Maternelles/
CP
Wednesdays from 4:15 pm to 6:30 pm
Each week, the Maternelle children are introduced to a new letter sound. The
group activities then revolve around that week’s letter sound,
building
up their vocabulary and confidence to speak in the group. We use craft
activities where appropriate to explore some of the culture and
traditions of the Anglophone world. During the year reading is gradually introduced to the 4 to 5 year
old group. The 5 to 6 year olds begin work on word formation and simple
sentence construction. Each child has an individual reading session with
a teacher every week. A reading book and a library book are to be read at home each week.
The CP class focus on building the children’s confidence and
enjoyment of English. They are encouraged to participate orally in
simple class discussions and news sharing times, as well as singing and
oral games. They are exposed to different accents from each other and
the teachers and a shared story time is a popular part of the afternoon.
Once a term the children will do craft activities to celebrate a
specific event, often learning about English cultures and
traditions. The teachers follow the British National Curriculum.
CE2-CM1
Wednesdays from 4:15 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
The Primary II classes continue to build up the child’s grammar and writing skills through weekly exercises, as well as providing various contexts for them to practise their verbal presentation skills. Each class has three set reading books per year. There are roughly 1 ½ hours of homework per week, as well as some reading.
The teachers follow the British National Curriculum. However, with just 2 ½ hours of lessons at OurSchool per week, homework makes up an essential part if you wish your child to get the most out of the lessons and make visible progress. Your support and encouragement therefore remain a vital element to the programme.
The children will recount actual events and present to the class, write simple poetry and also reports on work they have researched. They will look more closely at key elements of creative writing and how to make written work interesting, in particular plot and character development. The use of simple paragraphs and conjunctions to this aim will also be worked on. The children will learn to spell words that don’t follow typical spelling patterns, work a great deal on homophones (pear/pair, there/their/they’re etc.), contractions (he’ll, I’d, we’re) and punctuation, such as commas and speech marks.
President of the association
Hi there! My name is Marie
I've recently moved from Versailles to Brest. In Versailles, my children attended a wonderful school, www.ourschool.fr , and I've been trying to set something similar up here in Brittany. I'm working on this on a volunteering basis, on top of my job as an English teacher at IMT Atlantique and as an English into French translator. I look forward to meeting you and your children!
Marie
https://www.linkedin.com/in/m-d-b124b142/