Our team consists of passionate people who are very keen to be attuned to your children.
I did a double Bachelors in French and German at university in the UK and decided to travel, visiting and working in China, Japan, India, France and Germany. I have had many rich experiences, as an English teacher, a translator and interpretor, a buyer for civil engineering projects, a Eurpoean project manager for IBM and then I created a communication/marketting company: providing visual graphics and storyboards for advertising and film.
The birth of my first daughter set the scenes for change, and after some soul-searching I studied at the Montessori Institute in Paris and then became a Montessori teacher for 3-6 year olds in a Parisian Montessori Billingual school. My wife, got transferred to Montpellier, where there was no Montessori school for me or my children. With my wife’s support we created the Maison des Enfants. During my time as director I have continued to build on my skills and have completed 4 years psychotherapist training with Isabelle Filliozat’s multi-disciplinary school. I am the Director of the school and also one of the English speaking Montessori teachers.
The Young Children’s Community – 2/3 years old
Montessori guide, with an Association Montessori Internationale (A.M.I.) certificate for 0-3 and 6-12 years old. She speaks English to the children in class.
On a career change, Shamina has decided to donate her time to assist the Hummingbird’s class.
Joyce is a parent representative of the Hummingbird class.
Butterfly – 3/6 class
Montessori guide, with an Association Montessori Internationale (A.M.I.) certificate for 3-6 years. She speaks French to the children in class.
Montessori guide, with an Association Montessori Internationale (A.M.I.) certificate for 3-6 years. She speaks English to the children in class.
Early Years teacher, she is the children’s assistant in the class and speaks French in the class.
Ladybug – 3/6 class
A.M.I Montessori guide, with an Association Montessori Internationale (A.M.I.) certificate for 3-6 years. He is also the director of the school.
A.M.I 3-6 Montessori guide trained in India. She speaks French to the children in class.
Early Years teacher, she is the children’s assistant in the class and speaks French.
A.M.I 3-6 Montessori guide trained in India. She speaks in English in the classroom. For the moment she is on maternity leave! Enjoy your time with babies, Natalie!
Clothilde is a parent representative of the Ladybug class.
Bees – 6/9 class
Montessori guide, with Association Montessori Internationale (A.M.I.) diplomas for 3-6 years, 6-12 years and certificate of 12-18 years. She speaks English in the class and also is fluent in Japanese.
Trained Montessori guide for 6-9 years. Currently continuing her 9-12 course. She speaks in French in the classroom but is also fluent in English.
Julie is the representative of Bees class. She is a mom of Josephine and Charlie in Bees, Lison in Butterfly and Felix soon in Hummingbird. “I live in Crès. I am the parent representative for the Bees class. My role: answering parents’ questions, welcoming new families. Do not hesitate to ask me, I’m here for that! At each School Life Committee (SLC), I send your comments, questions and suggestions to the various instances. What I like: share tips from parents that make life easier!”
Phoenix – 9/12 class
Montessori guide, with an Association Montessori Internationale (A.M.I.) certificate for 0-3 and 6-12 years old. She speaks English to the children in class.
Montessori guide, with an Association Montessori Internationale (A.M.I.) certificate for 6-12 years old. She speaks French to the children in class
The administrative team
Sandrine is in charge of the daily school business. School life, finance, HR…
After school care
Chloé dedicates a lot of her time and energy for preparing interesting and fun activities for children of all age group!
Shamina looks after children during after school care times .
Malika looks after children during after school care times .
Board
Cécile is association’s president.
Mathilde is the association’s secretary.
Nicolas is in charge of school’s health and safety.
Julie
John is the association’s treasurer.
Bastien.
Pierre.
Maintenance
Fikret is in charge of maintenance of our school. Precious words of Fikret are “Be clean, stay clean, leave clean.”
School kitchen & Restaurant
He cooks yummy meals for our children everyday !