For those teachers on the afternoon shift this can mean they are expected to be in school on Friday mornings once or twice per month for extension activities or extra lessons. Periodically, throughout the year all teachers will be expected to attend school functions on Fridays or Sundays. These events can include sports days, teacher parent interviews and other whole school events.
At Primary level teachers can expect a classroom timetable of around 15 contact hours. There has been a recent change in government policy and all Primary teachers are required to stay back in school up to twice a week for extension activities and clubs. Each of these sessions lasts 3 hours.
Because of pressure of numbers some schools run a double shift (7.30am-12.30pm then 12.30pm-5.30pm), but teachers will only work one of those shifts. The majority of teachers find that they have considerably more free time in a typical working week than they did in their home countries.
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