IIL START is a warm and nurturing educational structure designed to meet the specific needs of young children.
- Provides a smooth transition from the family environment to the initial school experience.
- Play is productive.
- Learning is fun.
- Drawing inspiration from IIL's motto “Work and succeed together”, IIL START is a perfect illustration of the best practices in the world of education.
IIL START makes up the youngest classes of IIL:
- EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage)
- Maternelle
- Bilingual
EYFS - Nursery & Reception classes
The Nursery and Reception classes adhere to the principles of England’s EYFS program and offer a pleasant and stimulating learning environment. Core subjects are taught in English while specialist subjects are delivered in French, thus achieving bilingualism through immersion. The students are inspired and guided to kindle their curiosity and ignite a love of learning, which is reinforced by the focus on 21st century skill development. IIL START's practice mirrors their ethos: EYFS classes work together with their French Maternelle friends every day. This cohesion reinforces the curriculum and achieves age-appropriate linguistic competence, in English and French.
Maternelle - 14ème, 13ème & 12ème classes
The rigours of the French Education nationale curriculum together with the nurturing
environment provided by the educational teams allows children to flourish with confidence.
They develop a love of learning and explore their inner creativity through stimulating and
exciting projects. True to IIL’s tradition, IIL START fosters multiculturalism while maintaining high standards in the acquisition of language, educational and social skills. The surroundings and daily schedules are set up to encourage children to meet and
interact with their peers in EYFS. Bilingual activities give them the opportunity to share and to form friendships. Children are taught English from an early age and language learning is an important part of the day to day program in Maternelle.
Bilingual - B1, B2 & B3 (opening in September 2019)
Bilingual welcomes students from 19 nationalities. The English National Curriculum and the Education Nationale program are closely followed. The school's vision is to extract the programs' strengths to deliver a bespoke IIL curriculum which respects the essence of both national curricula. Bilingual’s structure of teaching, through language immersion, paves the way to a comprehensive and holistic curriculum for our youngest learners. This enables students to reap the benefits of the diverse teaching styles, characteristic of both languages. This program caters for the acquisition of 21st century skills, beginning from B1. As a result, a learning program has been created which considers soft-skill development, in a child-oriented learning environment, guiding the youngest students towards a successful future in multilingual education.
For more information on IIL START
www.iil.ch
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022 884 62 40
Here is a great video showing all the aspects of IIL START: https://www.facebook.com/iil.ge/videos/262678007684368/
Institut International de Lancy
Mrs Monique Roiné, Director General
Founded in 1903, IIL is a co-educational, catholic school open to all faiths. Students, age 3-19, come from a wide variety of cultural and religious backgrounds and represent around 90 countries. The school offers challenging and inspiring programs with a strong emphasis on languages, aiming for a bilingual outcome for all its 1420 pupils.
Within a warm, nurturing and bilingual environment, IIL START welcomes children from 3 to 6 years old in three learning paths: English, French, and Bilingual (with teaching in both languages by mother-tongue speakers).
An IB World School, IIL is certified to teach the International Baccalaureate Diploma program. The school is also a Cambridge University examination center and a member of the GESBF (Groupement des Ecoles Suisses qui préparent au Baccalauréat Français). The French Baccalaureate program is taught under the aegis of the Académie de Grenoble. The school prepares students for Cambridge and IELTS examinations, as well as for a number of certified examinations in other languages.
IIL teachers apply the latest research in pedagogy in their teaching. Recently recognized as an Apple Distinguished School, IIL is a pioneer in incorporating information technology in education. In 2011, it became the first One-to-One iPad school in Switzerland, creating an individualized learning environment and a platform for clear information sharing between teachers, parents and students.
