education
Les Petits Lascars Charmaine Ng visits the popular French International Preschool
Encouraging creativity
Founded by Christian and Dominique Chasset, Les Petits Lascars French International Kindergarten and Preschool provides French, bilingual and trilingual education for children from nine months to six years old in Hong Kong. The school was created at the request of French parents in the city, who wanted a specialised institution where their children could be taught the French kindergarten programme with help from qualified teachers. Today, Les Petits Lascars has two locations across Hong Kong in Central and Tseung Kwan O.
National Curriculum and is led by a certified Principal of the French Education System. The school is also supported by the Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and under accreditation with the French Ministry of Education. Parents can choose between three language options for their children: French, with classes completely taught in French; bilingual, with classes half in French and half in English; and trilingual, with Mandarin as an additional language.
Qualified education team
School teaching philosophy
The Chassets have lived in Hong Kong for over 35 years and are also the owners of the Hong Kong Institute of Languages, a distinguished language school located in Central. Les Petits Lascars follows the French
Les Petits Lascars believes in a caring environment centred around the well-being and personal development of the children. It takes an educational approach that adapts to a child’s learning pattern, uniqueness and
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individual learning needs. Students will follow one of two paths: the French Curriculum, with entry to French International School (FIS) French Stream; or the English Curriculum, with entry to FIS International Stream. The school is strongly convinced that
