Kindergarten: organization and programs
Kindergarten welcomes children from 2 and a half to 5 years old. It constitutes the first cycle of school, with three years of schooling called the petite section, the moyenne section and the grande section. This is the cycle of first learning, where children discover the world of school.
The role of kindergarten
Kindergarten is a school for growing, learning and succeeding together.
- The child learns to become independent, to express himself, to develop his creativity.
- It is a caring school which is based on play, manipulation, discovery, exploration.
- The child discovers the world of writing and begins to learn to read, write and count.
The environment is adapted with spaces and equipment designed for young children, school activities that respect the child's pace, a peaceful environment where the child develops in complete safety.
Learnings
The nursery school program implemented at the EFEP is that defined by the French Ministry of National Education and is inspired by various educational methods, including Montessori pedagogy.
The small class sizes (up to 20 students) allow for quality individualized support. The teacher, French, is qualified in early childhood education. The educational assistant is also present throughout the day in the group to help the children with their daily activities.
An English teacher from Great Britain is present in the nursery class every Wednesday and Friday.
Together with the French teacher, she implements the class activities. On Mondays and Thursdays, it is the Montenegrin language teacher who leads some activities in the class with the French teacher.
The lessons are organized into five learning areas:
- Mobilizing language in all its dimensions.
- Act, express yourself, understand through physical activity.
- Act, express yourself, understand through artistic activities.
- Build the first tools to structure your thinking.
- Explore the world.
Day Outline
- 8:20 a.m. Welcoming students into the classroom
- 8:50 a.m. Grouping and oral language
- 9:00 a.m. Guided workshops, Independent workshops
- 9:50 a.m. Staggered gathering
- 10:00 a.m. Recess
- 10:30 Motor skills
- 11:00 a.m. Stories, songs and rhymes
- 11:30 Lunch break
- 12:30 p.m. Start of nap for PS and MS
- 1:00 p.m. Quiet time for the GS
- 1:20 p.m. Workshop with the GS
- 2:30 p.m. Wake up for PS and MS, end of day regrouping
- 2:45 p.m. end of class and extracurricular activities (except Friday)
- (4:00 p.m. End of optional extracurricular activities)
