

Year
A group of children all the same age within a
school, e.g., year 1, year 2 (British English, same
as grade).
(noun)

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