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At Lennen Bilingual School, school life is shared and celebrated every day. bicultural and international learning projects, creative work, sports, excursions, and community events shape the rhythm of the school year. Explore our latest news and discover the spirit of the Lennen community.

  • Outings & Discoveries

Paris by the water: our favorite family aquatic outings

Parisian summers have a unique magic, a blend of long sunny days and vibrant energy. But when the temperature rises, a single desire takes over: finding a cool haven. Far from the clichés, the capital and its surroundings are full of aquatic treasures for sharing simple, joyful family moments. An invitation to rediscover Paris with your feet in the water.
  • Primary School News

Growing with confidence in elementary school, in French and in English

In elementary school, children do more than learn to read, write, and add. They discover who they are, what excites them, what they are capable of. In a setting where two languages and two cultures meet every day, that discovery takes on a particular depth. Children grow not only in skills. They grow in self-assurance, curiosity, and awareness of themselves and the world around them.
  • Early Childhood News

Why preschool is a defining chapter for bilingualism

Between the ages of two and six, a child’s brain absorbs language with an intensity that will never quite return. It is during these early years, when sounds take hold and sentence structures settle in like second nature, that bilingualism truly takes root. Understanding what happens at this age means giving your child the best possible start in a quiet, irreversible journey.
  • Early Childhood News

Classroom projects that help little ones grow

To watch a young child engage in a classroom project is to see curiosity take shape and enthusiasm become a skill. Far from a simple activity, a project is a collective adventure where each child, at their own pace, explores, builds, and discovers themselves. It is a foundational experience that transforms the classroom into a true workshop of ideas and cooperation.
  • Outings & Discoveries

Family outings in Paris for the first trimester of 2026

As winter fades and the first hints of spring appear, Paris and its surroundings offer families an abundance of things to see, touch, and experience together. Immersive exhibitions, live performances, outdoor adventures, hands-on workshops: the first trimester of 2026 has something for every child between 2 and 11. Here is a curated, verified selection of outings designed for families in the 7th arrondissement and beyond.
  • Every Day Life

Getting ready for school without the yelling or the last-minute rush

It's seven fifteen, the backpack isn't zipped, the toast is getting cold, and one sock has vanished into thin air. This morning looks a lot like many others in homes with young children. And yet, small shifts in rhythm and simple gestures can turn this daily scramble into something calmer — a quieter moment where everyone, child and parent alike, finds their footing before the day begins.
  • Non classé

Settling in Paris as a family: the resources that truly matter

Moving to Paris with children means falling in love with an extraordinary city while navigating a dense administrative and logistical landscape. Residence permits, healthcare enrollment, school searches, building a social network from scratch — the first few weeks come with a considerable mental load. Yet Paris offers a wealth of organizations, associations, and programs specifically designed to support international families. This guide gathers the most reliable resources, tried and recommended by families who have been through it before you.
  • Non classé

An ordinary morning in a bilingual preschool

It's eight-thirty, and the courtyard is still quiet. The first children trickle in, a stuffed animal in one hand, a parent's hand in the other. What unfolds over the next few hours won't look like anything spectacular. No grand staging, no speeches about bilingualism. Just voices in French and English blending together, rituals that reassure, and attentive eyes on every child. It's an ordinary morning in preschool. And that's precisely where everything takes root.
  • Non classé

Being a parent far from home: what it really changes

Leaving your country to settle in Paris with children means accepting that everything redefines itself at once — your instincts, your educational reflexes, the language in which you scold or comfort. This isn’t a lifestyle magazine topic. It’s the daily reality of thousands of families reinventing, every morning, what it means to raise a child between two worlds.
  • Grandir en deux langues

What happens between parents and teachers when trust takes root

There are the words exchanged at pickup, the quick conversation by the coat hooks, the knowing look shared when a child reaches a milestone. Between parents and teachers, trust is never a given. It builds slowly, one day at a time, through the quiet attention paid to each child. When that trust settles in, the entire school experience shifts—for the child first, but also for the adults who walk alongside them.
  • Non classé

Fatigue, screens, overload: reading the signs your child is sending

She comes home from school drained. He snaps at his sister over nothing. She doesn't want to play outside anymore. Sometimes, it's just the residue of a full day. But when these small signs start repeating themselves, they may be telling a different story: a child absorbing more than she can process, whose body and mind are asking for a pause no one has heard yet. Learning to read these signals means giving your child a chance to find her stride again, before real exhaustion sets in.
  • Non classé

Books in two voices to grow up between languages

Some evenings, the bedtime story begins in one language and ends in another. Some mornings, a picture book sparks an unexpected conversation. Some afternoons, an illustrated album makes a child burst out laughing — and without knowing it, they have just learned a new word. Reading together in two languages is not an exercise. It is a moment of closeness, a bridge between two worlds, and one of the gentlest ways to nurture bilingualism in everyday life.