1. Jules Verne Curriculum and teaching

2. Cycle I: PS-MS-GS Cycle II: CP-CE1-CE2 Cycle III: CM1-CM2
Schooling at the French School Jules Verne And after?
Cycle I:
PS-MS-GS
Cycle II:
CP-CE1-CE2
Cycle III: CM1-CM2
European Schooling Helsinki +
French-Finnish School
Without test thanks to agreement between the schools
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Test
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3. French schooling system Elémentaire Elementary
Age
French schooling system
European School
Finnish system
3 years
Maternelle Kindergarten PS -
Päiväkoti
4 years MS
5 years GS N2
6 years
Elémentaire Elementary CP P1
7 years
CE1 P2
Ala-aste 1
8 years
CE2 P3 2
9 years
CM1 P4 3
10 years
CM2 P5 4
11 years
Collège
Lower Secondary
6ème S1 5
12 years
5ème S2 6
13 years
4ème S3
Yläaste 7
14 years
3ème S4 8
15 years
Lycée
Upper Secondary
2nde S5 9
1ère S6
Lukio 10
16 years
17 years
Terminale S7 11 12
18 years

4. What do pupils do in maternelle ?
Language in all its aspects
Oral language:
Start communicating
Interact with others
Start thinking about language and work on sounds
Written language: Alphabet letters
Start writing by themselves
Act, express themselves through physical activity
Adapt balance and movements in various environments or constraints
Communicate with others through expressive or artistic actions
Collaborate, cooperate, oppose
Act, express themselves, understand through arts
Develop a taste for artistic practices
Explore different forms of arts
Live and express feelings, make choices
Build the first tools to construct their thinking
Discover numbers and their use
Explore shapes, sizes, organizes suites
Explore the world
Identify themselves in time and space
Explore the living world, objects and materials

5. What do pupils learn in CP, CE1 and CE2 ?
French
10 hours / week
Learning to read and write
First introduction to grammar and spelling
Mathematics
5 hours
Knowledge of numbers
Calculations (techniques and rules)
Problem solving
Mental arithmetics
Sport
3 hours
Enjoy movement
Develop a sens of effort and perseverance
Respect for rules, respect for others
English
2 hours
First year: focus on oral language
Second year: combination of written and oral langugage with focus on understanding and speech
Arts and History of arts (incl. music)
2 h 15
Develop artistic sensibility and expression abilities of pupils
First contact with art works (observe, listen)
Discovery of the world (space, time, sciences)
Acquire references in time and space, knowledge of the world
Pupils go beyond their initial knowledge by observing and manipulating
Finnish
Finnish speaking pupis: CP: 1h30, CE1 : 1h 45, CE2: 2h
CP: Finnish method « Pikkumetsän esiopetus » which follows the Finnish curriculum to start writing and reading
CE 1: « Pikkumetsän Aapinen » and CE 2 « Pikkumetsän lukukirja » follows the same program
Non-Finnish-speaking pupils: CP, CE1: 1h30 and
CE 2: 1h
CP, CE 1: Say hello, introduce yourself, politeness vocabulary..., everyday language, simple questions and answers, cultural and historical items
CE 2: Everyday life, cultural and historical items

6. What do pupils learn in CM1 and CM2 ?
French
8 hours / week
Master the French language: grammar, spelling, vocaburary
Precise and clear expression in spoken and written language
Study literature
Mathematics
5 hours
Develop a taste for research and reasoning, abstraction, rigor and precision.
In mathematics, learning of new mechanisms is always associated with understanding.
Sport
3 hours
Develop motor skills
Health education (know their body better)
Learn to be responsible; respect for rules, respect for themselves and others
English
2 h 30 (+ 2 h 15)
Specific project
Arts and history of arts
2 h 15
Develop artistic sensitibility and abilities of pupils
Use a specific vocabulary to express feelings, emotions, preferences, tastes.
Study art works to give some art culture
Sciences and technology
2 h
Understand and describe the world and nature
Observation, questioning, experimenting, argumentation
History and Geography
Learn about time references (Prehistory, Antiquity, Middle Age....) and spatial references (World, Europe, France)
Develop curiosity, observation skills and critical thinking
Finnish
2 h for Finnish-speaking pupils
Finnish method « Kipinä » which follows the Finnish Education curriculum
1 h for non-Finnish-speaking pupils
Everyday life
Cultural items

7. More subjects and more hours taught in English
CE2, CM1 & CM2 levels
English language, 3 times a week (2 x 45 min + 60 min)
Group levels
Oral (incl. debating) and writing skills development
Sport in English : 2 h (Consistent with ESH teaching)
 Goal: achieve the A2 level at the end of CM2 (aligned on ESH objective)

8. Our teaching in FinnishCP
Reading and writing from 6 years old with the« Pikkumetsän esiopetus » method, used in Finnish schools (sounds, construction of words, meaning…)
CE1 (2nd grade )
« Pikkumetsän Aapinen» : strengthening of reading and writing skills in all their forms. Systematical study of the Finnish grammar.
CE2 (3rd grade )
« Pikkumetsän lukukirja » : Reading fluently and with meaning. Follow up on the language understanding and writing correctly.
CM1 and CM2 (4th and 5th grades)
Finnish method « Kipinä » developing oral skills, conversation, grammar, spelling. Producing written texts. Focus on the interest for the language and litterature.

9. The school fees for 2018-2019 Example of annual cost (2018-2019)
Fee (per month)
Frais de scolarité enfants moins de trois ans / less than 3 years old
959 €
Frais de scolarité 3ans-6ans/ 3 to 6 years old
602,50 €
Frais de scolarité CE1-CM2 / 2nd to 5th grade
311 €
Additional fees:
Registration fee (one time): 370 €
School supplies : 62 € per year
Lunch service (food & assistants): 6.60 € per lunch
Garderie: 5 € per hour
Example of annual cost ( )
Kindergarten until 1st grade (included) : School fee: €, lunches: 1161,60 €
i.e. about 699,30 €/ month
2nd to 5th grade : € ,60 € (176 days for ) i.e about 458,26 €/ month

10. Why is Jules Verne a good choice?
•       A rich, structured and quality teaching in all subjects :
Quality of the education is on really high level
Classes are taught by qualified French teachers who have worked in other French schools around the world and thus are open minded and used to children who are not French native speakers
•       Ambitious pedagogical and educational projects
Multicultural environment
•       A small school attentive to the needs of children and committed to the success of all students :
Attentive teaching maintains high motivation among pupils
Small group size helps in maintaining a peaceful working environment
•       Very good command of oral and written French
Helps to learn other languages
Kids from families with single language able to become fully bilingual
•       English language is taught from CP (6 years old)
Private school maintained by the parents :
Parents interests are well respected
Yet affordable
Central location in the heart of the city with good connections

11. Merci Thank you Kiitos