1A with 4h “keuzegedeelte” (electives) + 1h “leeratelier” (enhancing and diversifying your talents or remedial work)
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| Courses | Class periods | |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Learning and Communicating | 12 |
| Dutch | 5* | |
| French | 4 | |
| English | 2 | |
| Citizenship | 1 | |
| Human | Living Together and Understanding the world | 4 |
| History | 1 | |
| Philosophical subjects | 2 | |
| Art and Culture | 1 | |
| Citizenship | ||
| STEM | Discover and create | 10 |
| Geography | 2 | |
| Natural sciences | 1 | |
| Technical sciences | 2 | |
| Mathematics | 5* | |
| Citizenship | ||
| Talents | Explore and choose | 7 |
| Sports | 2 | |
| Discovering your talents | 4 | |
| Strengthen-Deepen | 1 | |
| Total number of class periods per week | 33 |
* 4h "basis" + 1h differentiation
About this discipline
It is quite a step from primary school to ‘ the big school’. Instead of one teacher, you now have several teachers who each teach one or more subjects. When you enter the first year in our school, you will not only learn the familiar subjects like Dutch, French, mathematics,… We also appeal to your other specific talents. We make the transition to secondary education as small as possible and try to create a warm classroom and school climate through cross-curricular theme days/weeks. In the first year, our pupils receive a basic package of 27 class periods. The remaining 5 hours are used to explore (4h), strengthen and deepen through a ‘leeratelier” (enhancing and diversifying your talents or remedial work) (1h). We offer our students a choice between different modules and try to discover and develop their talents.
For this, we work around 4 large clusters in which the various subjects are contained.
DISCOVERING YOUR TALENTS
The students follow 2 modules, 2 hours per week. We offer the following optional modules:
- Economy
- Artistic training
- Sciences
- People and Society
- Latin
- Steam
The modules Economics, Artistic Education, Science, and People and Society each have two 5-week periods.
The modules Latin and Steam run throughout the year, and are supplemented by modules from “discovering your talents”. After 5 module weeks, 2 theme weeks follow. During these theme weeks, the teachers work with themes that go beyond the subject matter, such as the environment, poverty, traffic, resistance, social skills, …
STEAM
GO! Royal Athenaeum Antwerp also offers STEAM in the first degree. STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics. This is for pupils who are looking for more challenges in science, mathematics and programming from their first year. Through inquiry-based learning, we immerse ourselves in the wonderful world of science. The STEAM module runs for an entire school year for 2 hours a week and is supplemented by 2 hours of choice from “discovering your talents”.
LATIN
If you choose classical languages, you will be thoroughly prepared by following 2 hours of Latin each week. It is a study area for students with a talent for languages and a very broad cultural interest. This classical education programme places a strong emphasis on studying and memory training and is very enriching for gaining an insight into the foundations of our civilisation and culture. The Latin module runs for an entire school year for 2 hours a week and is complemented by 2 hours of choice from “discovering your talents”.
