Established in Lille in 1992, the EABJM, International School of Lille, opened a Primary school in September 2004. If the first year, the school only counted two classes spanning years 4,5 and 6, but the school has continued to grow, adding a further two classes in 2005 and reaching its current total of five classes in 2006. These fives classes cover the complete primary curriculum from year 2 to year 6 (with a small number of year 1 pupils).

The school day is from 8.30 AM to 4 PM, with an hour and a half for lunch, from 11.30 AM to 1 PM. The school day is divided in to four teaching periods of one hour and thirty minutes. One period per day is for English lessons by ability group. During the half-day on Wednesday mornings (from 8.30 AM to 11.30 AM) the children do music, art and sport. We are lucky enough to have native English speakers who come in and coach hockey and cricket to some of our classes.

Our "garderie" can look after your child until 5.25 PM. After a play time and a snack provided by the school, your child is free to participate in a workshop (football or art - in English) or to work in the classroom. In 2007/2008 a homework club will be run by one of the teachers two evenings per week.

Our programmes of study and teaching methods are the same as the schools in Paris : the Knock-Knock English immersion method, designed by Madame Jeannine Manuel , the "active" methods used in the teaching of science and maths and, above all, an openness to the outside world in all its richness and diversity.
Our school in Lille has some particularities however.Chinese is taught from year 2, but with the younger children lessons are centred around games, songs and oral work; from CEI and CE2, the teacher begins to explore writing. Foreign pupils who don't speak French are integrated into the French classes; for one period each day they benefit from French as a foreign language teaching.By the end of the Year 6, the pupils in their final year in the primary school are already familiar with the setting in which they will find themselves in year 7.

After careful study of your child's admission form, we will contact you to arrange a meeting with Madame Goutard, the headteacher.