Thinking of switching from from private international to local school? Don't leave it too long! So you put your child into an international school, thinking that you would only be…
In this weekly interview series, I ask Expat parents with children in local school about their experiences. This week, I talked to Gaia, a mum with 3 children in the…
Most parents of children starting Swiss Kindergarten this year will have attended their schools information event. Since these events are a.) in the national language and b.) offer little meaningful…
Making sense of school reports This time of year there is a palpable tension in the air. In the last weeks before the summer holidays all over Switzerland students begin…
So you have relocated to Switzerland with your family and you are quite happy to give the local Swiss school system a go. There is only one problem: Both of…
Grades and school reports in Swiss local schools ‘So, my child recently got her first report card. I always considered her to be a very good student, so I was…