Registering your child at a Swiss local kindergarten
How to register your child at the Swiss local kindergarten Most of you with children of kindergarten age should have received a letter asking you to register your child (Anmeldeformular)…
„There is never an end of the road“. Pathways in the Swiss local school system.
In the following interview a mum from the UK with 3 children in the Swiss school system describes her children's exiting journey through the local school system. University or car…
Making sense of school events at your local Swiss school
Getting confused with the many different types of school events at your local Swiss school? Here is how to make sense of the different school meetings! Parent-Teacher Conferences This is…
7 key features of Swiss state schools
How do Swiss state schools differ from schools in other countries? Curriculum The Swiss educational philosophy emphasises subject knowledge, self-reliance and, like the US, a broad-based education. Foreign languages carry…