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Attention young bilinguals : Boulogne is expecting you !
Par Cynthia Kaiser
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Our project : to open two Anglophone integrated primary classes (2nd grade/year 3 and 3rd grade/year 4) at the Point du Jour primary school in Boulogne.
Information meeting, Tuesday 18 May, at 18h30 at the Point du Jour primary school, 85 rue du Point du jour in Boulogne.
Following on the success of our bilingual (French-German and French-English) primary classes in Sèvres, the International Sections (SIS) are expanding across the Seine to put down roots in a new primary school in Boulogne-Billancourt. Two new French-English classes (CE1 and CE2) are set to open at the Point du Jour primary school next September. The project has been approved by the schools inspectorate and is still awaiting the green light from the Ministry of Education.
As is the case in Sèvres, the pupils accepted to these classes will be enrolled in the normal French state school system, but will spend two half days a week with a teacher from the international sections. (The international sections are an association which is financed by the parents.) The goal for these children is to learn English as if they were attending an Anglophone school. "The children who attend these classes must already be bilingual either because they speak English at home with one or both of their parents or because they lived for a long time in an Anglophone country. We do not teach English as a second language. In class I speak only in English" explains Jenny Bennitt, the teacher in charge of the Integrated Primary program.
The goal of these classes is to allow bilingual children to maintain contact with the styles and methods of Anglophone pedagogy. "In Year 3/2nd grade they begin writing short stories in English. They will also study history, geography and science in English with English-language teaching materials," adds Jenny Bennitt. "Their bilingualism is consolidated through adapted teaching methods in both French and English." According to Mme Ferrié, the director of the school, "the presence of the SIS will enable us to reinforce the Franco-British partnership that already exists beween our school and the Andrew Ewing School in Hounslow - Greater London - and to develop a greater interest in using the English language within our school . We already use video-conferencing and a Year 6/5th grade class has traveled to London."
To learn more about the integrated primary curriculum, >>
The development of these Franco-English integrated classes will continue in the years to come until a full primary cycle is in place. Thanks to support from the Ministry of Education and from the town council of Boulogne, multiculturalism will be a key word at the Point du Jour primary school !
Admission test : Saturday 29 May
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