A new bilingual school will open this September in Vaud’s La Côte region, offering a high quality, English-French Montessori education to children aged between 3 and 12 years old.
Called Montessori “Seeds of Knowledge”, the new school will be located at two sites in the region, one in Tartegnin (close to Rolle) and the other in Nyon. Teaching will follow Montessori principles, providing children with a stimulating environment, based on the child’s individual needs, and respecting his/her own rhythm of development.
Heading up the new school will be Marie Littman, co founder of the school with her husband Daniel Littman, who will manage the school’s administration and finance. As a Montessori-qualified teacher and mother of three children, Marie understands only too well the importance of allowing children to learn at their own pace. She says,
“I am an ardent believer in the Montessori pedagogy, which is focused on each child’s natural development and does not conform to a standardized teaching manual. Montessori teachers are encouraged to establish a pedagogic programme for each child, based on his or her natural development and sequence of interests.”
She continues, “Each of the new teachers we have recently appointed to the school has a thorough understanding of the young child and of the Montessori pedagogy. They all appreciate that sharing, collaboration and communication are indispensible values, required to accomplish our objectives.”
The school will open two classrooms in September, each of which will employ:
two permanent Montessori-qualified teachers, one fluent English-speaking and the other fluent French-speaking. The classroom in Tartegnin will accommodate children aged between 3 and 6 years old, whilst the one in Nyon will house students between 6 and 12. Each classroom will take up to 20 students each: there are currently 8 registered to start in Tartegnin and 7 in Nyon.Talking about their future plans for the school, Marie says, “When the time is right, we would like to consolidate our classrooms in one location – this makes obvious sense and will bring benefits to both students and parents alike. We would also like to incorporate German into our programme and, if possible, extend the students’ pedagogic syllabus to Bacclauréat/Maturité level”.
The school has also set up an online shop (www.montessoriseed.com) to enable teachers from other institutions to acquire some of the Montessori material used at the school. Marie concludes, “ Our online store, is just one of the many examples that supports our belief in the importance of sharing for the benefit of all. We hope other schools in the region will be able to take advantage of our excellent range of Montessori material that can prove invaluable in the educational of children at all schools, Montessori-based or not”
Montessori Seeds of Knowledge
4 Clos du Roussillon
1180 Tartegnin
021 545 84 52
www.ch-montessori.ch
www.montessoriseed.com
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