AGES 4 TO 12

PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION

Success starts at primary school.

Collège Champittet’s bilingual primary school curriculum will bring out the best in your child, sparking a lifelong love of learning. As well as providing a firm academic foundation, our programme encourages students to be creative, embrace new ideas, and be curious. In small class sizes, your child will receive the personalised care and attention they need to thrive, too.

OUR PRIMARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM

At Collège Champittet, we offer a one-of-a-kind primary school education in Switzerland. Learning here, your child will follow a combination of Swiss, French, and British curricula, which has been designed by Champittet teachers for our students.

Our primary school curriculum provides an outstanding academic grounding, as well as offering diverse learning experiences that challenge, engage, and inspire. In primary, our children study maths, science, history, literature, languages, music, arts and crafts, and PE. We instil strong values, too, ensuring every child is supported to grow personally, socially, and emotionally.

Our Swiss primary school proudly welcomes children from all over the world, and our highly skilled teachers are adept at making sure everyone feels at home. By keeping our class sizes small, each student receives exceptional personalised attention and support.

French is the primary language of instruction, and we develop our students’ reading, writing, and maths skills through engaging activities. At the same time, our children immerse themselves in English projects and coursework. They also enjoy an early introduction to German through workshops and games, with formal language lessons starting at seven years old.

A BILINGUAL APPROACH TO PRIMARY SCHOOL

While French is the main teaching language at our Swiss primary school, all our students follow a bilingual programme. This helps them to become fluent dual-language communicators.

At the beginning of each child’s primary school education, 70% of our classes are taught in French and 30% are taught in English. The amount of class time in English increases to 40% by the age of 11.

Students who aren’t fluent in French follow our French as a Foreign Language programme from Grade 3, which builds their skills ahead of secondary. We also offer English as an Additional Language support from Grade 3.

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how we teach

Our world-class pre-school curriculum teachers will use their wealth of qualifications and experience to support, engage, and inspire your child.

How we Teach

OUR FOREST SCHOOL

Our Forest School programme enriches our primary school curriculum, giving your child the opportunity to spend several hours each week learning in the great outdoors. Our students take part in activities – from identifying plants and bugs to writing poems about their surroundings – that add a fun, real-world element to learning.

Getting out in the fresh air inspires our children to exercise, explore, invent, initiate, and dream, as well as to concentrate, observe, marvel, listen, and work. Forest School also instils a love of new discoveries and an appreciation for the natural world.

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LEARNING IN EXTRAORDINARY WAYS

A plethora of outstanding experiences bring our primary school education to life. These include one-of-a-kind opportunities through Nord Anglia Education, such as the Juilliard Performing Arts programme, our STEAM collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and service, outreach, and environmental projects with UNICEF.

A TYPICAL DAY AT COLLÈGE CHAMPITTET

Extraordinary learning experiences are part of every student’s day. Here, your child will immerse themselves in awe-inspiring lessons, a variety of clubs and activities, and skill-boosting service opportunities.

Feel the rhythm

Our primary students’ mornings are turbo-charged by movement. Juilliard-inspired dance classes encourage self-expression and build confidence, as well giving our learners a real energy boost.

feel the rhythm

Transforming specialist subjects

Whether it’s engineering robots, learning fractions by cooking, or exploring the wonders of the human body through STEAM challenges, our teachers are experts at bringing specialist subjects to life.

transforming specialist subjects

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Lunch and learn

At lunch, our students enjoy a tasty, nutritious meal in the school restaurant, before making the most of their break. Extra-curricular workshops – ranging from German to dance to art – engage every student in something fun.

Lunch and learn

Brilliant bilinguists

Our primary students are natural communicators who learn in both English and French. Our native-speaking teachers help them prepare for their end of year language exams in unique ways, including through sports and team games.

brilliant bilinguists

Cultivating inner talent

Music, dance, filmmaking, yoga, Taekwondo, basketball, kayaking, coding, and more – our exciting range of extra-curricular activities offers something for everyone.

cultivating inner talent

IMPORTANT

Kindly note that Grade 1 students joining us for the first time can enjoy 8 weeks of day holiday camps at no additional cost.

OUR FACILITIES

A SPECTACULAR SWISS PRIMARY SCHOOL

Our beautiful campus is an inspiring place to learn, create, and grow. Ideally located on the shore of Lake Geneva, our pristine environment, specialist facilities, and cutting-edge technology will inspire your child to achieve more than they imagined possible.

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