Les points forts de la neuvième classe

In ninth grade, young people are immersed in adolescence, sometimes experiencing mood swings stemming from emotional chaos. For many, their bodies are entering a stage of slower growth, and they’re close to reaching maximum physical potential. Adolescents are often in a phase of great ebullience that they may find difficult to control. At the same time, students are developing increasingly conceptual and abstract thinking.

The common thread running through this year is the study of phenomena as much in their depth as in their particular colour. Students practise and develop their analytical skills in order to establish their own judgments. Thus, they work on comedy and tragedy in literature, thermal dynamics in physics, and a sense of beauty in art history, etc.

Gradually, a diversity o fnuances emerges from the contrasts. Emphasis is placed on cause-and-effect relationships, looking beneath the surface of events. Investigation uncovers the founding impulses of our culture.

In order to channel their energy constructively, artisan craft workshops are offered (copper work, modeling, sewing). Students are graded for the first time.

Subjects taught

French, mathematics, history, geography, physics, chemistry, earth sciences, physical and sports education, English, German or Spanish, visual arts, art history, music, sewing, woodworking, copperwork, modeling and eurythmy.

Students can now apply to join the school choir.

Language exchanges

From the ninth grade onwards, students can, with the agreement of their teachers, have pen pals and take part in school exchanges (a French pupil staying for several weeks with a foreign family, and a foreign pupil staying with a French family).