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International Bilingual
Montessori School
Notre école élémentaire bilingue // Our bilingual elementary school (6-12)
It is at the elementary level that children start to become fascinated with the "how" and "why" of everything. Using the skills acquired in the early years, the
elementary student becomes an explorer of the universe in a more profound way gradually moving from a concrete to abstract understanding of the world.
Our aim is to create the groundwork for each of our elementary pupils to:
- feel inspired and create a lifelong love of learning
- grow in self-confidence and autonomy
- acquire core fundamental skills such as problem solving and thinking skills that will be used throughout their lives
- to work towards achieving their full potential
Photos: End of year Christmas play / forest school trip / Research project presentation time / sports class warm-up
Children from 6 years old and over are entering a period of imagination, reason, socialisation and moral justice. While we are using this learning period to encourage our pupils to explore and develop their academic skills, we are also encouraging them to think for themselves, problem solve and understand the role they play as responsible, reflective and resilient citizens of the world.
Une salle de classe
Les élèves dans notre école élémentaire continuent à développer leur goût d’apprendre dans un environnement montessorien bilingue français-anglais tout en se préparant petit à petit à l’entrée au collège, ou dans une école secondaire internationale ou bilingue.
Nos élèves qui ont fréquenté notre école partent aux collèges divers et variés (et souvent dans des sections bilingues) après leur scolarité avec nous...Le Lycée International (Fourqueux), Institut Notre Dame, Ecole Blanche de Castille (Versailles), Collège J.B. de la Quintinye (Noisy le Roi), L'Ermitage (Maisons-Laffitte), Collège de Feucherolles.
Photo: mathematics materials in the 6-12 class including the bead chain material cabinet used for learning the squares and cubes of numbers as well as skip counting and multiplication.
Some of the elementary school classroom
Pupils continue to develop their love of learning in a Montessori-inspired environment while being prepared for entry into a regular French secondary school system, bilingual sections or international schools.
Photo: French language materials including the French grammar boxes which are used for understanding the structure of the French language, sentence construction and for classification of parts of a sentence.
La journée type dans notre
école
élémentaire
|
8h30-8h40 |
Accueil des enfants dans la classe. |
|
8h40 – 11h30 |
Cours/activités de français, de mathématiques ou d'histoire OU de l'anglais, de géographie, de l'art ou de sciences selon la journée |
|
11h30 – 12h30 |
Récréation. |
|
12h30-13h15 |
Déjeuner |
|
13h15 – 13h30 |
Temps de regroupement |
|
13h30 – 15h45 |
Cours/activités de français, de mathématiques ou d'histoire OU de l'anglais, de géographie, de l'art, de la musique ou de sciences |
|
15h45 – 16h |
Les enfants se
préparent et se regroupent. |
|
16h |
Les enfants quittent l’école.*
*L'école propose aussi un service d'accueil du soir en anglais (after-school English club) jusqu'à 17h ou 17h40.
*Des cours de violon ou de piano sont disponibles pendant les heures d'After-school. |
A typical day in our elementary school
|
8:30 - 8:40 |
Children are welcomed as they arrive at
school. |
|
8:40 – 11:30 |
In the morning, trained 6-12 Montessori teachers present the
lessons, materials or the theme that each pupil or small pupil group will be working on. Pupils will either focus on mathematics, numeracy, language (French or English) or history
in the morning which are taught in French OR in English. Alternatively, pupils may be focusing on geography, science projects. They may also be working on class presentations
related to their research subjects they are exploring. Art and music is also covered in the curriculum. |
|
11:30 – 12:30 |
Playtime |
|
12:30-13h15 |
Lunch |
|
13:15 – 13:30 |
Children come together for circle time to focus on a specific theme or discussion |
|
13:30 – 15:45 |
Depending on the subjects studied and presented in the morning, pupils will continue to learn across the broad Montessori curriculum which includes language and literacy (in French and English), mathematics and numeracy, geometry, science (including life sciences,, physical sciences, Earth and space sciences including botany and zoology), geography and history. |
|
15:45 – 16.00 |
After a short closing circle, children prepare
for home time. |
|
16.00 |
Children leave school.*
*We also offer an after-school club in English which takes place until 5pm or 5.40pm
*After-school violin and/or piano lessons with trained music teachers are also available during the school term. |
Photo : Elementary class children reading next to our frog pond