In most, even nearly all French schools, you can have a lunch. It is not free, but rather cheap - about the price you would pay for a basic sandwich. If you prefer to commute regularly home to have lunch, this is usually possible but parents have to opt for that at the beginning of the school year.
There are canteens in French schools. This is where students go to get their lunch during school. They are like American cafeterias.
They are named after famous French people.
No, it is forbidden to smoke in French schools - even for adults. Smokers have to go outside the gates, and that is not allowed for younger students.
5/6 for the first graders
French people of Catholic descent usually do not eat meat on Fridays. (It is a definite no-no on the Holy Friday, for observant Catholics). In French canteens, fish is served on Fridays. French People of Muslim descent do not eat pork. The meat has to be halal, i.e. prepared along certain lines (especially the way animals are slaughtered). This is equally true for people of Jewish descent, who eat Cacher meals. Depending of their declared religion, peole can get alternative courses when eating in canteens, for example in military canteens.
France. Most French schools start work at 0800, most English schools at 0845 to 0900.
Yes, school canteens serve hot meals in France.
green cabbage and liver - you don't find these anymore in canteens.
Winifred Honor Turpin has written: 'Catering for schools,canteens,hostels and institutions'
Like french schools.
In french Schools they have to talk in french for every subject except for English
schools - écoles
Not all French people are Catholics, or strictly observant of religious rules, so maybe half of the French population will not pay heed whether it is Good Friday or not. That said, it is standard that in canteens (either at schools or at the workplace) that the menu on (regular) Fridays offers fish instead of meat or a similar alternative menu, even more so on Good Friday.
They speak French and no one wears deodorant.
Yes French schools give holiday on Easter.
French schools typically follow a centralized curriculum set by the government, while Scottish schools have more autonomy in their curriculum. Additionally, the education system in France includes separate secondary schools for vocational and academic tracks, while Scotland has a more integrated system. French schools also emphasize learning the French language, while Scottish schools focus on promoting both English and Scottish Gaelic languages.
I don't know about your canteen, but the canteens issued to the military serving in artic conditions are steel insulated canteens. The looked more like the canteens carried by the cowboys in the westerns. The standard issue canteens would freeze.
Like french schools.