Weekend French Classes
Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and keeping up with the Health Ministry’s social distancing guidelines, we have moved our Weekend French Classes online for the school year 2020/2021.
The Weekend French Classes for children are offered during the school year to complement the French studies of your child in school. You can join anytime during the school year! We provide personal attention with a small ratio of 1 to 5 and aim to help them improve in 4 critical areas: Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening. Some of the great benefits of this program are:
- Students are grouped by French skill level
- Multimedia, a powerful learning tool, is used to keep students engaged
- Provides a great French-esque social environment
- Coaching sessions and French cultural activities are carried out weekly to motivate students to keep learning French
- Weekly routine provides learning consistency
- A personal bond is created between the mentor and the student
Register for 1 or 2 programs and pay in installments!
Our programs
Sing-Along – Beginners (Gr 1 French Immersion in Peel; Gr 2 French Immersion in Halton; SK to Grade 3 English Track) – 1 hour 20 minutes
This program is meant to develop vocabulary, pronunciation, and build foundational knowledge. Since singing and music are very entertaining and interactive, we picked a great selection of educational songs to keep them engaged. Children are encouraged to sway and repeat out loud to match the rhythm and lyrics of songs. The groups repeat the songs together, attempt to memorize some of the lyrics, and participate in academic activities linked to the theme of the day (body parts, vegetables, months of the year..) in an effort to build vocabulary.
Learning Out Loud (LoL) – Gr 2 to Gr 7 French Immersion or French schools or Extended French – 1 hour 20 minutes
This program offers creative writing, reading comprehension, spelling, conjugation, and conversational time, which will not only help the students improve their French but also give them an edge at school. A French coaching session (dance, yoga, art…) of approximately 10 minutes is used weekly to encourage students in their pursuit of French! Read, Write, Speak, Listen!
Read-Along – Gr 1 to Gr 5 French Immersion or French School – 55 minutes
Children will partake in an intensive reading program with an emphasis on pronunciation and reading comprehension to help students become independent readers. They will have the chance to improve their oral skills and expression through a wide variety of materials which include images, videos and presentations. Even though there might be a writing component to the program, this class primarily focuses on developing reading and speaking skills in order to develop confidence in oral speaking abilities.
Core French – Gr 4 to Gr 8 Regular English Stream or Extended French – 1 hour 20 minutes
This program is meant to give students a stronger foundation in their French language skills. Part of the class involves learning/studying a weekly French song in order to understand the French sentence structure as well as to improve basic vocabulary and reading. Other activities, such as creative writing, sentence building, vocabulary enrichment, and spelling, will boost students’ confidence in their ability to understand texts and stories which will give them a great academic advantage.
Little Sing-Along – 3 to 4 yrs – 55 minutes
This program is meant to develop listening skills, vocabulary, and pronunciation of the French language. Children are encouraged to follow the mentors and sway rhythmically and repeat out loud to match the rhythm and lyrics of songs. The groups repeat the songs together, attempt to memorize the words and lyrics, and participate in craft activities linked to the theme of the day, in an effort to improve pronunciation. Research has shown a powerful link between sounds, and memory retention. Singing will use a combination of both, the entertainment value, and the sensory interactions, to enhance memorization by using repetition of words that are used to construct phrases and sentences.
French Homework Club – Gr 1 to Gr 8 all levels – Choose to stay 55 minutes or 1 hour 20 minutes with us
Need extra help with your school work or your project? If so, the Homework Club is your best friend. Students bring their French homework or assignments and our dedicated staff will provide help and support with their work. If your child has no homework or lessons, we will have oral and written activities ready for them.
Locations
Mississauga
CAMPUS CLOSED
Sheridan College,
Hazel McCallion Campus
4180 Duke of York Blvd.
Mississauga, ON L5B 0G5
Building A, 4th Floor, Room 447
Saturday mornings, Saturday afternoons, or Sundays afternoons;
Anytime from September to June.
$TBA for programs of 55 minutes; $TBA for programs of 1 hour 20 minutes.
Fees for registrations get prorated automatically in our booking system according to the number of classes remaining until TBA.
Fees for registrations received after September classes are prorated according to the number of classes remaining until end of the school year in the online system.
No classes offered on the following weekends:
Thanksgiving –
Winter Break –
Family Day –
March Break –
Easter – Apr 11 –
Victoria Day –
Oakville
Oak Park Neighbourhood Center
2200 Sawgrass Dr
Oakville, ON L6H 6M8
Sunday afternoons;
Anytime from September to June.
$TBA for programs of 55 minutes; $TBA for programs of 1 hour 20 minutes.
Fees for registrations get prorated automatically in our booking system according to the number of classes remaining until end of school year.
Fees for registrations received after September classes are prorated according to the number of classes remaining until the enf of the school year in the online system.
No classes offered on the following weekends:
Thanksgiving –
Winter Break –
Family Day –
March Break –
Easter –
Victoria Day –
Breakdown of payment per student for the annual registration
- 50% non refundable deposit required upon registration online. Spots available on a first come basis! Spot confirmed upon receipt of payment.
- To pay the remaining balance, your options are:
- Pay the full amount by presenting your credit card online on the 1st day of classes
- 2 online scheduled credit card payments each for 25% of the registration fee, dated TBA, and TBA.
*Fees get prorated according to the number of classes remaining until end of the school year in the online system.
Cancellation Policy
Before you make a decision to withdraw/cancel from the program, we’d recommend you reconsider given the fact that results of learning a language are felt long term. However, if a family chooses to withdraw a student from the weekend French Classes, they are required to do so no later than 2 weeks (14 days) prior to the commencement of the second term, which starts February 8/9, 2020. If required, a payment adjustment will be processed at that time.
For cancellation purposes only, the 32 weeks of the weekend French classes are divided into 2 terms:
Term 1: 16 weeks from September 21/22, 2019 to February 1/2, 2020
Term 2: 16 weeks from February 8/9, 2020 to June 21/22, 2020.
There will be no refund or cancelation possible after February 2020.