At L’École de l’Optimisme, school life extends beyond classroom time. It is an integral part of the educational project and embodies, on a daily basis, the values upheld by the school: trust, autonomy, cooperation, kindness, and openness to the world.
The school does not simply aim to transmit knowledge. It also seeks to provide children with a living environment in which they feel heard, supported, stimulated, and encouraged to grow alongside others.
This consistency between pedagogy, relational climate, daily rhythm, and lived experiences is one of the school’s key strengths.
The quality of the relational climate is at the heart of school life. Children develop in an environment that seeks to foster self-confidence, emotional stability, listening, and kindness.
This attention to the relational framework helps children better understand themselves, live better with others, and gradually find their place in the collective life.
The educational project therefore does not separate learning from the relationship with oneself and others: the two advance together.
To give every child a space to express themselves, share, and be heard.
To learn to listen to others, embrace feelings, and respect the group's voice.
To build a reassuring environment where everyone can progressively find their place.
To grow with others, cooperate, and fully experience group interaction.
The Optimism Circles are among the school’s distinctive elements. They contribute to building a framework in which speaking, listening, trust, and the relationship to the group have a real place.
They help nurture a more human, more conscious school atmosphere that is more consistent with the ambition of L’École de l’Optimisme: to help children grow in all their dimensions, not just academically.
This dimension gives school life a very particular tone, based on attention to the child, to what they feel, and to how they develop within the collective.
School life also gives an important place to the body, movement and balance. Physical activities, yoga and Brain Gym are part of the environment offered to children.
These moments are not peripheral. They fully contribute to the quality of their attention, their well-being and their inner readiness to learn.
In a school that places emotional intelligence at the heart of its mission, this focus on the body and balance makes perfect sense.
École de l’Optimisme opens children to the world around them through eco-citizenship, workshops, projects, and everyday experiences.
This openness gives greater meaning to school life. It helps children develop their curiosity, experiment, and engage in a more active relationship with their environment.
Understanding and caring for your environment.
Hands-on learning: explore, create, and learn differently.
Making learning meaningful.
Developing curiosity and a broader view of the world.
At L’École de l’Optimisme, school life is also built through connections between children, families, and the teaching team.
Meetings, exchanges, and key moments throughout the year help create a warm atmosphere where everyone can find their place.
This collective dimension fully contributes to the school’s balance: a place where children learn, grow, and feel supported.
Regular connection with school life.
An attentive and caring presence.
A sense of belonging to the community.
