Opening of a French Immersion Preschool Pilot Site!

Frenzschool Inc. is delighted to announce the opening of a pilot

preschool site in partnership with Kindercare Learning Centres,

on October 10th 2005

 The pilot site is located at 5 Vega Place in Mairangi Bay, off the Constellation Drive motorway exit.

 We are proposing a class of up to 9 children, operating from 9:30am to 2:30pm, 5 days per week The children are however able to stay at the centre outside of these hours, and partake in the usual program offered by Kindercare.

 The teaching will be carried out by an experienced French certified teacher.

 This French unit is aimed at 3 1/2 to 5 year old francophone children and non-francophones coming from families motivated by the benefits of  bilingualism from an early age.

We aim to gradually introduce the French language to those not accustomed to it, and build on the language skills and experiences that bilingual children already have through playing games in French, listening to French stories, to name but a few of the resources available.. It is also important for us to integrate the children into the cultures around them and unique to this country.

 Enrolment:

Enrolment and Pre-enrolment needs to be arranged directly with Kindercare on 478 8304. The cost of this unit will be included in the standard Kindercare rates.

We recommend that you pay a visit to the centre and obtain a standard Kindercare brochure.

More information on Kindercare centres can be found on http://www.kindercare.co.nz

 If you want to find out more about the French component:

Please email: contact@frenzschool.org.nz  

 We need your support:

If your child is too young to enroll now, or you find the location of this site inconvenient, we still need you to contact Kindercare and express your interest in a French bilingual preschool.

The success of this pilot and the interest showed in the pre-enrolment list will allow Kindercare and Frenzschool Inc. to increase the positions available and open more units in other locations.

 We welcome your comments and feed-back.