Residential French courses in Brittany, France,

for Sixth Formers studying French for

As, A level, IB and cambridge pre-u
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SUMMER HOLIDAY COURSES

TYPICAL FORMAT OF A TEN-DAY SUMMER COURSE

  • Sunday: Arrival. Teaching sessions arranged according to arrival times. Dinner en famille at Le Grand Osier, followed by games and/or songs.
  • Monday: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. classroom session. Lunch en famille followed by an introductory project in Dinan. On return, discussion of project followed by homework and one-to-one sessions as appropriate. Dinner at a local restaurant.
  • Tuesday: As Monday, with afternoon expedition to a museum. Dinner at Le Grand Osier.
  • Wednesday: As Monday, with afternoon expedition to Chateaubriand’s chateau in Combourg. Dinner at a local restaurant.
  • Thursday: Classroom session 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. followed by visit to Dinan market (with project). Lunch at Le Grand Osier followed by classroom session 2.30 p.m. – 4.30 p.m. Homework (and one-to-one sessions) as usual; dinner at Le Grand Osier.
  • Friday: As Monday, with afternoon project in Saint Malo. Dinner at a local restaurant.
  • Saturday: As Monday, with free time or afternoon expedition depending on weather. Dinner at Le Grand Osier.
  • Sunday: lie-in; optional attendance to Mass in local parish church. After lunch, classroom session 2.30 p.m. – 4.30 p.m. followed by homework (and one-to-one sessions) as usual. Dinner at Le Grand Osier.
  • Monday: As previous Monday, with afternoon treasure hunt in Dinan. Dinner at a local restaurant.
  • Tuesday: As Monday, with afternoon visit to Léhon abbey and monastry. Walk along the Rance towpath. End-of-course celebration at Le Grand Osier, with dinner and entertainment.
  • Wednesday: Departures. Teaching sessions arranged according to departure times.
Activities and expeditions vary according to weather conditions and what is on locally at the time – special events include concerts, fireworks, a harvest festival – occasionally, the Tour de France comes to Dinan!
“As Helen says, it was hard work but the sheer range of activities, both at Le Grand Osier and out and about made it feel like a holiday!”
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.
“Thank you for your letter including the report on Josephine’s fortnight with you, and the Course Journal which I found most interesting. What a lot you fitted in!”
2021 DATES

Please contact us if you are interested in a summer course in 2021. We will place you on a mailing list and will send you our dates as soon as we have decided them.

Please note that the maximum number of students on the ten-day courses will be five students. One-week courses will have a maximum of six students.

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; students on Courses 1 and 2 depart on the Wednesday of the following week; Course 3 students leave on the Saturday.

Please refer to our travel pages for details on how to get to us.

Please go to the links at the bottom of this page for forms to download and complete.

2021 COURSE FEES

Please revisit this website or contact us for information about our 2021 summer courses. 

There are no hidden “extras” while the students are at Le Grand Osier. The course 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,
  • accommodation and 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.

When you have reserved a place by telephone or email, please confirm your booking in writing and send this to us with your deposit of 25% of the fee. In the event of cancellation, your deposit will only be refunded if we subsequently manage to fill the cancelled place.

Contact:

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

Students’ Information Sheet – Students must read this page very carefully before committing themselves to come on a course with us.
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FORMS

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Summer booking form

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