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Classes
Taught by qualified Early Years and Primary teachers.
Saturday Workshops
2025
Writing workshops
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday afternoons​
Living in Switzerland and often attending local school, many native (or near native) speaking children do not have regular opportunities to learn about and practice writing in English.
Writing is often considered the most complicated skill to master in a language, as it combines grammar, punctuation, spelling and vocabulary.
Led by UK qualified primary teachers, the aim of these classes is to offer children who are already confident users of English the opportunity to practice writing in a structured and supportive environment. We explore different genres of writing, developing skills in each area through fun and engaging activities. Genres such as; story writing, non-fiction writing, poetry, opinion and persuasive writing offer a range of text types to discover.
Children are also given weekly spelling lists to learn and are tested the following week.
Writing workshops are open to native and non-native speakers who are confident users of the language and already have some knowledge of reading and writing.
UK Clubs
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons​
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These afternoon classes are designed for english speaking children. We follow the UK Curriculum and use our expertise to make the lessons suitable for children attending local Swiss kindergartens and primary schools. We focus mainly on phonics, spelling and literacy but include some numeracy. Due to the success of these classes, we will be adding more age groups in 2025. Classes are currently available for children aged 4 - 10 years.
English Club
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Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoon​
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Our fun Friday afternoon sessions in Unterägeri are for non-native English speakers and consist of themed topics with songs, stories, games, role-play and crafts. If your child is a complete beginner or knows some English already, these clubs provide a perfect opportunity for Kindergarten children to be immersed in the English language. We provide a fun, safe and comfortable space for them to become confident English speakers.
New next year - English workshops for non-native primary school children. These sessions will focus on reading and writing, while also expanding vocabulary. Please contact us to find out more about our English classes for school aged children.
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Phonics Classes
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We provide individual and small group classes at different levels. Our phonics classes are based on the Letters and Sounds programme used by many schools in the U.K. We teach the children how to identify letter sounds and to blend the sounds to make words. They start by learning letter-sound correspondence and then progress to learning consonant digraphs (sounds made up of 2 letters such as ll and sh) and long vowel sounds (igh or ai). They then go on to learn alternative spelling patterns and are able to read with increasing fluency. The children are able to progress at their own pace and by using many different teaching strategies we ensure that learning to read and write is fun!
We have an excellent range of resources for the children to use including Schofield and Sims Sound phonics books, Dandelion readers and Oxford Reading Tree reading books.
Private lessons are also available.
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