The elementary class

Preparatory class (CP: 6 years old) – Elementary class1st year (CE1: 7 years old) – Elementary class2nd year (CE2: 8 years old)
1st grade (CM1: 9 years old) –2nd grade (CM2: 10 years old)

The elementary class

CP (6 years) – CE1 (7 years) – CE2 (8 years) – CM1 (9 years) – CM2 (10 years)

Presentation

The elementary school operates for 36 weeks of the year, Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 11:30 am, and from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm (see the Family Services tab for after school hours). For another 12 weeks, elementary school students will be offered drop-in programs from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The site is closed 4 weeks a year (2 weeks at Christmas, 1 week at the end of July, and 1 week at the beginning of August).

The elementary school is divided into 5 grades. The classes of CP, CE1 and CE2 correspond to cycle 2, also called the cycle of fundamental learning. CM1 and CM2 are the first two years of Cycle 3 (which ends at the end of 6th grade). This is the consolidation cycle. The training provided ensures the acquisition of the fundamentals: reading, writing, counting, respecting others. In addition, it encourages the development of intelligence, artistic sensitivity, manual, physical and sports skills. It provides the elements of a historical, geographical, scientific and technical culture. It offers education in the visual and musical arts. It allows the teaching of foreign languages. It also contributes to the understanding and autonomous and responsible use of media, especially digital media. It ensures the acquisition and understanding of the requirement of respect for the person, his origins and differences. It also transmits the requirement of respect for the rights of the child and equality between women and men. It provides moral and civic education in conjunction with the family, which includes the acquisition and sharing of values to enable the exercise of citizenship.

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The international section at the elementary school:

The section has 3 objectives:

  • Facilitate the integration of foreign students into the French school system and their eventual return to their home system
  • To create, thanks to the presence of English, Spanish and French speaking students, an environment conducive to the learning of a foreign language at a high level. The predominantly English-speaking Canadian child will have native French or Spanish-speaking children as peers.
  • To encourage the transmission of the cultural heritage of the countries concerned.
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3 hours of foreign language instruction

Each week, students receive 3 hours of instruction in a foreign language (English or Spanish).
Special courses can be provided to bring foreign students up to speed in French and French students in foreign languages.

Program

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Subject areas (Cycle 2: CP/CE1/CE2) Average weekly
French 10h
Modern language (English or Spanish) 1h30
Modern language option (English or Spanish international section) 1h30
Artistic education 2h
Mathematics 5h
Physical and Sports Education 3h

Questioning the world

Living/Material/Objects

Space/Time

Moral and civic education

2h30
Word of the day 1h
Total 25h or 26h30
Subject areas (Cycle 3: CM1/CM2) Average weekly
French 8h
Modern language (English or Spanish) 1h30
Modern language option (English or Spanish international section) 1h30
Artistic education 2h
Physical and Sports Education 3h

Questioning the world

Living/Material/Objects

Space/Time

Moral and civic education

2h30

History and geography

Moral and civic education

2h30 either

H-G : 1h30

EMC: 1 hour

Science and Technology 2h
Mathematics 5h
Word of the day 1h
Total 25h or 26h30

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