1. French School Arthur Rimbaud
The school is part of the worldwide network of French schools abroad (AEFE)
The school is recognized by the French Ministry of Education and by the Cypriot Ministry of Education.
AEFE: 460 schools, 132 countries, students

2. DIPLÔME NATIONAL DU BREVET
French School System
BACCALAUREAT
Lycée
(Senior high school)
(Λύκειο)
Terminale
Year 12
1ère
Year 11
15 –16 ans
2nde
Year 10
DIPLÔME NATIONAL DU BREVET
14 – 15
Collège
(Junior high school)
(Гυμνάσιο) 3e
Year 9
13 – 14 4e
Year 8
12 – 13 5e
Year 7
11 –12 ans 6e
Year 6
10 – 11
École élémentaire
(Elementary school)
(Δημοτικό Σχολειο)
Cours moyen 2 (CM2)
Year 5
9 – 10
Cours moyen 1 (CM1)
Year 4
8 – 9
Cours élémentaire 2 (CE2)
Year 3
7 – 8
Cours élémentaire 1 (CE1)
Year 2
6 – 7 ans
Cours préparatoire (CP)
Year 1
5 – 6
École maternelle
(Pre school education)
Grande section (GS)
Reception year
4 – 5
Moyenne section (MS)
3 – 4 ans
Petite section (PS)

3. "Basics for a good education"
FRENCH CURRICULUM « ECOLE MATERNELLE » OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF FRENCH NATIONAL EDUCATION SPECIAL EDITION N° 3 OF 19 JUNE 2008
"Basics for a good education"
Kindergarten provides the basics of a good education in the French system. It prepares for primary school.
Its aim is to help children become "pupils" by teaching them to be self-confident, to learn with and among others and to enjoy school.
It enables children to develop their own personalities and to become self reliant among people other than family members.
It helps them grow by giving them the abilities that will be needed in primary school.
This is achieved through a global teaching approach consisting of games, hands-on experience, observation as well as individual and collective activities.
ACQUIRING LANGUAGE
DISCOVERING WRITING
BECOMING A STUDENT
ACTING AND EXPRESSING THEMSELVES THROUGH THEIR BODIES
DISCOVERING THE WORLD
OBSERVING, FEELING, IMAGINING, CREATING

4. ACQUIRING LANGUAGE Discussion, expression Comprehension
Learning to master the French language
At the end of kindergarten, children can:
- understand a message and act or reply accordingly;
- name an object, a person or action relating to everyday life precisely;
- formulate and make understood, a description or a question;
- describe and make understood an incident previously unknown to the listener, or an invented story;
- take the initiative in asking questions or expressing their point of view.

5. DISCOVERING WRITING 1. Becoming familiar with the written word
At the end of kindergarten children can:
- identify the main purposes of the written word;
- listen to and understand a text read by an adult;
- know some heritage texts, mainly traditional stories;
- make an enunciation in an adapted form so that it can be written down by an adult.
2. Preparing to learn to read and write
- differentiate sounds;
- distinguish the syllables of a spoken word; recognize the same syllable in several statements;
- match the words of a short statement orally and in writing;
- recognize and write most of the letters of the alphabet;
- relate sounds to letters;
- copy in cursive writing, short, simple words where the relationship between letters and sounds has been studied, with guidance from the teacher;
- write their name in cursive writing.

6. BECOMING A STUDENT
Living together: learning the rules of courtesy and the principles of moral behaviour
Cooperating and becoming independent
Understanding what school is
At the end of kindergarten the children can:
- respect others and respect the rules of community life;
- listen, help, cooperate; ask for help;
- have self-confidence; control their emotions;
- identify adults and their role;
- carry out simple tasks independently and participate in school activities;
- talk about what they are learning.

7. ACTING AND EXPRESSING THEMSELVES THROUGH THEIR BODIES
Free or guided physical activities
Activities which have rules
Activities of expression with artistic theme
At the end of kindergarten the children can:
- adapt their movements to environments or different constraints;
- cooperate and oppose each other individually or collectively; accept collective constraints;
- express themselves with or without musical beat, with or without equipment; express feelings and emotions through gesture and movement;
- be familiar with their environment and move about in it;
- describe or negotiate a simple course.

