Collège Alain-Fournier is a high school in Bordeaux, built 30 years ago in one of the city's most historic districts (18th century).
In 2023, it will have 29 classes for around 900 students, aged 11 to 15, with around 100 employees (teachers, management, maintenance staff, cooks, etc.). Most students come from very privileged backgrounds.

Our school is inclusive and promotes respect and tolerance. There is no tuition fee to enter the school. Most students come from local elementary school, with the exception of the 100 students in the American international section (entrance exam). The timetable varies according to the students' program of study, with a minimum of 26 hours per week. A typical school day is 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays); 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Wednesdays.

Students can take part in a variety of projects because they can take advantage of a city's many artists and cultural opportunities (cinema, theater, opera...). In addition, we have an ongoing partnership with a gymnasium in Munich, Germany. Students can also take advantage of trips to China (Nanjing), the USA (Washington), Spain (Barcelona), Paris...
During the week, students can take part in a variety of activities, with reading anytime being a favorite: Anytime, Anywhere, in Any Language! At lunchtime: school choir, open piano practice, learning Korean, debate workshop, knitting in English, drama workshop, aeronautics, role-playing... On Wednesday afternoons, they can take part in a variety of sports: handball, soccer,...

1) In addition to the compulsory national subjects, the school has several special features: an American curriculum, an English-Chinese curriculum, an English-German curriculum, Spanish and Italian as secondary languages and Latin and/or Greek as optional languages, as well as a water polo curriculum, in partnership with the French army. Our aim is to strengthen links with other European schools, opening up our students' minds even further.

2) Our 2021-2025 school project, approved by the school's Board of Directors, includes the following objectives:
- Opening up the school to Europe with ERASMUS +
- Promote responsible attitudes and solidarity as future citizens, in line with the values of the French Republic
- Integrate the 17 Sustainable Development Goals into cross-curricular/interdisciplinary teaching and into the actions of the Comité d'Éducation à la Santé, à la Citoyenneté et à l'Environnement - our committee for education in health, citizenship and environmental issues, which includes teachers, students, parents and staff. We want to get students thinking about their role as future European citizens, in a sustainable environment.

3) Our exam results are among the best in the country. Parental pressure is therefore real, as is peer pressure. Pressure, even self-pressure, to improve grades. This can lead to fatigue, stress and physical reactions that we need to address, as the well-being of our students is a crucial concern, especially in the wake of the pandemic.

Bullying is also a reality, and we are now part of a national program (PHARE) aimed at raising awareness of the signs and preventing bullying. Our aim is to improve the well-being of our students, so that they can thrive and grow in a safe environment. The initial team involved in the project is made up of the school principal, the vice-principal, a history-geography-civic education teacher
and a French teacher. We will be joined by a sports teacher and an English teacher.

The Cazemajor school is surrounded by the Lycée Brémontier. The current Lycée comprises several buildings erected throughout the 20th century and renovated in the first quarter of the 21st century. These include a building designed as an elementary school (today, building L, the former girls' school, while the adjacent former boys' school is now the Cazemajor elementary school surrounded by the Lycée), which is still owned by the Bordeaux municipality. This building is the oldest. It was built between 1907 and 1910 by municipal architect Henri Veyre, as part of the move to create schools in the then-developing districts of Bordeaux.

Numbers, classes and groupings :

Elementary school for children from CP to CM2, aged 6 to 11:

• 170 students in 7 regular classes
• 9 teachers including 1 PEMF in charge of training trainee teachers
• UPE2A program for allophone students with a specialized teacher
• 7 municipal employees responsible for building maintenance, canteen services and lunchtime supervision
• 6 staff from the Centre Argonne run the after-school care and leisure center (Wednesdays and school vacations).
• A RASED consisting of a school psychologist and a specialist teacher, who takes care of young pupils with reading difficulties, in workshops 2 AESHs accompany notified children with disabilities
• 2 civic services are responsible for accompanying pupils with special educational needs in class. They also provide support on school outings and special projects.
• A parents' association helps the school with special festive events.

The school follows the curricula dictated by the French Ministry of Education.
English is the only modern foreign language taught at the school.

The 2020-2024 school project has three main focuses:

- Improving student performance in the fundamentals (vocabulary, oral language and numeracy)
- Small work groups
- Promote inclusion in a pathway approach (cultural activities, citizenship and health)
- Museum visits, theater and cinema outings.
- Preserve/improve the school climate (election of delegates and student council, clear message practice, cooperative agendas).
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Since the start of the 2022 school year, we've been reinforcing oral English with the CLIL program: teaching a subject through the integration of a foreign language. An EMILE class in CM2 (1h30 English language teaching and other subjects in English, EPS, arts, oral language, math).
From 2023, several CLIL classes will be set up: CM2, CM1 and CE2.

We do not wish to carry out pupil mobilities, only teacher mobilities. We would like to participate in the project through eTwinning and 4 teacher mobilities in all.
We'll be delighted to welcome the partners and benefit from the exchange between Lycée Bremontier and the European partners. European partners.