An alternative school
A school where the respect of the individual’s rythme, benevolence towards one another, living together are the predominant concepts. We will be using different kinds of pedagogies(Montessori, Freinet, multiple intelligence..) in order to accompany the children while respecting their natural curiosity.
Our overall pedagogy entails respecting the development of each child and helping him/her to become autonomous in his/her learning abilities. Our project also includes the parents. We will advance together, parents and pupils.
The school is situated on an ideal site : a leisure centre called Le Loup Garou (Les Deux Sèvres) were Helen works, where nature, a pedagogical farm, a vegetable plot, woodlands…. will be areas for fun and games as well as learning zones.
We also wish to use an ecological approach : our children today will be the adults of tomorrow and it is time we started to take care of our planet !
The school will take place in two yurts in a single class and will have two qualified ‘Learning Facilitators’ (a term which we are very keen on using).
For September 2017, thirty-one children from three to ten years old will take part in this wonderful adventure. Helen children (Tristan and Eliza) will of course be in the school.
By clicking on the following link, you can watch the trailer of the film « Le Maître est l’enfant » by Alexandre Mourot, which gives an idea of Montessori pedagogy : https://www.youtube;com/watch?v=fOmHFz3cTrl
For further information you can consult our site : http://grainsdextrapetitsterrestres.fr/
You can also follow us on Facbook : https://www.facebook.com/ecole79pedagogiesnouvelles/
In order to make the school accessible to as many families as possible we have lowered the fees to a minimum (salaries, after-school care included, pedagogical material often made by staff of parents) and, being a private school, we are not entitled to subsidies.
Today, we need 4000€ to buy the remaining material for our workshops and events : furniture, school supplies, garden tools, Montessori material, kitchen utensils.
To be very open and clear with you, here is a detailed description of our needs :
With 4000€, we can cover the total cost of the teachers’ salary and the school supplies (in order to relieve the families from this extra cost). It will enable us to buy the provisions necessary to make the pedagogical material as well as buying quality material which we will not be able to make ourselves (e.g. The material for geography costs 935€). We also need to invest in the equipment for the yurts : shelving, floor mats, some tables, and the material needed for the ‘dry’ toilet.
If we reach 120 per cent of our objective (4800€), we will invest in the fitting out of the exterior of the school : garden furniture, tools, vegetable plot, playground. We will also buy Freinet’s very useful and concrete information sheets for the children (cost 35€ per sheet and per subject, total 420€ for fifth class).
If we reach 150 per cent of our objective (6000€), we will invest in the library and leisure area of the school , in material to develop the motricity of the child (fondamental for the 3-6 year-olds), in arranging the exterior to keep some animals. We would also like to organise some excurions (to cover the cost of a coach as we are situated in a rural area).
If dreams can be fulfilled and we receive even more funding thanks to your generosity, we will use it to refund a part of the cost of the yurts and in doing so, lighten our overheads for the coming year !
We need your help, no matter how small the donation !