The end of this school year should have seen the publication of the French Section School Development Project 2019-2022, which we have been working on all year with FS parents, staff and students. However, it will not happen as planned. Our CEO, Mr Gatley has asked Sections to hold the publication of their individual plans Read more about School Development Project[…]

Tomorrow evening, the fourth annual edition of the Nuit du c0de/ C0ding Night will take place at the French Section. We will be hosting 31 teams of young coders from the French Lycées of Tokyo, Beijing, Rangoon, Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City and San Francisco. At this very moment, their planes are landing in (a Read more about A busy month of May[…]

When we welcome an inspector from the AEFE (agency of French Schools abroad) to our school for a visit, as we did this week, we do our utmost to make a good impression. As it was Ms Matossi’sfirst visit to our school (she took up the position as inspector for Asia in September) we wanted Read more about Philo-menal[…]

This truncated week was a reminder to our French primary school teachers – and to all of us who went to school in France – of the joys of having Wednesdays off school, of having a of rest mid-week (even though it did mean our school days finished later – 4:30pm in general). The French Read more about The Hours[…]

For several weeks now, the French Section community has been agitated by the news that tuition fees are set to increase for the next school year. LINE groups have been set up, petitions signed and letters written to the CEO. A number of you have contacted me to ask what my point of view is. Read more about School Fees[…]

I attended the annual AEFE conference for head of schools in the Asia Pacific region this week. My colleagues and I discussed the latest AEFE news, trends in education and how they apply to the French pedagogical model. One of the topics on the agenda was the attraction of the prestigious Lycée français ‘brand name’ Read more about University offers[…]

Just like every other international school, each year we are faced with the departure of colleagues who have decided to pursue their teaching adventure elsewhere. You’d think we would be used to it by now, but saying goodbye is always hard. Every year, I find myself wishing that the whole team would just stay put. Read more about Recruitment[…]

This letter, written on the 8th of March, is dedicated to the women out there. Every year, on this date, we take a moment to applaud the role of women in our society. Although, the simple fact that we need to dedicate a day to women speaks volumes about how far we still are from Read more about International Women’s Day[…]

This morning’s Carnival parade, coordinated by Jaya, kicked off a month that is usually packed full of events on any school calendar. It is during the coming weeks that everything will be put in place for back-to-school 2019 – CPD choices, recruitment, budget, orders etc. That said, at TES the month of March is no Read more about March madness[…]

This week I would like to tell you a bit about the feedback I received from families who responded to the questionnaire I shared with you in week 20. 54 families were kind enough to take the time to reply. The questionnaire asked families to evaluate our current School Development Project and to let us Read more about And our survey says…[…]