Language policy
Preschool
| First and second year | Large section | |
| Weekly total hours | 24h | 26h |
| VIETNAMESE | 1h | 2h |
| ENGLISH | 1h | 2h |
| EMILE (English) | 2 x 30 minutes (Motor skills and arts) | 2 x 45 minutes (Motor skills and arts) |
| Total languages | 3h | 5h30 |
| Program for non-native French-speaking students (students whose native language is not their mother tongue) | ||
| Intensive French as a Foreign Language (FLE) | 10H / 8H / 6H / 4H / 2H | |
| FLSco French Language of Schooling | 4H | |
Primary / Elementary School
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CP CE1 (Grade 1-2) |
CE2 (Grade 3) |
CM (Grade 4-5) |
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Weekly schedule |
26h |
26h |
26h |
| Grade |
1st and 2nd grade |
3rd grade |
4th and 5th grade |
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VIETNAMESE |
2h |
2h |
2h |
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ENGLISH |
2h |
2h |
2h |
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EMILE (English) |
2 x 45 minutes (Arts et QLM or Question the world) |
2 x 1h (Arts et QLM) |
2 x 1h (Arts et Sciences et geography) |
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EMILE (Vietnamese) for Vietnamese children |
no |
no |
1h (geography) |
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Total languages |
5h30 |
6h |
7h |
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Program for non-native French-speaking students (students whose native language is not their mother tongue) |
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FLE intensive French as a Foreign Language |
10H/8H/6H/4H/2H |
10H/8H/6H/4H/2H |
10H/8H/6H/4H/2H |
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FLSco French Language of Schooling |
CP : 3h CE1 : 2h |
2h |
2h |
The three main axes of the 2025-2028 School Project for Boule et Billes School are
Axis 1: The French language as a vehicle for success for all
Main objectives:
- Improve listening comprehension (learn to listen).
- Improve oral expression skills.
- To offer explicit, progressive and structured vocabulary instruction.
- To offer structured language structures and encourage their reformulation.
- Taking multilingualism into account in syntactic difficulties.
- Encourage written production from cycle 1 onwards.
- To build a progressive literary journey.
Axis 2: Building a collective and individual artistic and cultural journey
Main objectives:
- To propose a spiral exploration of the 10 art forms.
- To involve students in an artistic production process.
- To engage students in an “in situ” discovery process.
The artistic and cultural program is organized around three areas:
- To attend: To attend a live performance, to visit a cultural venue, to discover a work/artist, to meet an arts and culture professional.
- Practice: Experience an artistic activity with an artist or in class, present your work.
- To appropriate: To express a feeling/emotion, to mobilize knowledge to create or analyze.
Axis 3: Becoming an informed and engaged citizen who respects the planet and living beings
Main objectives:
- To develop students’ psychosocial skills.
- Promoting better overall student health around 5 areas (Nutrition education, Prevention of the dangers of screens and the internet, Sleep, Sport, Hygiene).
- Education for sustainable development and the preservation of life.