He sets up his English school for young children

“I wanted children to learn English. The younger they learn, the easier it is,” explains Lawrence Currie. At the beginning of the school year, he opens his “mini school” in his home, where he teaches English to children from 3 to 11 years old, dividing the children into small groups (maximum of six children). The motto is, “Learn English while having fun”.

She would pick them up at school, in the afternoon or at the end of the day. These “lunch time” and “tea time” slots are times for children to spend exclusively in English. “On the way, we sing in English and revise what we have already seen. Then daily activities, taking off shoes, washing hands, setting the table, always speaking in English. A lesson follows before game time. All without a word in French.

“It’s a break, a game, a moment of singing. That’s the concept that appealed to me.

Isn’t it too tiring for such young children? “No, because this is a break, a moment. It was this concept that appealed to me. Laurence Curie spent 17 years in national education. “When I saw them coming in sixth place, it was tough. There are 30 people per class and they don’t have the opportunity to speak much English and are not comfortable. I had a big frustration. He found Regre Anglais, created in Isray ten years ago, which now has 120 owners, and decided to show it off.

A few days before the start of the school year, she already has some records. She will accept holidays until the end of this year. Children enroll year round, 2 hours a week, afternoons, 4:30pm or Wednesdays. Courses will also be organized during school holidays. Price: €12 per hour. It targets children from schools in Bedugue, Poiset, Saint-Nicolas and Sainte-Ursule, Beauregard and Villette-lès-Dole.

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