8. DISCOVERING THE WORLD Learning about objects Learning about matter
Learning about living things
Learning about shape and size
First experience with quantities and numbers
Understanding time
Understanding place
At the end of kindergarten children can:
- recognize, name, describe, compare, arrange and classify materials or objects according to their qualities and uses;
- know some features of animal and plant life, understand the major processes: growth, nutrition, movement, reproduction;
- name the main parts of the human body and their purpose; distinguish the five senses and their function;
- know and apply some rules personal hygiene, nutrition and respect for their surroundings;
- be aware of danger and exercise caution;
- use references related to days, weeks and the year;
- situate events in relation to others;
- draw a circle, a square, a triangle;
- compare quantities, resolve problems related to quantities;
- memorize a sequence of numbers at least to 30;
- count a quantity orally in sequence using known numbers;
- match the name of a known number with the written figure;
- orient themselves in their environment and situate objects in relation to themselves;
- work within the confines of a page;
- understand and use vocabulary appropriately relating to orientation and relationships in time and place

9. OBSERVING, FEELING, IMAGINING, CREATING
Drawing and craft activities
voice and listening
At the end of kindergarten the children can:
- adapt their skills to particular pieces of equipment (instruments, supports, materials);
- use drawing as a means of expression and representation;
- create a two- or three-dimensional piece of work according to their choice;
- study and describe some heritage works, build up a collection;
- memorize and interpret songs and rhymes;
- listen to a musical extract or a production, then express their feelings and discuss with others to give their impressions.

10. Modern languages « école maternelle » Ecole française Arthur Rimbaud
Petite section – Moyenne section:
- English: 30 min/day
- Greek: some activities in Greek
Grande section:
- English: 3h/week
- Greek: 1h30/week

11. THE BASIC LEARNING CYCLE PROGRAMME FOR CP AND CE1 OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF FRENCH NATIONAL EDUCATION SPECIAL EDITION N° 3 OF 19 JUNE  
 FRENCH
10h
MATHEMATICS 5h
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS 3h
MODERN LANGUAGES
1h30 in France
4h30 in our school
ENGLISH 3h + GREEK 1h30
SPECIAL CURRICULUM FOR CYPRIOT STUDENTS (+ 3h GREEK)
DISCOVERING THE WORLD 2h
ART AND THE HISTORY OF ART
CIVIC AND MORAL EDUCATION
0h30

12. MATHEMATICS DISCOVERING THE WORLD MODERN LANGUAGES
THE BASIC LEARNING CYCLE PROGRAMME FOR CP AND CE1 OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF FRENCH NATIONAL EDUCATION SPECIAL EDITION N° 3 OF 19 JUNE 2008
FRENCH
1. Oral Language
2. Reading, writing
3. Vocabulary
4. Grammar
5. Spelling
MATHEMATICS
1. Numbers and arithmetic
2. Geometry
3. Size and measurement
4. Organization and management of data
DISCOVERING THE WORLD
1. Finding one’s bearings in place and time
2. Discovering the living world, matter and objects
MODERN LANGUAGES
The students can:
understand and communicate simple messages relating to everyday life.

13. PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS
the BASIC LEARNING CYCLE Programme for CP and CE1 OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF FRENCH NATIONAL EDUCATION SPECIAL EDITION NO 3 OF 19 JUNE 2008
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS
Performance skills
Adapting movement to different types of environment
Individual and team activities involving cooperation and opposition
Creating and performing expressive, artistic or aesthetic activities
ART AND THE HISTORY OF ART
1. Visual Arts
2. Musical Education
CIVIC AND MORAL EDUCATION
Students learn manners and socialization. They gradually become more responsible and independent: moral principles, understanding of the rules of collective living
health and safety education

14. THE CONSOLIDATION CYCLE – PROGRAMME FOR CE2, CM1 AND CM2 OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF FRENCH NATIONAL EDUCATION SPECIAL EDITION NO 3 OF 19 JUNE 2008
FRENCH 8h
MATHEMATICS 5h
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS 3h
MODERN LANGUAGES
1h30 in France
5h30 in our school
ENGLISH 4h + GREEK 1h30
SPECIAL CURRICULUM FOR CYPRIOT STUDENTS (+ 3h GREEK)
EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2h
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY
ART AND THE HISTORY OF ART
COMMON TECHNIQUES OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
INCLUDED IN OTHER SUBJECTS
CIVIL AND MORAL EDUCATION
0h30

15. MATHEMATICS HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY
THE CONSOLIDATION CYCLE – PROGRAMME FOR CE2, CM1 AND CM2 OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF FRENCH NATIONAL EDUCATION SPECIAL EDITION N° 3 OF 19 JUNE 2008
FRENCH
1. Oral Language
2. Reading, writing: reading, literature, composing a text
3. Study of the French language: vocabulary, grammar
MATHEMATICS
1. Numbers and arithmetic
2. Geometry
3. Size and measurement
4. Organization and management of data
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY
Prehistory, Antiquity, The Middle Ages, Modern Times, The Enlightenment. The French Revolution and the 19th Century The 20th Century and our Age, The violence of the 20th century, The European Union. Geography
 Local geographic realities in the region where the students live, French territory in the European Union, French people in the European context, Travelling in France and Europe, Production in France, France in the world

16. THE CONSOLIDATION CYCLE – PROGRAMME FOR CE2, CM1 AND CM2 OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF FRENCH NATIONAL EDUCATION SPECIAL EDITION N° 3 OF 19 JUNE 2008
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORTS
Measuring one’s performance (in distance, in time), Adapting movement to different types of environment
Individual and team activities involving cooperation and opposition
Creating and performing expressive, artistic or aesthetic activities
ART AND THE HISTORY OF ART
1. Visual Arts
2. Musical Education
CIVIC AND MORAL EDUCATION
In relation to the study of History and Geography, Civic Education allows the students to identify and understand the importance of values, of founding texts, of symbols of the French Republic and European Union, in particular the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizen.

