ASC Education Group, which has provided language training in the region since 1974, has launched a new programme of fun, effective and affordable English classes for kids aged 5 years and above.
Called Wednesday PLUS, the programme will take place on Wednesday afternoons at 4 locations in Geneva, Vaud and neighboring France. With specific classes targeted at both Anglophones and non-native speakers, the programme will be divided into two strands, one for English-speakers following the English National Curriculum and the other aimed at students learning English as a Foreign Language. Non-native speakers will also have the opportunity to take the Cambridge Young Learner English exams (Starters, Movers, Flyers) from the age of 8.
ASC has been offering English lessons for kids for many years through its subsidiary school, Key English School. So what is special about this programme? Wednesday PLUS Programme Director, Sarah Pralong, told knowitall.ch,
“At ASC we believe children learn better when they are having fun, and that is certainly the case with the extra-curricular activities that we offer at Key English School. However, many of our parents have been asking for longer lessons. From the feedback we received recently we noticed that parents also wanted to see results, and quickly! So we decided to launch the Wednesday PLUS programme, which has a strong emphasis on the Cambridge exams, and is more intense, with classes lasting 2 or 3 hours instead of just 60 minutes.”
Lake Léman International School (LLIS) has just announced that the future development of the school is now assured through the support of MHM Swiss Educational Services SA, a new Swiss company, headed by the well-respected Hamamy family. Owners of ten schools in Egypt, the Hamamy family is proud to make this new connection with LLIS, which will provide a platform in Switzerland for further expansion.
Executive Director, Marianne Salem, told knowitall.ch, "The ethos of LLIS will remain unchanged whilst the Hamamy family assures the school's growth for many years to come. We will also continue to develop and enhance our programme as much as ever, with the latest addition being weekly Music and Drama lessons led by a specialist teacher."
Early this week, passers-by at the Place de la Palud in Lausanne were treated to an impromptu performance. Fifty brave students from La Côte International School, gave life to their school motto - "Be Ambitious" - and took the streets of Lausanne to perform a singing flashmob. The young singers, aged between 12 and 14, popped out from all directions in Lausanne old town and moved towards the Fountain of Justice singing "Best Day of My Life."
The flashmob idea came about following news that the school choir has been selected to perform in "Champions!", an extraordinary show taking place on Friday, 20 and Saturday, 21 November in the Place de la Riponne in Lausanne to mark the 100 years anniversary of the IOC in Lausanne. Nearly 100 students will participate in the performance and sing in the finale. Students are looking forward to take part in this once in a lifetime experience and perform in a large-scale artistic production alongside pop singer Bastian Baker and Olympic Medalist Stéphane Lambiel. Encouraged to push their limits by their Performing Arts teacher, they have made a bold move before the show and turned the streets of Lausanne into their stage.
Earlier this month, an inauguration ceremony took place at the International School of Lausanne (ISL) to mark the official opening of a new, widely expanded campus in Le Mont-sur-Lausanne. ISL is an international IB English language not-for-profit school, currently educating 820 students of 66 nationalities.
The new campus is the result of a Fr. 46 million investment by the school in a 2-year project, which has seen the floor area double from 11,300 to 23,300 metres square, and the total area of the campus increase to 42,300 metres square.
Vincent Perez, speaking at the press conference on 3 September, 2015
First featured on our site last December when the school was in the final stages of construction (link to article), Le Régent Crans-Montana College is now ready to open its doors to students! From 14 September 2015, the new junior section of this British International School will welcome students aged 5 to 13, following the Year 1 to Year 9 UK syllabus (1st to 8th grade).
To mark this special occasion, the Junior School held a press conference yesterday morning on 3 September 2015, in the presence of numerous figures from the worlds of politics, tourism, industry, academia, and the third sector. They included the actor, producer, screenwriter and photographer, Vincent Perez; the artist and patron of the “Moi pour Toit” foundation, Laura Chaplin; and the National Councillor and President of the Board of Trustees of the International Institute for the Rights of the Child, Christophe Darbellay.
