French-English Bilingual Program
Renown Community Kindergarten is a preschool located in South Yarra. It welcomes 21 students 2 days a week and offers a Bilingual program. The program was developed on a different and independent structure from the primary section to model the Australian school system in which primary school is separated from kindergarten.
EFM offers a combined Petite Section (3 years old) and Moyenne Section (4 years old) class in partnership with the Australian Renown Community Kindergarten, running for 2 days a week.
The French-bilingual Coccinelles class (The Ladybugs) has 15 hours of instruction per week, every Thursday and Friday from 8:30am to 4:00pm.
On Thursdays only, After-school care is available for families until 6pm.
The class has 20 children, with both preschool and kindergarten levels mixed. The class is led by three teachers (a French primary school teacher, an Australian Early Childhood Teacher, and an early childhood educator).
The focus is on developing oral language skills in French, and the children explore the core texts of the French preschool curriculum and begin phonics instruction to prepare them for reading and writing in Moyenne Section.
The sessions are organized as themed workshops that include games, introductory mathematics, music education, visual arts, graphic design, and activities to develop motor skills. Alongside the workshops, children have free time to explore at their own pace, reflect on situations they encounter, reason, make decisions, and learn to think independently or collaboratively.
This program, taught in French, is designed for children who already understand and speak French, not for learning the language.
| Teachers | Cecile Dutrieux Annelies Delanghe |
| Educator | Takako Osawa |
| School times | Thur & Fri | 8.30am-4pm |
| Enrolment | Applications can be submitted up to two years before the program starts. |
| Pre-enrolment | Fees per child contact |
| Location | 20 Cliff Street, South Yarra Vic 3141 |
| Website | www.renown.org.au |