How many free periods?

I'm just curious, as looking around the board it seems like I have loads compared to other people :marchmell

I do 3 A2 subjects (bio chem and psych), and i get 3 free periods a day. On mondays I only effectively have 2, because I work during my lunch free in the canteen, so all in all I have 14 free periods a week.

This sounds like a lot compared to what other people have been saying?

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Reply 1

brokenangel

Im doing AS (chem,bio,phy,history) but the A2 ppl at our skool have the same as us just broken up to avoid double frees. In total i have 12 free lessons and 4 home study lessons per fornight the most being in week 1.

Reply 2

aqfrenzy

I'm doing 3 A2's and an extra AS and have over 50% of periods free.

Reply 3

XxJaninexX

I am doing 5 AS (well, i always says 4.5 because i only have critical thinking onces a week but other lessons i have 3 times a week lol).

I have 4 frees and wednesday afternoon off, ofcourse (each last 1.5 hours)

Reply 4

CalculusMan

I am doing 3A2s and have 18 free periods, 50 minutes each.

Reply 5

Revd. Mike

Wow, that's a lot of frees hehe. Oh yeah, another thing I was wondering, I see that a lot of people also have 50 minute lessons, whereas all mine are an hour. I suppose it's just what I'm used to, but I find non hour lessons weird hehe.

Reply 6

Excalibur

I take 4AS subjects and have 3 frees (each lasting 35 mins) on Mondays & Tuesdays, 2 frees on Wednesdays & Fridays and no frees on Thursday. So 10 frees with each lasting 35 mins. (although 1 is used for clarinet lessons, 1 is used for German conversation and 2 is used for community service, so effectively 7).

Reply 7

Ross Murray

I have 12 frees per week (55 mins each) doing 3 highers. Wednesday afternoons am off, but do driving lessons from school & a hospital radio slot.

Reply 8

kellywood_5

I took 4 full A-levels. In Year 12, I had 4 out of 15 periods free and in Year 13, I had 5. I had 3 lessons a week for English and history in both years, but only 2 for French in both years for some reason and only 2 for sociology in Year 13 because of a timetable clash. Each period was 1 hour 45 minutes long and we had 3 per day. In Year 12, I had 1 free on either Monday or Friday depending on the week, 1 on Tuesday, 1 on Wednesday and 1 on Thursday. In Year 13, I had 1 free on Tuesday, 2 on Thursday and 2 on Friday.

Reply 9

Xtrm2Matt

12 free periods (50 minutes) excluding the twilight sessions (3.35 - 5.05). My lessons are about 90 minutes each though, so really 6 free periods a week for me :smile:

Reply 10

katie_lou

I only get 1 free a fortnight :frown:

Do 4 AS levels taking up 40 lessons a fortnight, 4 hours sport a fortnight, 2 hours IT a fortnight and 3 hours learning support a fortnight which only leaves 1 free.

Reply 11

CalculusMan

Excalibur

10 - 1 - 1 - 2 = 6 :p:

Reply 12

Excalibur

CalculusMan

10 - 1 - 1 - 2 = 6 :p:

D'oh

Reply 13

bunnyandme

i have no frees :frown:

i was supposed to have 4 frees but then i have general studies in 3 of them and a french conversation lesson in the 4th. so unfair...

Reply 14

Zinc11

I have 5 frees over two weeks. 1hour each free. 4 frees in week 1s, and 1 free in week 2s.

although i take one or two more coz for photography, i do my work at home so when it comes to lessons i just ask fo a free.

Reply 15

username68316

I have 16 frees a week :eek:

, because I'm only doing 3 A2's. Although theyre not really free periods because I study in this time. Sometimes in blocks of hours. I.e. tomorow I do private study in the library between 10 am and 2pm.

Reply 16

Reverie.

I have 14 too, but I do have extra music to fit in them. Mostly I go to the library or go and practise the piano etc. I have a three hour lunch every Thursday and Friday :biggrin:

Reply 17

Circa1892

I have 12 free's a week, but have alot of extra stuff to do at the moment as I'm in charge of organising our charities week and stuff, and I try to do a fair bit of work in some free periods to free up my evenings and weekends, doesn't really work mind...

Reply 18

Horatio Caine

I did have 12, but now I have only got 6.

I am doing, English Language, Film Studies, ICT and Psychology.

At AS.

Reply 19

sammyrj

Erm... I have 1 free 50 minute period a week. I do have 6 Core periods where I'm not doing lessons, but those are taken up by General Studies, an assembly, a form period, and a mandatory activity of my choice (teaching assistant, 'Spanish for fun', PE).

I wouldn't have any if it wasn't for one of my Maths lessons being moved into one of my Core periods.