Saint Dominique Savio School
The Saint Dominique Savio school is managed and run by a team of passionate and professional educators, chosen for their recognised skills with French, Swiss and international families.
School presentation
Saint-Dominique Savio is an inclusive International Catholic School that opened its doors in September 2023.
It is located in the Montchoisi district, right at the heart of Lausanne. The area is well served by public transport and easily accessible for families.
Set in a green space and covering an area of over 1 hectare, the many classrooms are numerous, spacious and bright, enabling a wholistic school life that encourages the various forms of learning delivered by the teaching team.
The use of digital technology and screens is reserved for the teaching staff in order to maintain children's attention and concentration levels, as well as to encourage a taste for camaraderie, play and outdoor activities.
The school's Christian educational project aims at the complete formation of the child. The spiritual and moral values of the Gospel are encouraged and celebrated through daily prayer times, important feasts of the liturgical year, and by following the exemplary life of Dominic Savio, the School's patron saint.
Childcare is available all week on demand, please contact us.
Our team
Anne-Laure Mathieu
Head of school
Bonnet Benoît
Directeur général
Charlotte de Kersaint Gilly
Teacher at Kindergarten
Faustine Pierrat
Educator
The School's educational principles
The School occupies a fundamental place in establishing the educational and pedagogical foundations on which the learning of individuals is based and developed throughout their lives. Its mission is to make children want to go to school to learn, to affirm and develop their personality, to exercise their curiosity about the world around them, while respecting the pace of development and personality of each individual.
The educational team organises school life in such a way as to offer children a world that stimulates their curiosity, responds to their needs for play, movement, rest and discovery, and delivers the opportunities for sensory, motor, relational and cognitive experiences in safety.
Reception, recess, rest, nap and hygiene times are all part of the child's education and are organised in such a way as to provide young children with secure reference points.
The school project is that of an integral training of the person and thus of the pupil, with the aim of making him/her know, acquire and develop his/her talents. This integral education is embodied in 3 main points :
Academic excellence
Small class sizes
Multilingual teaching through experimentation from kindergarten
- Tried and tested methods which allow a dynamic approach to fundamental learning:
- Reading and writing: Syllabic method and Fransya (alphabetic and plurisensory)
- Mathematics: Singapore method to encourage manipulation and problem solving
- Pedagogy inspired by the Montessori Method and the Forest International School of Paris to guide curiosity towards autonomy
Awakening curiosity
- Positive discipline based on motivation, support and encouragement
- A family and fraternal spirit in which the child and their family feel welcomed, listened to and accompanied.
Growing up with respect for oneself and others: we attach great importance to politeness, polite behaviour, school dress and hygiene.
Learning to be autonomous
The daily practice of sports, cultural and artistic activities, combining games, discovery and language learning.
- Raising awareness of respect for their immediate environment (classrooms, playground) and more broadly of nature and environmental issues (creation and organisation of an educational garden within the school).
Training in a sense of responsibility: from an early age, children are given a responsibility to contribute to the smooth running of their class and the School. The satisfaction of having fulfilled their mission strengthens their self-esteem and improves the group dynamic.