Who we are?
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Boule et Billes French School Presentation, photo of the team, history and our values.
Presentation of the school
Boule & Billes has 20 years of experience, AEFE accreditation (Agency For French Education Abroad) from cycle 1 to cycle 3, a school which welcomes for the year 2023-2024 more than 220 children from nursery to 5th Grade, from 6 months to 11 years old.
The quality of our establishment is the result of the collective and daily work of a committed teaching team and passionate school staff. More than 80 employees whose main mission is the well-being and development of children within the school.
One school, 2 sites, a family atmosphere!
The Boule & Billes school is also:
- Human-sized premises
- Small class sizes to ensure quality teaching.
- Three languages taught in small groups (see our school project)
- More than 30 extracurricular activities offered after class.
- A reinforced French program to support allophone children.
- Shuttle service that picks up children from home.
- Homemade meals!
- Numerous educational outings
- Presence of a psychologist
- A Holiday center during the school holidays (All Saints’ Day – Easter – Summer)
Our values (4 pillars)
PEDAGOGY
Boule & Billes is a learning school, where the entire educational community is committed to continuously perfecting its educational model. Respecting French educational programs and principles, Boule & Billes supports each child in learning knowledge, as well as their intellectual and social development.
PROXIMITY
Boule & Billes considers its staff and students as a big family, with education focused on the needs of the children. This proximity is reflected in particular by classes with human-sized classes, as well as by promoting the multiculturality of our teacher/student/parent community.
PASSION
The teachers and all the staff are committed to making Boule & Billes a warm and caring place, valuing human relationships and all forms of talent. Beyond the academic success of our students, the teaching team is rewarded every day by monitoring their development and by their smiles.
PROFESSIONALISM
With more than 18 years of experience, Boule & Billes has been able to combine the educational strength of the French system (teachers with national education qualifications & AEFE approval) and its knowledge of business culture in Vietnam. This synergy explains the longevity, efficiency and good reputation of our school, which has enabled 100% of B&B children to access a higher French curriculum (out of 1,500 children).
History of the Boule et Billes school
Improvements year after year, since its opening in 2004
September 2022
- Expansion of the Binh Thanh site
- Cycle 3 approval
September 2021
Expansion of the Thao Dien site
September 2019
Mise en place de EMILE (Teaching a Subject through the Integration of a Foreign Language)
September 2017
AEFE cycle 2 approval
September 2016
– AEFE approval, preschool cycle
– AEFE cycle 1 (elementary) approval
– Opening of a CM2 class (Grade 5)
September 2015
– Relocation of the Phu My Hung school to a new location located in the Thao Dien district (District 2).
– BINH THANH: new building for elementary school, opening of a CM1 class (4th grade).
September 2014
– Binh Thanh: Opening of a 4th preschool class
– Phu My Hung: Opening of a 2nd preschool class and welcomes TPS in preschool class.
– The school will follow the Kindermusic program for music teaching.
– Arrival of a 3rd English teacher.
2013
May 2013
The Boule & Billes Phu My Hung school is moving and expanding. It now has a large courtyard, a motor skills room, Montessori and a library.
September 2013
– Binh Thanh: Gym available to children on the school site
– Acquisition of a second school bus for better service
– 2 activities of your choice are offered to children as part of extracurricular activities.
– Expansion and development of additional classes on the 2nd floor of the school.
– Creation of the DIY room.
– Creation of the vegetable garden in the school yard.
– PMH: setting up a school shuttle
– PMH: arrival of a preschool manager
September 2012
– Binh Thanh: Arrival of a French prechool manager, a second English teacher and a 3rd childminder.
– Phu My Hung: Single kindergarten section with 3 levels (PS/MS/GS).
– Creation of a Montessori room on the 2nd floor.
– A Parents’ Association has been created.
2011
November 2011
The school is equipped with an 11-seater bus (with car seats if necessary).
September 2011
– Binh Thanh: The number of PS children doubled at the start of the school year.
– Class taken care of by a teacher and a childminder (French-speaking Vietnamese).
– Single section (PS/MS) of kindergarten in Phu My Hung.
– Arrival of a Deputy Director on Phu My Hung.
2010
May 2010
Moving the Phu My Hung nursery to another house in the neighborhood.
September 2010
– Opening of the “Boule & Billes” School which brings together nursery, preschool and elementary school on a new site at 183A Dien Bien Phu Street, Binh Thanh District.
– First elementary classes: GS/CP and CE1/CE2.
– Creation of a library
– Creation of a small nursery section in Phu My Hung.
2009
September 2009
Two preschool classes each with a French teacher in Binh Thanh.
August 2009
Opening of a second nursery in Phu My Hung.
2004 - 2008
September 2008
Two preschool classes. The establishment changes its name: Nursery – Preschool “Boule & Billes”.
September 2007
A unique kindergarten / preschool section.
September 2006
Opening of a 1st year preschool.
November 24, 2004
Opening of “Boule & Billes” daycare center (at 9/5 Nguyen Huy Tuong, Binh Thanh district) following the closure of the Petit Ours nursery (Phu Nhuan district).
The direction:
Yen Thu & Thierry FERNANDEZ
They founded the school in 2004 and manage and co-direct it.
Boule et Billes schools are a team of more than 90 people!
The B&B team is more than 90 people who work collaboratively to enable the school to operate on a daily basis.
Book an appointment
Our team is able to make itself available according to your preferences to show you our campuses. If you would like to meet us and book a guided tour of Thao Dien or Binh Thanh, please access the online tour request form: