A Day At Haut-Lac

AboutA Typical Day At Haut-Lac International Bilingual School

No day is ever the same when pursuing knowledge and discovering the world, but we do have a basic schedule. We deliver our programmes from 8:00 to 15:30 (or 16:20 for Upper Secondary) on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and from 8:00 to 12:00 on Wednesday (or 13:05 in Lower Secondary and 13:45 in Upper Secondary). Students may also join our morning and afternoon supervision sessions and/or after-school clubs to have fun with their peers, learn new skills, do their homework or simply to give families with two working parents more flexibility.

Students may be dropped off at Breakfast Club from 7:15 every day without prior registration, and enrolments are taken at the start of every term for after-school supervision and clubs.

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infant section

primary section

secondary section

AboutA Day In Infants

Upon arrival at school, our Infant students head straight to the playground to enjoy some free time with their peers until lessons start at 8:20. Given their young age and active minds, lessons are kept short and interspersed with regular breaks to help the students stay focused. Lighter, more relaxed activities are also left to the afternoon when the children are feeling a little less energetic.

The children in our bilingual stream study in English and French on alternate days, and those in our English stream study only in English but have one French lesson a day.

SAMPLE INFANT TIMETABLE

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
7:15 - 8:00
BREAKFAST CLUB
8:00 - 8:20
ARRIVAL TIME
8:20 - 8:45
DAILY WELCOME
Assembly (8:30-9:00)
8:45 - 10:00
French
French
Theme: activity
French
Library (9:20-9:50)
French
10:00 - 10:30
BREAK
10:30 - 11:30
Maths
Maths
Theme: art
Maths
Maths
11:30 - 11:55
ICT 11:00-11:50
Various workshops
iPad / Dipongo
Various workshops
Sport
12:00
LUNCH
LUNCH
LUNCH
13:00 - 14:00
Sport
PSHE
OUT-OF-HOURS SUPERVISION
Science, geography, history, theatre
Science, geography, history, theatre
14:00 - 14:30
BREAK
BREAK
Writing & homework preparation
14:30 - 15:00
Writing & homework preparation
Writing & homework preparation
Writing & homework preparation
BREAK
15:00 - 15:20
Story-telling
Story-telling
Story-telling
Story-telling
15:20 - 15:30
End of the day
End of the day
End of the day
End of the day
15:30 - 17:00
CLUB
CLUB
17:00 - 18:00
OUT-OF-HOURS SUPERVISION
  • Obligatory
  • Optional

ABOUTA Day in Primary

Similarly to their Infant peers, our Primary students are welcomed in the playground by their teachers between 8:00 and 8:18 every morning. They usually start with a language lesson before moving onto maths or science and finally more relaxed theme-based lessons or computer science at the end of the day.

The students in our bilingual stream study in English and French on alternate days, and those in our English stream study only in English but have one French lesson a day.

SAMPLE PRIMARY TIMETABLE

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
7:15 - 8:00
BREAKFAST CLUB
8:00 - 8:20
ARRIVAL TIME
8:20 - 9:20
French
English
English
French
Maths
9:20 - 10:05
Swimming
English
Maths
French
Maths
10:05 - 10:30
BREAK
10:30 - 11:20
French
Maths
Music
Maths
English
11:20 - 12:10
German
Maths
German (School ends at 12:00)
Maths
Sport
12:10 - 12:30
Maths
Reading
LUNCH
Reading
English
12:30 - 13:30
LUNCH
STUDY CLUBS / WEDNESDAY ACTIVITIES / OUT-OF-HOURS SUPERVISION
LUNCH
13:30 - 14:30
Theme
Theme
Library/Theme (13:30-14:40)
Reading/Art (13:30-14:40)
14:30 - 15:30
PSHE
Computer science
Theme
Theme
15:30 - 17:00
STUDY / ACTIVITY CLUBS /
OUT-OF-HOURS SUPERVISION
STUDY / ACTIVITY CLUBS /
OUT-OF-HOURS SUPERVISION
17:00 - 18:00
OUT-OF-HOURS SUPERVISION
  • Obligatory
  • Optional

AboutA Day In Secondary

Upon arrival at school, our Secondary students collect what they need from their lockers before attending homeroom from 8:10 to 8:20. Lower Secondary students then generally move from class to class as a year group, whilst Upper Secondary students follow their own personal timetable based on their IB DP options until 15:30 or 16:40. Depending on whether they are in the bilingual or English only stream, students will attend their subjects in French and/or English.

SAMPLE SECONDARY TIMETABLE

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
8:10 - 8:25
HOMEROOM / DAILY REGISTRATION
8:30 - 9:20
Science
Computer Science
Tutor time
Drama / German / Spanish
Maths
9:20 - 10:10
Music
Science
Compute Science
French
10:10 - 10:30
BREAK
English
BREAK
10:30 - 11:00
Geography
French
French
Technology
11:00 - 12:10
Maths
Drama / German / Spanish
Maths
Science
Geography / History
12:10 - 13:10
French
Geography / History
Technology
Geography / History
LUNCH
13:10 - 13:50
LUNCH
Technology
LUNCH
Sciences
13:50 - 14:40
Creative Technology
Sport
LUNCH
Maths
English
14:40 - 15:30
Dance / Music
Sport
German
15:30 - 17:00
French (15:30 - 16:20)
CLUBS / STUDY SUPERVISION
CLUBS / STUDY SUPERVISION
CLUBS / STUDY SUPERVISION
17:00 - 18:00
  • Obligatory
  • Optional
  • Obligatory for Swiss Bilingual Cycle
Information about clubs & out-of-hours supervision