A BILINGUAL PRIMARY SCHOOL IN PARIS
Our primary curriculum at Open Sky International Paris
The primary curriculum of our bilingual primary school has been carefully designed and is unique to Open Sky International Paris. It includes the strongest aspects of different international curricula and a bilingual timetable is followed by all pupils.
In French, learning materials and the curriculum have been designed and written for the school’s own specific needs, and they help children reach a high level of language and structure in French at an early age. The school’s methodology also allows pupils to acquire a deep knowledge of the language to allow them to express their opinions, feelings and thoughts; they learn to do this using a rich vocabulary, and knowledge of beautiful texts helps them to do this.
In primary school, we are one to two years ahead of other schools
In addition to academic excellence, our school prepares children for openness to the constantly changing world: we offer a teaching of the intercultural concept by accepting children of all origins and by teaching them the different cultures of the world. We believe that children can enrich their peers on their own culture and thus our teachers can support courses where each builds on understanding the other. The classroom is then a place of exchange and sharing.
OUR PRIMARY SCHOOL'S CURRICULUM BY YEAR
Find out about our primary school’s curriculum for your child in primary school.
CP (Year 2)
from 6 to 7 years old
CE1 & CE2 (Years 3 and 4)
from 7 to 9 years old
CM1 & CM2 (Years 5 and 6)
from 9 to 11 years old
Daily Life
Open Sky International Paris’ school year will start on Tuesday 3 September, 2024, and end on Friday 27 June, 2025.
Holidays match those of the Paris state school system.
The school is open Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, and on Wednesdays from 8:30 am to 11:30 am.
Children can also come on Wednesday afternoons as an option for parents who wish. We provide daycare every day from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm.
Children are expected to arrive between 8:00 and 8:30 am.
Children are offered two options:
- Canteen / cafeteria: Our catering partner prepares and delivers food every morning. Two menus are proposed every day (with the exception of Wedneday).
- Lunch box: Children can bring their own lunch box.
A 5-minute walk from Open Sky International Paris, children are accompanied by the teaching team at the Parc des Glacières, where they can play basketball, football, and enjoy being outdoors with nature.
Wearing the uniform is mandatory at Open Sky International Paris.
How can your child join our primary school at Open Sky International Paris?
Although we aim consistently for educational excellence, we do not put academic barriers in the way of pupils who would like to join our primary school.
Instead we try to admit pupils who have a wide range of backgrounds and abilities and we accept children who speak English, French or neither. When pupils arrive, their language level is assessed, and as a result they will be either:
- Directly integrated into the class corresponding to their level without a catch-up programme in French or English.
- Directly integrated into the class corresponding to their level with a catch-up programme as required, for example, in French if their level of French requires it.
- Supported during a transitional period of a few months, or if necessary an academic year, to allow the pupil to acquire the necessary language base. This will be the case, for example, for a pupil wishing to join the school with no or very little English and/or French. After this transitional period, pupils will enter the class corresponding to their level.
Once at Open Sky International, each pupil will be supported individually, with teaching activities being adapted as necessary.
