Three ways to learn French, structured teaching with a warm, supportive approach.

Mrs Brant has used La Jolie Ronde programs for numerous of years in local schools, an internationally recognised, award-winning programme designed specifically for young learners aged 5 to 11. Group sizes are kept small (a maximum of twelve to thirteen per class), so every child has the chance to read,listen, speak, write and interact with both the tutor and the rest of the group.

Each yearly programme comes with an activity pack: a fun book and an interactive songbook used in class and at home. Classes themselves are imaginative and enthusiastic, bringing the language to life with books and a music application which can be used at home, flashcards, toys, stories, songs and games!

As parents, you receive a weekly email recapping what was done in class, so you can see how your child is progressing week by week. By the time they reach Year 7, they arrive at secondary school with confidence, a working ear, an authentic French accent, and a real head start on the GCSE syllabus. (your child must be in these schools to be able to attend La Jolie Ronde’s French classes - Ashley, Cardinal Newman or St Nicholas)

Most secondary students I see are aiming for a higher grade in GCSE or A-Level French. We work through the four skills the boards examine (speaking, listening, reading, writing) in proportion to where each student is weakest, and use past papers and timed practice as the spine of the work.

Mock orals are an underrated tool: a fifteen-minute speaking dress rehearsal under exam conditions tends to do more for confidence than a month of vocabulary drilling. We do them regularly in the run-up to the exam.

I work primarily with material from AQA and Edexcel, the two boards most schools in Surrey use. If your child's school uses a different board, mention it when we speak. Past papers and marking schemes are easy to align.