OCTOBER HALF-TERM COURSES
2026 DATES
We will not be offering October Half-Term courses in 2026.
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- she wholeheartedly appreciated Caroline's teaching style
and it is just a pity we didn't find you sooner!
TYPICAL FORMAT OF A ONE-WEEK COURSE:
The above schedule is only a general outline. Projects, visits and restaurants will change according to the time of year and local circumstances.
Dinners at Le Grand Osier are followed by various games, songs or puzzles. We encourage our students to bring portable musical instruments; we have a piano, an electronic keyboard, a pedal organ and several guitars, and students who play any of these instruments are welcome to bring their sheet music and practise, or even entertain us.
At the end of the course, a course journal is written and sent to each student, his/her parents, and his/her teachers at school, together with an account on the progress he/she made during the week.
- Sunday: Arrival; teaching sessions arranged according to arrival times. Dinner en famille at Le Grand Osier.
- 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 Le Grand Osier.
- 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 either at Le Grand Osier, with friends or in a local restaurant.
- Wednesday: 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 either at Le Grand Osier, with friends or in a local restaurant.
- 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 either at Le Grand Osier, with friends or in a local restaurant.
- Friday: Classroom session 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Lunch en famille followed by some free time or a visit depending on the students' interests and on what is available at the time of the course. Final classroom and/or one-to-one sessions. Dinner at Le Grand Osier followed by an end-of-course entertainment.
- Saturday: Departures. Teaching sessions arranged according to departure times.
The above schedule is only a general outline. Projects, visits and restaurants will change according to the time of year and local circumstances.
Dinners at Le Grand Osier are followed by various games, songs or puzzles. We encourage our students to bring portable musical instruments; we have a piano, an electronic keyboard, a pedal organ and several guitars, and students who play any of these instruments are welcome to bring their sheet music and practise, or even entertain us.
At the end of the course, a course journal is written and sent to each student, his/her parents, and his/her teachers at school, together with an account on the progress he/she made during the week.
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Travel information
Features of our courses
FORMS
Please contact us by email or telephone if you would like to book a place and we shall email you the relevant forms to be completed.
Or…
Look at other courses
Back to Home Page
Contact:
Caroline and Richard Tracey
Le Grand Osier,
Saint Hélen,
22100 Dinan,
France
Caroline and Richard Tracey
Le Grand Osier,
Saint Hélen,
22100 Dinan,
France
- Home tel: 00 33 296 83 37 79
- French mobile: 00 33 695 44 40 20
- Email: [email protected]
- Or contact us using the form on the contacts page.
