Preschool
Loving Learning and Living Together
Growing up together from 2 to 6 years old
To thrive and master pluriingualism from a young age, our program ensures personalized support, establishes solid learning foundations, and immerses children in a multicultural environment. We promote balanced development through art and sports, and stimulate reflection and memory through play and communication.
- Toute Petite Section (TPS) Pre-kindergarten 2-3 years: Autonomy
- Petite Section (PS) Kindergarten 3-4 years: Social rules and living together
- Moyenne Section (MS) Kindergarten 4-5 years: Towards reading and writing
- Grande Section (GS) Kindergarten 5-6 years: Focus on oral and written expression
Children can settle into a multilingual and multicultural daily routine. They learn 3 languages: French, English and Italian. Children are supported to progressively build towards the future educational environment of the primary school, with 50% of teaching delivered in English and 50% in French. 2 hours a week of Italian. Children are sensitized to the Italian language through contines, youth albums, etc. Gradually, they learn to use oral language to communicate.
Schedule
Monday: 8:30am-3:30pm
Tuesday: 8:30am-3:30pm
Wednesday: 8:30am-3:30pm
Thursday: 8:30am-3:30pm
Friday: 8:30am-3:30pm
The reception of the pupils is possible from 7:45 am. The day is punctuated by a break in the morning from 10am to 10:30 am and by the meridian break.
The Daycare and extracurricular activities are possible until 5:30 pm.
During school holidays, a Holiday Camp is proposed to families.
5 areas of competence
Engaging with the language in all its dimensions
reaffirms the leading role of language in preschool as an essential condition of success for all. The stimulation and structuring of spoken language skills and gradual phasing-in of writing skills are seen as priorities in the preschool and involve all areas.
Acting and expressing themselves through physical activity
Physical activities allow children to explore their possibilities, expand and refine their motor abilities and master new balances. They help them to develop their laterality, the oriented image of their own body, and to better position themselves in time and space.
Acting, expressing themselves and understanding through artistic activities
Artistic activities allow children to develop interactions between action, sensations, the imagination, sensitivity and thought.
Structuring their mind
The preschool gradually leads children to discover numbers and their uses, explore shapes and sizes. Teachers present them with problems within their reach to prompt reflection.
Exploring the world
This area helps children to develop an initial understanding of their environment and arouses their curiosity. Based on the knowledge they are already familiar with, the preschool sets children on a path to ordering the world around them, accessing common representations and concepts that are then further developed in primary school.
Preschool at St Dominique
Our commitments:
- Personalised Support: we prioritize the specific developmental needs of young children, paying particular attention to their well-being and self-confidence.
- Learning Foundations: our educational program lays the foundations to prepare for future learning challenges: understanding, expressing thoughts, exploring the world…
- Playful and Reflective Learning: we prioritize learning through action and play, which promotes children’s memorization and motivation.
- Multilingual and Multicultural Environment: through alternating days in French and English, enriched with 2 hours of Italian per week, we offer daily immersion in a multilingual setting.
- Development through Art and Sport: children take part in physical and artistic activities daily, fostering the harmonious development of action, sensations, imagination, sensitivity, thought, and language.
Spiritual education is offered to children from preschool to sixth form.
Our infrastructures
Canteen dedicated to kindergarten
Divided into 2 spaces for more serenity.
Nap room
For the little ones.
Library dedicated to primary school
The library includes XXX albums and documentaries.
Outdoor recreation areas
Sports field, pine forest with lawn, pine forest suitable for collective games, playgrounds, sports and motor skills boards, kindergarten vegetable garden and small amphitheatre.
The motor classroom
Has the necessary equipment to allow children to perform motor skills courses (learn to jump, crawl, move, throw, etc.) but also different bikes and cycles to learn to move on a circuit.
