Language policy
Kindergarten
| First Year and Second Year | Final Year | |
| Weekly hours | 24h | 26h |
| VIETNAMESE | 1h | 2h |
| ENGLISH | 1h | 2h |
| CLIL (English) | 2 x 30 minutes (Motor skills and arts) | 2 x 45 minutes (Motor skills and arts) |
| Total languages | 3h | 5h30 |
| Program for non-French-speaking pupils (pupils learning in a language that is not their mother tongue) | ||
| Intensive FLE French as a Foreign Language | 10H/8H/6H/4H/2H | |
| FLSCO French as a Language of Schooling | 4h | |
Primary / Elementary School
Grade 1 – Grade 2 | Grade 3 | Grade 4 – Grade 5 | |
Weekly hours | 26h | 26h | 26h |
VIETNAMESE | 2h | 2h | 2h |
ENGLISH | 2h | 2h | 2h |
CLIL (English) | 2 x 45 minutes (Arts and Exploring the world) | 2 x 1h (Arts and Exploring the world) | 2 x 1h (Arts, science and geography) |
CLIL (Vietnamese) for Vietnamese children | no | no | 1h (geography) |
Total languages | 5h30 | 6h | 7h |
Program for non-French-speaking pupils (pupils learning in a language that is not their mother tongue) | |||
Intensive FLE French as a Foreign Language |
10H/8H/6H/4H/2H |
10H/8H/6H/4H/2H |
10H/8H/6H/4H/2H |
FLSCO French as a Language of Schooling | Grade 1: 3h Grade 2: 2h | 2h | 2h |
The three main axes of the 2025-2028 School Project of French International School Boule & Billes 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:
- Attend: Attend a live performance, visit a cultural venue, discover a work/an artist, meet an arts and culture professional.
- Practice: Experience an artistic activity with an artist or in class, present your work.
- Take ownership: Express a feeling/an emotion, draw on 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.