Jules Verne Campus bilingual school in Munich

[Toytown Germany 51]

If you are looking for an English-speaking school for your children, you have come to the right place:

 

The Jules Verne Campus is a state-approved bilingual elementary school, including all-day concept and supervision throughout the school holidays. Since September, 2015, a high school ("Gymnasium") is part of the Jules Verne Campus as well. 

 

 

German and English natives as teachers

Our goal is to provide a long-lasting, bilingual, and intercultural education. We stress the importance of internationality, global thinking, and entrepreneurship. Individual learning and a healthy, balanced lifestyle—with freshly prepared meals and daily sports and exercise—are keystones of our appoach. At Jules Verne Campus, we encourage and challenge children according to the principle of language immersion – with native speakers in small groups with a maximum of about 24 children teaching with methods that address the individual needs of students.

 

Following and surpassing the official Bavarian elementary school curriculum

With our special subject “Curiosology”, we nurture and encourage children’s natural curiosity as a source of enjoyment, creativity, and success. Based on scientific evidence that shows there is a direct connection between physical activiy and brain development, we have created a diverse program of daily physical activity at Jules Verne Campus. Our program is age-specific and incorporates aspects of aerobic exercise, coordination, and mental focus.

 

PYP- oriented international branch

In addition to the bilingual teaching, where lessons are held in both German and English in almost equal shares, an "international branch" is available where the lessons are held mainly in English. The international branch is designed having in mind the curriculum of international schools, so the Bavarian curriculum is supplemented by the Primary Years Programme (PYP) of the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO). This new branch aims at supporting parents moving to Germany or planing to move abroad. Members of our team are happy to answer any questions you might have about our unique educational approach.

 

 

Information evenings

information evenings take place at the school in the Bayerwaldstraße 8, 81737 Munich. You can register here or contact us directly beforehand. Members of our team are happy to answer any questions you might have about our unique educational approach.

 

Just write an email to discover@jules-verne-campus.de

 

or give us a call at +49 (89) 62 81 66 86 0.

 

Kind regards,

The Jules Verne Team

 

 

www.jules-verne-campus.de

[mrgalak 5]

Does anyone have experience with this school or heard comments from friends ?

[EngelvonHeimat 23]

Hi MrGalak, the Jules Verne school is just a few years old but the parents in a Facebook Group I belong to sing its praises.  My husband and I have both gone to the information and service evenings and were quite impressed.  I do not think it will be easy to get into the school though, as the good schools do not remain a secret for long.

[PandaMunich 16,574]

Jules Verne is only staatlich genehmigt, for what this means, please read:

 

[Angellika 0]

On 24.4.2016, 12:45:05, PandaMunich said:

Jules Verne is only staatlich genehmigt, for what this means, please read:

 

 

[Awordchild 0]

I have read lots of posts about schools and areas to live etc but I wanted to get some up to date specific advice from the experienced good people on this site!  Hopefully this is now in the Munich section as I keep managing to post in others. Anyway...

 

My husband has a job lined up in Munich and is leaving in about a month (all very rushed). I might come with our 2 daughters a bit later although I realise that might be problematic re school entry as schools seem to start back earlier here after the summer than in London. We have looked into private schools and no chance of a place at the cheaper ones and St. George’s and BIS would just about be affordable if it were not for the extortionate initial entrance fees. So we are thinking of state schools. My children speak no German (I speak a bit having studied it and living in Hamburg for a year though that was a very long time ago). It would be throwing them in at the deep end but people do that in London all the time and the kids are fine. I wonder though whether there are any areas/schools where there might be more English speakers than others? My husband is going to be working in Nymphenburger Straße which is central, slightly west. Any tips on areas to live in which might be easy on public transport for him, have good state schools and maybe some English speaking kids to ease the transition for our kids? Also I am a speech and language therapist and want to work in Germany at some point soon. This might be a topic for another post though...

[Shalina 0]

Hello..How are you getting on with your life in Germany??  We are also moving in a week's time.  My husband works in Allianz and we have 2 daughters aged 12 and 6. We found a temporary apartment in Gauting but is still struggling with school admissions.  My 6 year old is okay to be put in state schools,  but i am really concerned about my elder one as she might have to do an integration course for 1 year.  I really would like anything regarding the schools she can go to. Both dont speak German.

