Lycée Français Sophie Germain

The school supports social and emotional learning through the school psychologist, who considers the psychological, cognitive, and social development of students and shares observations with families. The psychologist contributes to a caring approach to school life and participates in crisis management when necessary. Preventive initiatives and programs promote student wellbeing across the school. The school fosters close links between families and teaching staff, inviting parents to contact the team whenever issues arise. A digital safeguarding tool, MyConcern, is used to report and monitor wellbeing and safeguarding issues, ensuring timely and coordinated responses.

On-site support for students with medical needs is provided by a nurse and a school psychologist who are available daily. The nurse is Karima El Jamali, and the school psychologist is Maud Montméat.

From moyenne section, a bilingual French-English pathway teaches the full French program in two languages, French and English, with two teachers. Students become perfectly bilingual in French and English and can switch between languages seamlessly. The bilingual pathway offers advantages such as improved memory and multitasking, better performance across subjects, stronger communication skills, greater global mobility, easier acquisition of additional languages, and higher self-confidence.

The school provides mental wellbeing support through a school psychologist who considers psychological, cognitive, and social development and shares observations with families. The psychologist contributes to a caring approach to school life and participates in crisis management when required. The school has an on-site nurse and a medical room to support students' health needs. The MyConcern platform aids safeguarding and wellbeing by enabling staff to report, track, and respond to concerns, ensuring coordinated support.

Safeguarding is defined as ensuring children grow up with effective care, taking measures to give every child the best possible chances in life, preventing harm to health or development, and protecting children from abuse. Safeguarding comprises preventive measures to ensure safety and wellbeing, including student health and safety, behavior management, harassment prevention, support for students with medical needs, education on personal, health and socio-economic life, as well as first aid and infrastructure safety. The Lycée Français Sophie Germain aims to provide a safe environment for students, teachers, and staff and maintains a rigorous safeguarding policy. We foster close links between families and staff, and parents are invited to contact staff at any time if there is a problem. The school has an on-site nurse and a school psychologist available daily. A digital safeguarding tool, MyConcern, allows staff to report incidents, track cases, and coordinate responses.