Arrival and Airport transfers:
Upon your arrival, you will be picked up by a member of the Education en France team (he / she will be holding an Education en France sign with the student’s name) and brought to the residence or family.
In some cases there may be periods of waiting because we may have to wait for others students.
Arrival and departure transfers can be arranged on specified dates within the time-frame of 8.00 to 20.00.
Please inform us at least 7 days before arrival about your flight details by filling out our arrival and permission form. If arrival is at other date or time a supplement will be charged.
Last minute modifications will be charged. If we have not received the information at least a week in advance we cannot guarantee a transfer.
UM transfer can be arranged on request, for the arrival of UM students we can send you the information about the person who will do the pick up on the Thursday before arrival (please note that we send this information only for UM students).
For the UM departures an extra cost will be charged.
Arrivals to the campus
If you come to the residence directly (alone or with a member of your family) please note that the arrival time at the residence is from 15.00 to 18.00. In all cases check in is after 15.00 and the check out upon departure before 10.00.
Going out Permissions:
Students in residence and homestay are allowed to go out in the afternoons and evenings as long as we have received the full parental permission prior to arrival. You have choice between two options:
Option 1:
No permission: your child will not be allowed to leave the campus unless accompanied by a member of our staff.
Option 2:
Full permission: your child will be allowed to leave the campus by himself with other students (min 3 people) but without
staff as long as the curfews are respected:
- From 14.00 to 18.00 on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday (please note that on these days, Education en France organizes sports and recreational activities for students who wish to participate and students who have option 1).
- From 20.30 to 23.00 on Tuesdays, Thursdays and from 20.30 to 1.00 a.m. Saturdays.
Students over the age of 18 attending the junior programme do have to respect the same rules and curfews if staying in residence, and have to discus with their host family if staying in homestay.
If students are going to be late they must call in order to ensure that we know where you are.
All students must bring the permission form with them together with the documents that they need to provide to the centre manager.
Special Permission:
If during the stay at Education en France family members or friends wish to visit or take out a student, we need to have the information (name, timetables…) 48h in advance.
The adult person should come to pick up the student at the residence and
sign a release.
Residence or Host family
Our host families are local people, carefully selected (not always classical families but also single parents or elderly couples without children) by our local coordinator.
If you live in a host family you have direct contact with native speakers. You can immerge yourself in their culture and learn about their daily life. Also, you can improve your language skills by using the language constantly. Living in a host family requires an open mind, tolerance and flexibility. Each family lives a different life and each family has different rules which you will have to adapt to.
If you choose to stay in homestay, you are expected to spend the evening with your host family. If you wish to participate in the evening activity programme, the host families will not pick you up after, so be careful with the bus schedule. If you miss the last bus, you will have to pay a taxi.
In residence you live with other international students. The language courses and the activity programme take place at or near the residence. In residence you also have to respect the rules according to the programme and life in community.
Laundry:
In some of our destinations there is a laundry at the residence (use only on Sunday), in other destinations you can use a public laundry nearby. Students in host family will be able to do laundry at home, with the host family’s consent.
Pocket Money:
It depends on what you are planning to do. We recommend an appropriate budget for ice cream, snacks, drinks…
If you want to buy some clothes etc. you obviously need more money.
If you book half board, please take lunch into account. Also expect to
need extra money for some optional activities. Experience has shown that our students spend approximately 100 to 200 € per week.
What to bring?
Upon arrival we will ask the following:
Copy of Passport and visa (if required), a deposit of 50 €, flight
ticket, permission form, 1 passport photo, insurance documents.
It is important that you also bring the following:
For the summer / spring programmes : Some warm items of clothing, Sun cream and sun glasses, Sport shoes or trainers, Bathing suit (no shorts for boys at the swimming pools), Towels (normally 2 towels for the residence and 1 beach towel)...
For the winter programme, Ski jacket and pants (they should be lined and waterproof), Snowboots, Hat, gloves and scarf, Sweaters,
Thick and knee-high socks, Sun glasses (if you do not own such clothing items, please make sure to have enough pocket money).
Not Included in the package:
- Full board supplements
- Airport Transfers
- Activities not mentioned
- Optional Plus courses
- Optional activities
- Insurance (Medical, luggage)
- Money for personal expenses
- Laundry
Included in the package:
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