[MikeMelga 7,248]

Anyone knows the fees range? I´m quite happy with BIS, but interested in knowing anyway.

[PandaMunich 16,574]

The fee calculator is on their website: 

• elementary school: https://www.jules-verne-campus.de/en/elementary-school/info-registration/fees/index.html
• high school: https://www.jules-verne-campus.de/en/grammar-school/info-registration/fees/index.html

[MikeMelga 7,248]

It´s half the price of BIS/MIS, very interesting for parents who can´t afford the more expensive alternative.

[CryptoAndBeyond 3]

Yes price wise its good. I think, we can save some part from taxes also, if we opt for private school?

[LucDeBerg 5]

this is a possible wrong topic, still, dare I ask

 

 would anyone tell me what is the average charge (all of the fees included) in MIS?

I reckon it is something in the area of 25K per year before school bus (3.5-4K) and extra activities.

 

Am I correct?

[fraufruit 41,946]

Right there on the internet.

[glorai 1]

On 18/06/2019, 10:58:30, MikeMelga said:

It´s half the price of BIS/MIS, very interesting for parents who can´t afford the more expensive alternative.

Unfortunately, they don't accept kids who don't speak German in level B1 in the higher levels. My daughter is 15 and she was not accepted in Jules Verne nor any other bilingual school.
We didn't have any other option than an international school.

[kiwiten 0]

Hello All

 

looking for some feedback on Grundschule in Munich for non-native German speaking children.

 

We're looking to return to Germany and moving to Munich. My wife has German citizenship, although German is her second language, and both children (5 & 7) have German citizenship. I think it unlikely well be able to afford the international schools, so we are wondering what others experiences are in state schools

 

If you are / were in a similar position, how did your children cope? What was the experience like?

Are schools "open" to non native speakers and is there language development support in schools?

What advice would you give someone putting their kids into state schools?

 

Any comments / ideas would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks

 

Donald

[MikeMelga 7,248]

Unless your kids speak a decent level of German, it's going to be very tough in state schools.

 

19 hours ago, kiwiten said:

Are schools "open" to non native speakers and is there language development support in schools?

"Support"? What support? There is no support in German system. As one German told me: "Public school is great on teaching you life lessons,  that nobody will help you".

 

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What advice would you give someone putting their kids into state schools?

If they don't speak German at a good level, DONT.

 

Oh, and I hope their last name sounds German, Otherwise, tough life...

 

Disclaimer: my son is in international school and it was either that or return to home country.

[RAMBO 103]

What a load of crap MikeMelga.

 

My son just finished Grundschule there were several children from other countries who did'nt speak German or English but were intregrated into into the regular class. Sure some had to repeat the year to enable them to catch up with the language skills but kids at that age learn fast, the kids in the class supported and helped there was'nt any bullying as you implied and considering how diverse the German population is the remark about a German name is also ridiculous, you think kids at that age care about this type off stuff?. 

[LeonG 14,797]

I know a family where the school district is trying their best to send their child to a school for the disabled due to his "speech impediment".  They've managed to avoid it so far. He's getting tutored after school twice a week. He doesn't have a speech impediment, he just has an accent.

 

I met someone else who ended up sending their child to an international school but said that the German school was willing to work with their son but in the mother's opinion the son wasn't having it.

 

I'd suggest starting the kids on German lessons asap.  If they have favorite movies, get them in German. Every little bit helps.

[robinson100 12,792]

@ Mikemelga and RAMBO - you obviously have both had totally different experience of the German schooling system, and I think it fair for the OP to be presented with both sides of the coin.

I guess it depends upon where one is, what school it is, and the school and it´s teaching staff itself.

[MikeMelga 7,248]

3 hours ago, RAMBO said:

the remark about a German name is also ridiculous, you think kids at that age care about this type off stuff?. 

First hand experience and many, many stories from other parents at international school. Riddiculous is not admiting something very wrong is going on on German schools.