Heather Guenther
Ecole Mosaic is delighted that you’re considering our school for your child’s education.
We’re looking forward to answering all of your questions and welcoming your family to our school.
Welcome message from Ecole Mosaic
At our multicultural school, we offer a bilingual education in French and English. For nearly 20 years, our school has been developing and delivering a unique and original programme in which all subjects are taught in both languages.
Beyond the simple benefits of language acquisition, this education has many other advantages for our students, particularly in relation to mathematics, languages and relationships with others.
We develop ambitious and innovative educational projects aimed at building skills that will serve our pupils throughout their lives.
They will become creative, resilient, self-assessing, collaborative, communicative and socio-emotional.
Our educational project encompasses a wide variety of activities and opportunities for pupils to learn in their own way and at their own pace during school and after school.
We are more than just a school. We are a multicultural and open international community where parents and professionals work together to make your children, our pupils, responsible citizens of the future, who will understand the world around them.
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School details
We have organised the information available for this school into 10 sections and 31 questions. Click or tap on the name of each section to read more.
| Number of students |
375 |
| Number of nationalities represented in the school |
50 |
| Most common nationality |
Swiss |
| Ratio of local students to international students |
40% of students have two nationalities or more |
| Native English and French speaking teachers |
Yes |
| Language support for students not fluent in English and French |
From 3P, children whose mother tongue is neither French or English or who have not already followed three years of bilingual education will join the linguistic tutoring programme. |
| Additional language classes offered by the school |
German and an introduction to other non-Latin languages. |
| Max. number of students per class |
24 |
| Average number of students per class |
17 |
| Does the school employ teaching assistants? |
Yes |
| Use of technology in the classroom |
Mosaic uses iPads and interactive boards. Mosaic recently became and ISP Lab School and will be pioneering new technology for International Schools Partnership. |
| Is the school ready to use virtual classrooms when needed? (e.g. teaching lessons online if the school is closed, e.g. during COVID-19 closures) |
Yes |
| Do students practice religion at the school? What religion? |
No |
| Do teachers assign homework to their students? |
Yes |
| Approximate hours of homework given |
There is no homework before Grade 3P. A basic guideline to the time expected to be spent on homework assignments and individual study is:
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| Dedicated staff/programs for students with special learning needs |
Yes |
| Learning support offered |
Mosaic is an inclusive school. For children with special needs, there are many benefits to an inclusive learning environment. Regardless of their ability level, children learn from one another. In an inclusive classroom, children with special needs have the opportunity to observe their peers, who serve as positive role models by demonstrating the skills that the teachers and therapists are trying to teach. Being an equal member of a classroom community provides many important social benefits as well, including increased self-esteem and the formation of friendships. |
| Students can join after academic year begins |
Yes |
| School start time |
8:00 |
| School finish time |
16:00 |
| Supervised care before/after school |
Before-school garderie from 7:30 to 8:00.
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| School bus service available |
No |
| School provided lunches |
Yes |
| Uniform required |
No |
| Extracurricular activities or clubs offered |
Multi-sports, lego, drawing, coding, pilates, violin, graffiti. yoga, cooking, percussion, guitar, art |
| Sports activities included |
PE classes take part in the nearby park. Students also participate in swimming and other sports such as sailing, biathlon, hiking, snowshoeing and dog-sledding, all supervised by professionals. |
| Sports teams or sport competitions available for students |
Students are encouraged to take part in the Escalade race in Geneva and the school holds a popular sports day each year. |
| Facilities at the school |
Art room, STEAM laboratory (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics), a Makerspace, library, multi-activity area. Mosaic also uses excellent external facilities for sport such as swimming (from 2P to 4P), sailing (5P and 6P), climbing (7P and 8P), and skiing in Grand Bornand. |
| Sports facilities at the school |
150 sqm room dedicated to physical activities (gym, theatre, dance, capoeira, hip hop). Mosaic also organises outside school activities such as swimming lessons (from Grade 3P to 6P) and sailing lessons (for the Grade 7P and 8P). |
| Qualities and characteristics best defining the school |
Ecole Mosaic was founded in 2004 in Champel, Geneva, to offer a new generation of children opportunities to discover a multicultural world through knowledge, experience and understanding of others. The school offers a bilingual education in French and English for children aged 3-12 years old. It follows a bespoke integrated curriculum based on the PER – Plan d’études Romand (introduced in 2011 in the canton of Geneva), and on the English National Curriculum. |
| Teaching approach of the school |
Ecole Mosaic offers a bilingual education in French and English for children aged 3-12 years old. The school follows a bespoke integrated curriculum based on the PER – Plan d’études Romand, the French curriculum from the French ministry of Education and on the English National Curriculum. To confirm the quality of the curriculum, students take exams or standardised tests in English or French. The education that Ecole Mosaic offers goes beyond a purely academic school programme, not only to make students aware of other subjects or sports, but also and above all to encourage the development of other human and intellectual skills. As an example of this, Ecole Mosaic integrates theatre into the curriculum from the age of three, as well as pursuits such as sailing, hip hop and more. |
Why choose Ecole Mosaic?
Learning
Ecole Mosaic offers a bilingual education in French and English for children aged 3-12 years old. We follow a bespoke integrated curriculum based on the PER – Plan d’études Romand (introduced in 2011 in the canton of Geneva) and on the English National Curriculum.
To confirm the quality of our curriculum, our students take exams or standardised tests in English or French.
To enable each child to fully benefit from our bilingual curriculum, we have set up a compulsory language tutoring programme for students from 3P (6 years old) who have not spent three full school years in a French/English bilingual education.
Our Facilities
At Ecole Mosaic, classrooms are spread across four floors with each one enjoying plentiful natural light.
In September 2023, we opened a brand new fourth floor with four new classrooms; an art room, a STEAM laboratory (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics), a Makerspace and open library area, new classrooms on the ground floor, a multi-activity area and a new reception.
On site, we have three rooms dedicated to physical activities such as sport, theatre and dance (hip hop). We also use excellent external facilities for sport such as swimming (from 2P to 4P), sailing (5P and 6P), climbing (7P and 8P), and skiing in Grand Bornand.
We have a private playground for the early years, while older children enjoy taking advantage of the open spaces at the nearby park.
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