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Global Education and European Teaching Strategies 2018-1-ES01-KA101-049441 Upper school Realgymnasium Subject Religion German English Latin/Italian/French History Geography Maths Biology Chemistry Physics Geometry Psychology ICT Music Arts PE Hours 5th year 2 3 3 3 2 2 4 2 - 2 - - 2 2 2 2 31 6th year 2 3 3 3 2 1 4 3 - 3 -. - - 1 1 2 28 7th year 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 2 - 2 - (2) (2) 2 31 8th year 2 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 3 3 - 2 - (2) (2) 2 32 Total 8 12 12 12 8 7 14 9 6 10 - 4 2 3 (7) 3 (7) 8 122 +16 optional subjects from 6th year For more than ten years, the school has been offering the school- autonomous core subject "Lernwerkstatt" in the third and fourth grade in Realgymnasium, which is taught in team teaching and combines fields of Mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry transversally. This results in a scientific focus with a holistic and action-oriented approach. The subject should offer a first individual access to scientific methods and ways of thinking. From the 6th form, they have a range of courses to choose from every semester. Surprisingly enough, they do not have either a playground or a gym and have to rent a gym near the school. Precisely because, as an inner-city school, they do not have the necessary infrastructure for physical education, it is a particularly important concern for them. There are a number of optional exercises to choose from each year. They have a 24% of diversity in the classrooms, which is not the average in Vienna. Some schools in Vienna reach up to 50% of diversity depending on the areas. The classroom ratio is lower than in Catalonia, 24 pupils per class and lessons last 50 minutes with different breaks during the morning. Once a year the project week is held focusing on a relevant topic. This year the topic is sustainability.