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Schola Europaea is also known as the European Schools.   

See Ressource Center. 

See Ressource Center.

Secondary is the collective term for the classes Secondary 1 to Secondary 7 at the European School Copenhagen.

In the European School system, there are three educational cycles in Secondary:

• Observation cycle - Secondary 1 to Secondary 3

• Pre-orientation cycle - Secondary 4 to Secondary 5

• Orientation cycle - Secondary 6 to Secondary 7 (also known as the Bac years)

As the European School Copenhagen is located in Denmark, we distinguish between:

• Secondary - Secondary 1 to Secondary 4  - 6.klasse til 9. klasse

• Upper Secondary - Secondary 5 to Secondary 7 - 1.g til 3.g

The Head of Secondary is Madelaine Kirk.

The Secondary class rooms are all located in the Secondary wing of the school. 

All students from Primary 3 and up are expected to shower after PE.

In Primary 2, the students will be practicing their shower routines for certain periods of the school year. The teachers will inform parents about this.

Showering after PE serves the following purposes:

• The students acquire sensible routines in connection with sports, which benefit each individual student as well as the community.

• Hygiene/health reasons.

• Students develop respect and tolerance for each other's differences.

Students must bring their own towel and soap for PE.

There are separate changing areas for boys and girls.

The use of smartwatches in school follows the mobile phone policy. This means that students are not allowed to use their smartwatches during the school day, just as they are not allowed to use their phones.

All mobile phones, smart watches, and electronic devices must be turned off and handed in to the teacher at the start of the first lesson. The teacher will keep the phones and electronic devices locked away securely until the end of the school day, when the devices are returned to the students. The school cannot be held responsible for the loss or theft of phones brought to school.

Important messages to or from students and parents must go through the school's office or staff in the After School Care. If students need to contact their parents or caregivers in an emergency, they can inform their class teacher or the administration. In special cases, students may be allowed to use the school telephone.

For timekeeping, analogue watches can be used. We encourage students to wear analogue watches as it helps them learn to tell time.

See Mobile phones

Students should bring a small snack for the short morning break. The snack should be healthy/nutritious and quick and easy to eat so the student has time to enjoy the break. In the smaller classes, the teachers will ensure there is time to have the snack during class.   

We think it's important that our students have a say in their daily life at the school and help create a good learning and social environment. and therefore have two Student Councils - one for Primary and one for Lower Secondary. The Student Councils consist of two representatives from each class and convene 1-2 times per month with a teacher to discuss matters that are important to the students/classes. The students can give their input to policies and procedures at the school, help plan social events, etc. The President of the Lower Secondary Student Council and the President of the Upper Secondary Student Council are also members of the Board of the European School Copenhagen.

DIS – Discovery of the World

EUH – European Hours

L1 – Language 1

L1 – Language 1

L1 – Language 1

L2E – Language 2 (E for English)

L2F – Language 2 (F for French)

L3G – Language 3 (G for German)

L3D – Language 3 (D for Danish)

L4 – Language 4 

HS – Human Science

HSG – Human Science (G for German)

HSG – Human Science (F for French)

SCI – Science

MAT – Mathematics

ICT – Information & Communications Technology

ART – Art

LAT - Latin

CLA – Klassens Time (Class Hour)

MUS – Music

GOD – Religion in Secondary

REL – Religion in Primary

PE – Physical Education

ECE – Economics (E means taught in English)

GEG – Geography (G means taught in German)

HIF – History (F means taught in French)

CHE – Chemistry

PHY – Physics

BIO – Biology

Students must bring a fully equipped pencil case to school every day with:

• Pencils

• Eraser 

• Ruler

• Colour pencils

• Scissors 

• Glue stick 

Students in Secondary must also bring a calculator - details will be provided by the maths teacher. 

The school will equip Secondary students with a computer - see Computer loan. -and  all students will be supplied with Books and educational materials including paper/note books. 

SWALS stands for Students Without a Language Section. 

Students who fall under admission category a. * and whose mother tongue/dominant language is an official language of an EU Member State (with the exception of Irish and Maltese) but for whom no language section in their mother tongue/dominant language exists in the school qualify as SWALS students in the European School Copenhagen. This means that they are entitled to tuition in their mother tongue/dominant language (L1), working on the assumption that the school has or can recruit a duly qualified teacher. 

SWALS are normally enrolled in the English or French section. The language of the section is the student’s L2. SWALS can also be enrolled in the Danish language section on condition that no additional costs are incurred. Their L2 should be English, French or German.

* Cat. a. students are students whose parents work for an EU instituion such as the EEA.

See SWALS Policy. 

The European School Copenhagen follows the curriculum of the European Schools. Syllabuses for the different year levels and subjects can be found here