17. THE CONSOLIDATION CYCLE – PROGRAMME FOR CE2, CM1 AND CM2 OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF FRENCH NATIONAL EDUCATION SPECIAL EDITION NO 3 OF 19 JUNE 2008
EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Earth and sky, Matter, Energy, Uniformity and diversity of living things, How living things behave, How the human body works and health, Living things and their environment, Technical devices
COMMON TECHNIQUES OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
Five aims stated in the official texts defining the B2i Certificate:
- become comfortable in the computer science environment;
- adopt a responsible attitude;
- create, produce, process and exploit data;
- inform oneself, gather information;
- communicate, exchange information.
MODERN LANGUAGES
Level A1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

18. Special assistance for foreign students
School time
Personal work assistance
2h per week (primary and college)
French Foreign Language lessons
1h per day
Differentiated instruction
During each lesson if necessary
Outside school
French Institute of Nicosie
French Foreign Language lessons (3h per week on the afternoon)
Summer school « L’été européen »
Activities in French (5 weeks, June –July) for children from 3 to 12 years old

19. FRENCH CURRICULUM « COLLEGE »
MATHEMATICS
CIVIL AND MORAL
GEOGRAPHY
HISTORY
BIOLOGY
CHEMISTRY
PHYSICS
TECHNOLOGY
ENGLISH
GREEK
GERMAN OR SPANISH
PHYSICAL
EDUCATION
ARTS
MUSIC 3e
4h30 4h
3h30
1h30 2h 3h
2h or 5h 1h 4e 5e - 6e
Personal work assistance: 2 h per week (6e and 5e)
« vie de classe » : 10 h per year

20. « Diplôme National du Brevet »
Continuous assessment: 240 points
(all the subjects except history coefficient 1)
Final examination: points
(mathematics 2, French 2, history/geography 2)
To pass the examination:10/20
Mention assez bien: 12/20
Mention bien: /20
Mention très bien: 16/20

21. French curriculum « Lycée »
Terminale ES:
Philosophy, mathematics, history-geography-civic education, English, Spanish or German, Greek (option), economy, physical education
Terminale L
Philosophy, Literature, history-geography-civic education, English, Spanish or German, Greek (option),physical education
Terminale S
Philosophy, mathematics, history-geography-civic education, biology, physics –chemistry, English, Spanish or German, Greek (option), physical education
1e ES (economy)
French, mathematics, history-geography-civic education, biology, English, Spanish or German, Greek (option), economy, physical education
1e L (literature)
French, mathematics, history-geography-civic education, biology, physics –chemistry, English, Spanish or German, Greek (option),physical education
1e S (scientific)
French, mathematics, history-geography-civic education, biology, physics –chemistry, English, Spanish or German, Greek (option), physical education
Seconde :
French, mathematics, history-geography-civic education, biology, physics –chemistry, English, Spanish or German, Greek (option), economy, methods and scientific practices or literature and society, physical education

22. Baccalauréat ES subject coefficient Economy 7 Mathematics 5
History- geography
Philosophy 4
French
English 3
Spanish or German 2
Biology
Physical education

23. Baccalauréat L subject coefficient Philosophy 7 French 5 Literature 4
History- geography
English
Spanish or German
Mathematics 2
Scientific subjects (biology, physics)
Physical education

24. Baccalauréat S Subjects Coefficient Mathematics 7 or 9
Physics – chemistry
6 or 8
Biology
French 4
History – geography 3
Philosophy
English
Spanish or German 2
Physical education

25. To pass the examination: 10/20
Baccalauréat
To pass the examination: /20
Mention assez bien: 12/20
Mention bien: /20
Mention très bien: 16/20

26. Former students Baccalauréat from 2000 to 2010 Candidates Passed
Mention Très bien
Mention Bien
Mention Assez bien 47 41
(87% against 81% in France for the same period) 7
(14% against 5% in France for the same period) 4 6

27. Former students: After the Baccalauréat
Higher education
FRANCE
CYPRUS UK
OTHER 30 10 5
Universities: 16
« Grandes Ecoles »: 5
Specialized Schools and Institutes: 9
Intercollege: 2
University of Nicosia: 3
European University of Cyprus: 3
Marti School of Art & Design: 1
Cyprus International University (North): 1
Middlesex University: 1
Imperial College Londres: 2
University of Essex: 1
King’s College: 1
Belgium
Greece
Lebanon