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Lycée Français Jules Verne: Johannesburg - Pretoria
International - Bilingual

Lycée Jules Verne in Johannesburg

Lycée Jules Verne is a French school registered with the French Agency for French Teaching Abroad (AEFE). It was founded in 1992 and currently educates over 900 students from over 50 nationalities from nursery school through to grade 12 (Terminale) at the end of which the French Baccalauréat is taken (three cycles of specialization in one field offered: Literature, Economics, or Science).

The school has two campuses: the Johannesburg campus hosts students from the nursery year (petite section, grade 000) through to 12th grade and the Pretoria campus hosts students from the nursery year through to 5th grade (70 students for the 2012-2013 school year).

Teaching is strictly in line with the French curriculum. In this framework, the Lycée Jules Verne promotes the values of the French educational system

Lycée Jules Verne in Pretoria

Opened in 2001 in the Willows neighborhood (East Pretoria), its premises are moving on 6 June 2013 to a strategic new location in the Arcadia neighborhood in the center of Pretoria. As a result of this move, the new campus will benefit from a very nice and fully renovated building located in the heart of the embassy district.

The students will therefore benefit from a modern environment which will be up to the high academic standards of our education system.

The curriculum is identical to the one offered in Johannesburg and teaching is bilingual as well. At the end of grade 5, students continue their curriculum (middle and high school) at the Lycée Jules Verne in Johannesburg.

Contacts
Website: www.lyceejulesverne.co.za
Email: admin@lyceejulesverne-jhb.net
Phone number: + (27) 11 884 89 36/7 – Fax: + (27) 86 636 64 89
Postal address: PO Box 556 – Morningside 2057 – South Africa.
Physical address: corner Bauhinia Road & Cestrum Avenue, Morningside Ext.40, Sandton.

Curriculum

Bilingual classes in the pre- and primary school:

The Lycée Jules Verne embarked on equal-schedule French-English bilingual education in 2007 and has been developing it ever since. Students are taught alternatively by a French-speaking- and an English-speaking teacher. The rotation occurs per day or per half-day, depending on the grade. The guidelines of the French curricula are followed both in English and French.

All pre- and primary classes will benefit from this bilingual teaching at the start of the 2013-2014 school year.

In middle and high school:

In middle and high school the following foreign languages are taught:

• English, from grade 6 onwards
• Initiation to German offered in grade 7
• German and Spanish, from grade 8 onwards
• Latin, from grade 8 onwards (initiation in grade 7).
  
  
  English teaching is more advanced than in the traditional French curriculum, as students are divided into groups according to their specific task-based language skills.
  
  
  In addition, an International Option of the Baccalaureate, American Section, opened at the French School Jules Verne in September 2012.
  
  Cambridge certifications: Last but not least, the Lycée Jules Vernehas introduced English language certifications. These certifications are for students (and teachers), in partnership with the IH CENTER, the local correspondent of Cambridge University. These certifications allow for easier access to universities and tertiary institutions in English-speaking countries.