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Any feedback on Lycée français Jean Monnet in Uccle?
Any feedback on bilingual school Lycée français Jean Monnet in Uccle?
My girl, aged 5 years, got a place in Nursery section,(French and English)
Challenges are:-
#she needs to commute from vicinity of Montgomery area to Uccle everyday, possibly by school bus or public transport.
# Her siblings are in European school but she probably doesn't have a chance of getting there anymore, as we are category III(not working in EU institutions or nato etc), although we will keep trying every year so that she can join her brothers if she every gets a place in the years to come
# We need to be in bilingual schools due to challenges with my career (single salaried, may need to look for a job in English speaking country anytime, god knows when.
# She has been in the communal school nearby for 2 years now and picked up a good french.She may end of in English schooling in another country may be in the middle of her schooling (job constraints cited above)
So,
-Any feedback on bilingual school Lycée français Jean Monnet in Uccle?
-Is there any convenient/direct public transport system from Montgomery to Uccle (Chaussée d'Alsemberg 1299 or avenue du Lycée Français)
It's up to you if you want to put your child through 2 hours of commuting per day - I am quite surprised you have not checked how to get there on public transport, you take tram no 7 to Cavell and change to 60 bus, average travel time probably about an hour at rush hour. Don't forget no garderie on wednesday so will have to come home in the middle of the day.
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The French education system, although it shares similarities with the Belgian one, is quite different. I'd do research into these differences.
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Why do you think your daughter absolutely must be educated in English when she already speaks it at home? Our children are in French and they all read English without any formal education in English. Look at the extra fees you will pay for the lycee francais, plus the extra costs of commuting. I am guessing you are looking at a minimum of 6k per year. Why not spend that on extra-curricular English tuition?
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Other considerations are the different school holidays, time spent commuting means less time free for extra-curricular activities or just for hanging out at home, having friends spread out over Brussels instead of near to home.
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I'm not you, only you can decide what is more important to you.
