Education / health School and specialised establishments sur la Côte d'Azur

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF NICE
15, Av. Claude Debussy
Tel +33 (0)4 93 21 04 00
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF NICE

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A Private International school teaching in English and accredited by ECIS (European Council of International Schools) and American MSA (Middle States Association) offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma , and the IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education - University of Cambridge). SAT and AP centre.

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ECOLE MONTESSORI BILINGUE "LES COLIBRIS"
950 avenue de Roumanille
Tel 06 21 10 07 89
ECOLE MONTESSORI BILINGUE "LES COLIBRIS"

Description
"Les Colibris", the first bilingual Montessori school of the region, for 2 to 12 year olds, will open in September 2009

In the heart of Sophia Antipolis, the children will benefit from a new building adapted to their need. Its environment is fully prepared, welcoming, comfortable and secure.

They have an integrated approach to your child's education that focuses on the child’s physical, emotional, social development as well as educational. For the child, work is like play; children learn best when they are enjoying themselves.

The teachers are all fully trained and aware of the importance of accompanying the children on their journey to becoming the adults of tomorrow.

THE OLIVE TREE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Maison Dauphine, Route de Valensole
Tel +33 (0)4 92 74 33 29

Description
The Olive Tree International School has been developed as a direct and personal response to the difficulty faced by a number of students in International education here in the South of France. Its aims and objectives are:

- To give students with specific learning difficulties the opportunity to learn, develop and succeed in a small school environment designed exclusively around their learning preference and needs.
- To provide a much needed and essential compliment to the range of educational services currently available to the International community in the South of France
- To balance academic progress with the development of self esteem and confidence.
- To foster the values of cooperation, service, commitment and respect.
- To combine specialist expertise, research findings and examples of best practice in International Education to serve the real educational needs of our students.

It is a small specialised school integrating the very best in experiential and brain based learning to meet the educational needs of dyslexic students. A Critical Skills Programme School. Modified British National Curriculum.

The school is located in Quinson in the heart of the Verdon Regional Natural Park just over an hour and a half from Nice.

Places are available on a boarding basis for children aged 11 to 16 years, with a weekly bus service transporting students from the Côte d'Azur, leaving on a Monday morning and returning them on Friday afternoons.

COURS CHAMPOLLION
Avenue des Baumettes
Tel +33 (0)4 93 20 89 46
Fax +33 (0)4 93 20 89 46
COURS CHAMPOLLION

Description
A private kindergarten and primary school for children from 3 to 11 years olds, open on week days from 7.30am to 6.30pm. The school is situated in a leafy 2000m2 garden. It has 9 class rooms and 4 different play areas, each adapted to a different age group. The school meals are home made and cooked on site.
The curriculum follows that of the National Education and also includes English lessons (24 mins/day for the kindergarten children and 1hr/day from the others, taught by English lesson teachers), IT lessons, sport, sailing lessons, music, art and craft, poems, chess, performances and outings.

CENTRE MONTESSORI - LES POUCES VERTS
131 allée du Domaine Pinchinade
Tel +33 (0)4 93 12 15 52

Description
This Montessori private school teaches children from 2 to 15 years taking them through kindergarten, primary and secondary school. The establishment is a member of the Montessori French group approved by the National Education.

Education at the Pouces Verts is devised into 5 units, each one corresponding to a precise periods in the development of a child: 2-3 yrs, 3-6 yrs, 6-9 yrs, 9-12yrs and 12-15 yrs.

The English language is an important part of the general ambiance of the school thanks to the English speaking children who attend. It is spoken and taught from the age of 2 years by a native English speaker.