For the very little ones - bilingual music classes at the Maison pour Tous Colucci in Montpellier - Thursday mornings.
Thursday, 30 September 2010
Friday, 17 September 2010
Debate on school timetable launched
Friday, 10 September 2010
Article on Bilingual Children in Languedoc Sun.
Languedoc Sun and Provence Sun
September October are out now
Dear Readers and Partners,
Languedoc Sun and Provence Sun September October are available now at all our distribution points. You can also download them from our site at www.languedocsun.com or www.provencesun.com.
Interesting and diverse subjects such as raising bilingual children and the art of Feng shui for a ‘zen’ interior. Dominique’s adventure setting up a coffee business, complete with tips for a good cup of coffee. Collecting salt and the best ways to use it. Two authors write on the Camargue and the history of the Jews in the South of France. Recommended reading from our best bookshops, the art of wine tasting, recipes, local news and your questions answered. An ABC of school vocabulary and some helpful suggestions for putting together a harmonious colour scheme for your garden. All this and much more in the latest copy of your favourite regional magazine.
The November December issues will be out 3rd November. If you would like to get in touch, place an advertisement or simply have your say please write to us before the 11th October.
Enjoy your reading,
From all at the Languedoc Sun and the Provence Sun; the regional magazine in English.
September October are out now
Dear Readers and Partners,
Languedoc Sun and Provence Sun September October are available now at all our distribution points. You can also download them from our site at www.languedocsun.com or www.provencesun.com.
Interesting and diverse subjects such as raising bilingual children and the art of Feng shui for a ‘zen’ interior. Dominique’s adventure setting up a coffee business, complete with tips for a good cup of coffee. Collecting salt and the best ways to use it. Two authors write on the Camargue and the history of the Jews in the South of France. Recommended reading from our best bookshops, the art of wine tasting, recipes, local news and your questions answered. An ABC of school vocabulary and some helpful suggestions for putting together a harmonious colour scheme for your garden. All this and much more in the latest copy of your favourite regional magazine.
The November December issues will be out 3rd November. If you would like to get in touch, place an advertisement or simply have your say please write to us before the 11th October.
Enjoy your reading,
From all at the Languedoc Sun and the Provence Sun; the regional magazine in English.
Another negative French school review??
'Sit down and shut up - that's the French school way'
British lecturer Peter Gumbel believes that the French education system damages children’s self-confidence. Telegraph Expat finds out why his new book is causing such a fuss.
Peter Gumbel certainly doesn’t shy away from controversy. The British-born journalist and lecturer, who has lived in France since 2002, has just published a book which has sent ripples through his adopted country. Called They Shoot Schoolchildren, Don't They?, the book is a hard-hitting analysis of the French education system - an institution which, Gumbel argues, breeds anxiety and under-confidence amongst its pupils.
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
My son's experience in a French school was not a good one
In the spirit of getting all the sides of a story - heres an article from The Guardian...
As a new book lays bare the inadequacies of the French education system, Emily Barr relives her own disastrous experience of trying to settle her son into a French primary school: 'I felt sick with recognition' Emily Barr with her family. Photograph: Guardian
In his first year at his new primary school in Cornwall, my son Gabe gave a talk to the class about his experience the previous year at school in France. "The teacher shouted all the time," he informed his fellow pupils. "She wrote a 'naughty list' on the board. She waved a bamboo stick around. And the reading book was really boring." To emphasise his point, he ripped up a picture he had printed from the offending book and threw it into the air, concluding: "I like English school."
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/07/sons-experience-in-french-school
As a new book lays bare the inadequacies of the French education system, Emily Barr relives her own disastrous experience of trying to settle her son into a French primary school: 'I felt sick with recognition' Emily Barr with her family. Photograph: Guardian
In his first year at his new primary school in Cornwall, my son Gabe gave a talk to the class about his experience the previous year at school in France. "The teacher shouted all the time," he informed his fellow pupils. "She wrote a 'naughty list' on the board. She waved a bamboo stick around. And the reading book was really boring." To emphasise his point, he ripped up a picture he had printed from the offending book and threw it into the air, concluding: "I like English school."
Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/07/sons-experience-in-french-school
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
Gym, Swimming and English lessons near Montpellier
New and based next to Decathlon at the Odysseum...
Swimming and gym classes from 4 months onwards...
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