Who are we?
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Presentation of the French International School Boule & Billes, photos of the team, our history and our values.
Presentation of the school
The French International 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 2024-2025 more than 220 children from nursery to Grade 5, 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 70 employees whose main mission is the well-being and flourishing of children within the school.
One school, 2 sites, a family atmosphere!
The Boule & Billes school is also:
- Human-scale premises
- Small class sizes to ensure quality teaching.
- Three languages taught by level, in small groups (see our school project)
- More than 30 after school activities offered after class.
- A reinforced French program to support non-French-speaking children.
- Shuttle service that picks up children from home.
- Homemade meals!
- Numerous educational outings
- Presence of a psychologist
- A Holiday Camp 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 human-scale class sizes, as well as by promoting the cross-cultural experience 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 following their flourishing 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 (qualified teachers from the French Ministry of National Education & AEFE accreditation) 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 Boule & Billes children to access a higher French curriculum (out of 1,500 children).
History of the French International School Boule & Billes
Improvements year after year, since its opening in 2004
September 2022
- Expansion of the Binh Thanh site
- Cycle 3 accreditation
September 2021
Expansion of the Thao Dien site
September 2019
Introduction of CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning)
September 2017
AEFE cycle 2 accreditation
September 2016
– AEFE accreditation, kindergarten cycle
– AEFE cycle 1 (primary) accreditation
– Opening of a Grade 5 class
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 Grade 4 class.
September 2014
– Binh Thanh: Opening of a 4th kindergarten class
– Phu My Hung: Opening of a 2nd kindergarten class, and Toddler Year (TPS) children welcomed in kindergarten classes.
– 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 to choose from are offered to children as part of after school 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 nursery manager
September 2012
– Binh Thanh: Arrival of a French nursery manager, a second English teacher and a 3rd kindergarten assistant.
– Phu My Hung: Single kindergarten section with 3 levels (First Year / Second Year / Final Year).
– 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 First Year children doubled at the start of the school year.
– Class taken care of by a teacher and a Vietnamese French-Speaking Assistant.
– Single kindergarten section (First Year / Second Year) in Phu My Hung.
– Arrival of a Deputy Director at 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, kindergarten and elementary school on a new site at 183A Dien Bien Phu Street, Binh Thanh District.
– First elementary classes: Final Year/Grade 1 and Grade 2/Grade 3.
– Creation of a library
– Creation of a First Year kindergarten class in Phu My Hung.
2009
September 2009
Two kindergarten 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 kindergarten classes. The establishment changes its name: Nursery – Kindergarten “Boule & Billes”.
September 2007
A single kindergarten section.
September 2006
Opening of a First Year kindergarten class.
November 24, 2004
Opening of the “Boule & Billes” nursery and daycare (at 9/5 Nguyen Huy Tuong, Binh Thanh district) following the closure of the Petit Ours nursery (Phu Nhuan district).
Management:
Yen Thu & Thierry FERNANDEZ
They founded the school in 2004 and manage and co-direct it.
French International School Boule & Billes is a team of more than 90 people!
The Boule & Billes team is more than 90 people who work collaboratively to enable the school to operate on a daily basis.
Come and visit our school
Our team is available at a time that suits you to show you around our campuses. If you would like to meet us and book a guided tour of Thao Dien or Binh Thanh, please fill in the online visit request form: