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Curiosité
Curiosity
The natural engine of learning. We protect time for wonder: the question before the answer, the long look before the explanation, the second question.
Philosophy
L’enfant au cœur de notre réflexionThe child at the heart of our thinking
The child is the centre, not the syllabus.
Our pedagogy starts from one idea: a young child is a whole person, not a small adult to be filled with content. Children build confidence and curiosity through what they do, not through what they are told.
- CuriositéCuriosity
- CréativitéCreativity
- ConfianceConfidence
- ContinuitéContinuity
Four principles
Curiosité · Créativité · Confiance · Continuité.
Four French words that guide a lot of small choices in our day. They are how we pick books, plan a project, set up a corner of the room, and decide when to step back.
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Créativité
Creativity
Not only painting. Also the courage to find a different solution, to play a role, to build a thing that wasn’t there an hour ago.
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Confiance
Confidence
Built quietly by being seen, heard, and trusted with small responsibilities. The child notices it first; the adult often notices second.
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Continuité
Continuity
Five years from Crèche to Grande Section in the same building, with familiar faces, rising challenges, and steady rhythms.
Five learning modes
How children actually learn, in our classrooms.
We use five recognised learning modes, woven through every week, not as separate lessons, but as different ways of meeting the same ideas.
- Play-based learning, the primary mode of the youngest classes.
- Problem-solving and reflection, “what if we tried…?” questions.
- Inquiry-based learning, the child asks, the teacher helps look.
- Hands-on practice, drawing, building, planting, pouring, mixing.
- Memorisation, songs, poems, counting, useful patterns.
Class sizes & ratios
Small enough that no child can hide.
We cap every class at 14 children. The youngest groups have one adult for every six children. This is how we keep the day calm, attentive, and personal.
Crèche
Ratio 1:6 · max 14
Toddler / TPS
Ratio 1:6 · max 14
Preschool / PS
Ratio 1:8 · max 14
Middle / Upper
Ratio 1:14 · max 14
Children are fully active in their discovery. They appropriate what they learn, ask questions, test, explore, reflect.
From our pedagogical charter