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Approved by directive of the head of school No. 1-4/1 of 27.01.2025

Daily schedule of Loova Tuleviku Kool

I GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

  1. The daily schedule sets out the order and duration of the learning-related activities that take place at school during the school day in fulfilment of compulsory schooling.
  2. The purpose of the daily schedule is to protect pupils' mental and physical health.
  3. In drawing up the daily schedule, account has been taken of the pupil's state of health, capacity for work and readiness to learn as determined by their age and physiological characteristics, as well as the difficulty of subjects and the learning approaches and methods suited to the learning tasks.
  4. To prevent school fatigue, the timetable is drawn up so that the workload alternates, and learning is spread evenly across the school days of the year.
  5. As a rule, the daily timetable alternates humanities with sciences and practical subjects, bearing in mind that pupils' capacity to learn and work is greater in the first half of the day and on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
  6. The walking route to school for a pupil of compulsory school age may not be longer than
    3 km.
  7. The permitted weight of a school bag with its contents is:
    a. Grades 1–3: up to 3 kg;
    b. Grades 4–8: up to 3.5 kg.


    II DAILY SCHEDULE
  8. A pupil's weekly workload per subject is set by the school curriculum.
  9. The maximum permitted weekly workload of a basic school pupil, in lessons, is:

    Grade 1: 20;
    Grade 2: 23;
    Grades 3 and 4: 25;
    Grade 5: 28;
    Grade 6: 30;
    Grade 7: 30;
    Grade 8: 32.
  10. When planning and delivering teaching, care is taken that the pupil's workload is appropriate to their age and abilities, leaving them time for rest and hobbies.
  11. Teachers plan their work by topic in cooperation with other teachers, agreeing on the necessary learning materials, the arrangements for assessment/feedback and planned events. Topic-related notices are sent to pupils through Stuudium at the start of each new topic.
  12. Lessons start at 9.30 according to the day's timetable. The timetable is available on the school website. On Fridays there are study trips for Grades 1–4. From Grade 5, study trips usually take place once a month, but no less than once per topic block.
  13. Lessons alternate with breaks of at least 10 minutes; the lunch break is 20–40 minutes and the outdoor break is 40 minutes.
  14. Subject consultations take place before lessons (from 8.30), after lessons or at a time set by the subject teacher. Consultation times can be found on the school website.
  15. Study trips provided for in the school curriculum may take place during lesson time.


    III EFFECT OF AIR TEMPERATURE ON THE ORGANISATION OF LEARNING
  16. When organising learning, account is taken of the wind chill index, which depends on the combined effect of outdoor air temperature and wind speed, and of the outdoor air temperature actually felt by the body.
  17. Lessons may be cancelled if transport to and from school is not provided and the outdoor temperature actually felt is minus 20 °C or lower, for Grades 1–6;
  18. For pupils who come to school despite the low temperature, various activities are organised until they can be sent home.
  19. Physical education lessons for pupils in Grades 1–6 may be held outdoors at a felt outdoor temperature down to minus 10 °C and, in moderate wind, at wind speeds of up to 8 m/s.
  20. The outdoor air temperature actually felt is checked using the daily weather observation data published at http://www.ilmateenistus.ee and the wind chill index table published on the Health Board website.


    IV DRAWING UP THE TIMETABLE AND PLANNING TESTS
  21. The timetable is part of the daily schedule. It is drawn up based on the pupil's weekly workload set out in the school curriculum, the difficulty of subjects and the expected learning outcomes.
  22. The longest breaks of the school day are the outdoor break (40 minutes) and the lunch break (20–40 minutes).
  23. No more than one test may be held per school day and 3 tests per week. Where possible, tests are not scheduled on Mondays and Fridays, nor in the first or last lesson of the day.


    HOMEWORK
  24. No homework is given in Grade 1.
  25. No homework is given for the day after a public holiday or for the first day of a study period.



    IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS
    The daily schedule has been approved by the head of school by directive.