School trips to France: French immersion programs for kids, intensive French language & culture courses for juniors. School tours for British primary school children / American elementary school students, French language holiday in France for groups of children from the U.S., England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland.
School Trips to France: La Giraudiere offers customized French school trips to the Southwest region of France for British primary school students and American elementary school students. La Giraudiere is a small holiday hamlet close to the village of Brossac in the beautiful Charente region. Our school trips to France are designed to provide a hands-on introduction to the French language and culture.
La Giraudiere is easily accessible whether you travel by road, train or air. The Charente region is approximately 370km from Paris and is served by airports at La Rochelle and Poitiers which offer flights to and from a range of destinations in France and Europe. During their trip, students will have the opportunity to explore the beautiful region of Charente, as well as the neighboring departments of Charente Maritime, Dordogne and Gironde.
School tours to France: We specialize in offering school trips for primary school students which include French language lessons and the option of visiting a French school. Our programs are extremely flexible. We offer you the option of booking accommodation only, or a fully inclusive comprehensive school trip to France complete with meals and excursions.
La Giraudiere can arrange a diverse selection of mix and match activities designed to meet specific curriculum needs, including historical, language and religious-themed outings, as well as sports and other activities.
Planning your school trip:
We understand that there are many factors to be considered when planning a school trip to France. We will work closely with your school’s staff prior to your visit to help you organize your trip. Once your group arrives, we will assign a dedicated trip assistant for the duration of your visit to France to ensure that your students enjoy a pleasant and rewarding experience at La Giraudiere. We believe that it is our duty to provide the highest standard of safety available. The overall safety and the protection of our guests is our number one priority, and we take this responsibility seriously.
En Famille International, located in Salignac (near Bordeaux), France, is an organisation offering high quality long term student exchange programs between France and other countries. Since 1978 we have been organising six-month cultural exchanges for young children.
We are a member of the UNSE (Union Nationale des organisations de Séjours longue durée à l'Etranger) - a well-known French body that groups together selected organisations that deal with high quality long term exchanges.
FIL is a French language immersion Summer camp in the South of France for Juniors aged 11 - 17.
Our 11-day or 14-day Summer programmes are entirely immersive, combining French workshops with a wide range of adventure activities, including canyoning, sea kayaking swimming and evening activities.
FIL is 5km from Saint Laurent de Cerdans, a rural village situated 60km south of Perpignan, in the Languedoc Roussillon region, close to the Spanish border. Participants can fly into Barcelona international airport or travel by rail to Perpignan.
Our groups are divided by age: "FIL Junior" (ages 11-15) "FIL Ado" (ages 15-17).
* 16/24 participants per group
* 2/3 French teenagers per group
* 2/3 experienced, enthusiastic Team Leaders accompany the participants from morning till evening/present at camp 24/7.
* All our Team Leaders are also native French teachers and they lead Camp life entirely in FRENCH.
Our Summer programmes priority = to develop oral expression through daily French practice. We encourage our participants to speak French all day long + French language workshops ="immersion totale".
We also offer tailor-made year round options for educational groups.
• International Language Camps (ILC) provides a range of fun language and activity-based summer and winter camps for children and teenagers ages 6-17 from around the world.
• We offer holidays and vacations with a multitude of activities and a complete French and / or English language teaching program, all in the heart of the French Alps. Students can choose to stay for 1-6 weeks.
• Our summer and winter camps take place in Megève, a French ski resort in the Savoy Alps, close to Switzerland and Italy. The nearest international airport is Geneva which is only 75km away (transfers from Geneva airport are available).
• Our participants have the opportunity to study a foreign language by total immersion in an international setting with a multi-lingual team from all over the world. As well as French / English language classes, students can also take part in all sorts of sports including mountaineering, orienteering, water sports, skiing, snowboard, ice-skating, and more.
• Our campers become international citizens by living in a multicultural context with continuous interaction among peers, which naturally leads to the respect of others.
• All of this takes place in an environment which is friendly and secure, the essential building blocks of constructive and stimulating learning.
• One of ILC’s missions is to help campers discover their inner strengths and use their resources to their advantage.
Summer Language + Activity Camps For kids & teens ages 6-17 - English or French language lessons
• Fun Program: 6-9 years old
• Adrenalin Program: 10-13 years old
• Mont-Blanc Program: 14-17 years old
- You can choose to stay for 1-6 weeks.
- Possibility to take Dance, Golf, Climbing or Tennis optional add-ons
Winter Camp (ages 7-17)
• Our Winter program is the perfect mix of sports and English / French language learning
Linguistic School Trip
• Customized with different possible themes
"Le Collège et Lycée climatique d'Argelès-Gazost" is one of the best boarding schools in France, 120 km away from Toulouse International Airport, one hour from Biarritz and half an hour from Pau and Tarbes, right in the heart of les Midi-Pyrénées, one of the most beautiful places in France. The staff are all FLE qualified and our concept is "Immersion in French at all times". Every year, we have a ratio of faculty staff to students of 1:3
Family-friendly Courses at France Langue & Culture on the French Riviera - Summer 2024
Courses / Programs
• Combine a delightful summer holiday for all the family with learning French on the beautiful French Rivera!
• Situated in Saint-Raphael on the Mediterranean coastline of south-east France, close to Nice and Cannes, France Langue & Culture is a family-friendly school that provides fun, educational language holidays for families, teens, and children.
• Established in 1977, France Langue & Culture is run by Edmond de Saenger, a former French professor and a native of the Saint-Raphael region.
• We offer children & families the opportunity to learn or improve their French language skills while enjoying an enriching holiday in the South of France.
• At our Children's Club for ages 6-12, children learn to memorize whole sentences and grammatical structures by the intensive use of French in games, songs, texts, and theater.
• For teen boys & girls ages 13-17, we provide a full immersion summer course with homestay accommodation offered by carefully selected French host families.
• Students are fully integrated into family life and can practise French in real-life situations.
Testimonial: " I came with my son, who was 13 at the time. We had a very good experience with this program: our household (with a wonderful host and a group of other students) was wonderful; we enjoyed the classes; and we loved being in St. Raphael.
The people we met from many areas of the world were wonderful. In just two weeks, my French improved and I gained a lot of confidence in speaking."
- Miranda, USA
Based in Nice, on the Côte d'Azur, our school has been one of the leading French Language schools since 1985. Each year we welcome about 3500 students from all countries. Our language immersion programs for juniors (9/17 years old) take place in Antibes, Cannes, Hyères, Biarritz, Nice, Paris, Provence and French Riviera (Côte d'Azur).
Our package is all inclusive and consists of a double room in a French family or a room in the residence, Full Board, Excursion and activity program. Enjoy learning French in beautiful surroundings and a relexed atmosphere. This is the place to gain new experiences, make new friends and have lots of fun. It will be the experience of a life-time!