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French School

About

Les Chenilles offers French classes on Saturday mornings to children of nursery and primary school age who have at least one French-speaking parent or guardian. 

Founded in 2019, Les Chenilles aims to provide children in Walthamstow, London, and surrounding areas with access to French language and culture and the opportunity for French-speaking families in the area to connect. 

Les Chenilles is a member of Le Parapluie FLAM (Français Langue Maternelle), an umbrella organisation which supports French language schools for young children in the UK.

We are a UK-registered charity run by a group of volunteer parents. We are always keen to hear from parents who would like to give their time and energy to this project. If you are interested in getting involved, we would love to hear from you!  

Our classes

Classes take place every Saturday morning during term time at Harmony Hall, 10 Truro Road, E17 7BY.

All classes last for 50 minutes.

For the Fourmis and Coccinelles classes, we ask one parent per child to attend the class with them. For all other classes, parents are not allowed to attend to ensure the best learning experience possible.

For the school year 2024/2025, we offer classes to the following age groups – please note we take into account the age of the child on the 1st of September 2024, to ensure classes of similar level:

Les Fourmis / 2 years old
from 9am to 9:50am or from 10am to 10.50am

Les Coccinelles / 3 years old
from 11am to 11.50am

Les Abeilles / 4 and 5 years old
from 9am to 9:50am

Les Libellules / 5 and 6 years old
from 10am to 10.50am or from 11am to 11.50am

Les Papillons / 7 years old and above
from 10am to 10.50am or from 11am to 11.50am

Term dates & Booking

Autumn term 2024/25

— First half term: Saturdays 21/09, 28/09, 05/10, 12/10

— No classes during the half term break 

— Second half term: Saturdays 02/11, 09/11, 16/11, 23/11, 30/11, 07/12    

Spring term 2024/25

— First half term: Saturdays 11/01, 18/01, 25/01, 01/02, 08/02

— No classes during the half term break. 

— Second half term: Saturdays 01/03, 08/03, 15/03, 22/03, 29/03    

Summer term 2024/25

— First half term: Saturdays 26/04, 03/05, 10/05, 17/05

— No classes during the half term break

— Second half term: Saturdays 07/06, 14/06, 21/06, 28/06, 05/07, 12/07

Contact

Please contact us by email for any questions!  

Thank you to all the children from Les Chenilles who took part in the creation of the logo, they did a wonderful job at drawing all its letters!