Residential French courses in Brittany, France,

for Sixth Formers studying French for

As, A level AND IB
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EASTER HOLIDAY
and
FEBRUARY HALF-TERM COURSES

2023 DATES

​February Half-Term
Saturday 11th February - Saturday 18th February
Exceptionally, this course starts a day earlier than usual owing to limited travel options. Students are expected to arrive on the overnight Brittany Ferries crossing from Portsmouth to St Malo, which leaves in the evening of Friday 10th February and arrives early in the morning of Saturday 11th February. There will be no extra charge for the extra day.

Easter
Course 1 : Sunday 26th March - Saturday 1st April
Course 2 : Sunday 2nd April - Saturday 8th April
Course 3 : Sunday 9th April - Saturday 15th April

In the past, schools have been very understanding if students have had to miss a few days at the end of the Lent Term or at the beginning of the Summer Term in order to come on a course with us.

On these Easter courses, so as to give us time between courses to clean the students’ house, change the bed linen, restock the larder and write our detailed reports and journals, students should arrive on the Sunday at the beginning of their chosen course and depart on the following Saturday.

2023 COURSE FEES

The all-inclusive fee for this course is £1360.

A 25% deposit of £340 will be payable and the balance of £1020 at the beginning of the course. If you cancel your booking, we shall refund your deposit only if we manage to fill the cancelled place.

There are no hidden “extras” while the students are at Le Grand Osier. The week’s price includes:
  • All tuition in class,
  • All individual tuition,
  • The course book,
  • All teaching materials,
  • All projects and expeditions, including entry fees to exhibitions, concerts and other events,
  • Full board (including dinners in restaurants),
  • The alcoholic beverages (beer, cider or wine) which accompany lunch and dinner.
  • Tea, coffee, soft drinks, fresh fruit and biscuits stocked in the students’ house, to which the students may freely help themselves.
  • All transfers to and from Dinard airport, Rennes airport, Saint Malo ferry port and Dol-de-Bretagne railway station.
  • A full report on work covered in class and all projects and expeditions (the course journal) as well as an individual report on the progress of each student, sent to parents, the student and the student’s school.
Please telephone or send an email to check the availability of places (see below).

TYPICAL FORMAT OF A ONE-WEEK COURSE:

  • Sunday: Arrival; teaching sessions arranged according to arrival times. Dinner en famille at Le Grand Osier followed by games and/or songs.
  • Monday: Classroom session 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Lunch en famille followed by a project in Dinan. On return, discussion of project followed by another classroom session and/or one-to-one sessions. Dinner at a local restaurant.
  • Tuesday: Classroom session 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Lunch en famille followed by a project in Saint Malo. On return, discussion of project followed by another classroom session and/or one-to-one sessions. Dinner at Le Grand Osier followed by games and/or songs.
  • Wednesday: As Monday.
  • Thursday: Classroom session 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. Visit to Dinan market (with project). Lunch at Le Grand Osier, followed by classroom session 2.30 p.m. – 4.30 p.m. Break, then another classroom session and/or one-to-one sessions. Dinner at a local restaurant.
  • Friday: As Monday. Dinner at Le Grand Osier followed by an end-of-course entertainment.
  • Saturday: Departures. Teaching sessions arranged according to departure times.
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“The informal atmosphere at Le Grand Osier
is perfect for improving one’s French; the mix of work and play is just right.”

At the end of each course, a course journal is written and sent to each student, each student’s parents, and each student’s teachers at school, together with an account on the progress each student made during the week.
“She has bubbled wtih confidence since her return and regaled us with endless anecdotes – which we are now able to put into chronological
order due to the ‘journal’”.
Please click on the links below for further information:

Students’ information sheet : Students must read this page very carefully before committing themselves to come on a course with us.

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Contact:

Caroline and Richard Tracey
Le Grand Osier,
Saint Hélen,
22100 Dinan,
France