Prime News December 2021

SIS Paris Ouest has two types of programmes:
Extension and Integrated. Both programmes offer
the same level of language and literacy instruction to
children who are fluent in English.
Our students are exposed to quality literature,
cultivate reading skills and learn to become confident
authors. They become proficient in communicating
ideas with ease and precision in English.
Teachers work from a bespoke curriculum based on
the Primary Framework for Literacy in the UK. This
curriculum emphasises creativity and the application
of literacy skills to meaningful tasks, quality fiction
and non-fiction being a principle focus. Our native
English speaking team is sensitive to children’s
individual needs; they are recognized and taken into
account accordingly.
Extension Programme
Our Extension Programme gives bilingual children
aged 4-10 attending other schools the opportunity
to immerse themselves in English on Wednesday
afternoons throughout the school year. Classes take
place at the Gambetta Primary School in Sèvres. The
curriculum focuses on language and literacy during
the 3 hours of class. Working within a structured
academic English speaking environment on a weekly
basis improves your child’s chances of being able
to pursue a bilingual programme in middle school.
Children who are not fluent in French may attend our
Wednesday classes.
Integrated Programme
Students aged 6-10 attend one of our public host
schools in Boulogne or Sèvres on a full-time basis and
follow the national primary curriculum in French with
teachers employed by the French national education
system. They have 6 hours of class in English with our
teachers twice a week in language and literacy as well
as history, geography and science. Integrated students
must be fluent in French.
Sections Internationales SIS Paris Ouest
Office : 1 parvis Charles de Gaulle
92310 Sèvres
Tel. : 01 72 77 70 40
Office hours: 8:00-12pm; 2-5:30pm
www.sissevres.org, info@sisparisouest.org
President of the association: Saïd Saïdi
Director: Elisabeth Lau-Vanchet
Deputy Director: Ina Effenkammer
Deputy Director: Katarina Pekkanen
Administrative Team & Admissions
Primary Admissions Assistant : Jennifer Maurel
Secondary Admissions : Katarina Pekkanen
Preschool & Primary Teachers 2021-2022
Head of Primary : Catherine Potter-Jadas
Head of Primary Extension : Ralph Tidmarsh
Integrated programme teachers :
Joanna Lhonoré, Connie Montrella, Catherine Potter-Jadas,
Ralph Tidmarsh
Extension programme teachers (Wednesday) :
Patrick Amos, Sarah Armstrong, Rachel Chatterjee,
Hannah Coyle, Juliana Daxland, Doris Fisahaye,
Genevieve Goldsack, Cynthia Kaiser, Joanna Lhonoré,
Amber Minogue, Rochelle Paulello, Monica Perillat,
Taylor Scott, Rashmi Shangrai, Louise Smit,
Mirella Sobolewski, Neil Sinclair, Ilse Willems
PrimeNews • December 2021-2022
Production editor: Anne Cornell-Pouret
Photos: © SIS Paris Ouest teachers
Cover photo: © Catherine Potter-Jadas, Love in a Box
project: Our integrated P2 class in Boulogne showing
everyone what needs to be put in a Love in a Box (or bag
as in this case). A big thank you to all the families that
joined us in making up boxes to go to children who are
less fortunate than ours.