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Mauritius, Mauritius
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The school provides a calm, supervised time for students to advance in their learning. The school's teachers support CP through CM2 in dictation preparation, understanding lessons, completing exercises, and preparing presentations. This guidance helps students gain confidence and independence. Lego Robotics introduces robotics, programming, and engineering concepts through LEGO Education using the four-step Discover–Build–Observe–Improve process, and the English Club strengthens English through games, songs, stories, and short plays.
The school offers sewing for CM1 and CM2, teaching hand stitching and embroidery without machines. Salt dough activities for PS, MS, and GS develop fine motor skills through hands-on modelling and decoration. Jewelry making, creative hobbies, manga drawing, art therapy, and other creative sessions foster imagination, concentration, and self-expression. Cir cus and theatre build coordination and confidence, with circus activities conducted in English.
Reinforced foreign-language learning from the start of primary school and multilingual education are central to the school's approach. The English Club provides opportunities to practice and improve English through games, songs, stories, and short plays. Some extracurricular activities are conducted in English to support language development. Language learning is reinforced throughout the program to promote multilingualism.
The school offers a wide range of social and hobby activities, including board games, theatre, circus, and creative crafts. Board games develop concentration, memory, logic, and teamwork under Cedric's guidance for CP to CM2. Theatre, circus, and athletics build coordination, confidence, and collaborative skills, with some activities taught in English. Creative activities such as manga drawing and arts-and-crafts provide outlets for imagination and self-expression.
The Citizenship Week highlights civic values and engagement. Pupils elect representatives from each elementary class to form the Student Council, giving them a voice in school life. Civic education covers laïcité, equality, mutual respect, and the fight against discrimination, as well as environmental sustainability. The school fosters leadership and social responsibility through these programs.
The school places a strong emphasis on physical wellbeing through athletics and swimming. The Savoir-Nager program runs ten swimming sessions each year to help every student reach the Savoir-Nager certificate by CE2. Athletics teaches endurance, speed, coordination, and teamwork through CP to CM2. Team sports and collective activities promote fitness and well-being.
École Paul et Virginie is a private, nonprofit French-language preschool and primary school located in Tamarin on Mauritius' southwest coast, within the Smart et Happy Village Cap Tamarin. It serves children from Petite Section (nursery) through CM2 (Grade 5), welcoming ages roughly 3 to 11. The school follows the French curriculum and is homologated by the French Ministry of Education and Youth as a French overseas teaching establishment, and it is part of the AEFE network. It operates as a nonprofit funded by tuition fees and donations, guided by a volunteer management committee. Language learning is a central focus, with reinforced foreign-language study from the start of primary and opportunities to practice English in clubs. The environment uses differentiated pedagogy to support each learner's progress and to foster a love of learning. Extracurricular activities, holiday centres and daycare complement academics and contribute to a caring, community-oriented school experience.
