European secondary education (ESE)
"Several international public schools, which are an integral part of four public high schools, operate according to the curricula, promotion criteria and timetables of the European School system. They are open to all students, without registration fees. They offer European secondary education (7 years), in French, English and German sections, leading to the European Baccalaureate. (...)" (Source: MENJE)
Introduction video LLIS - european classes (RTL today)
At LLIS, from 2023-2024, we offer the following classes:
- German-speaking (germanophone) section - Secondary S1-S7
- English-speaking (anglophone) section - Secondary S1-S7
- French-speaking (francophone) section - Secondary S1-S5
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Language Offer at LLIS
L1: Sections Languages - German, English, French
SWALs - Spanish - Italian (if enough pupils to open the group)
https://www.eursc.eu/en/European-Schools/studies/studies-organisation: SWALS are those categories I and II pupils whose mother tongue/dominant language is an official language of an EU Member State (with the exception of Irish and Maltese) but for whom no language section in their mother tongue/dominant language (L1) exists in their school.
If one of the language sections of the European Schools corresponding to a category I or II pupil's mother tongue/dominant language is not open in the school, this pupil is entitled to tuition in his/her L1, working on the assumption that the School has at its disposal a duly qualified teacher, or can recruit one.
SWALS are normally enrolled in the English, French or German sections. The language of the section is the pupil’s L2. SWALS can also be enrolled in the language section of the host country on condition that no additional costs are incurred. Their L2 should be English, French or German.
L2: Vernacular Languages - German, French, English
L3 (starting in S1): German, French, English, Spanish, Italian
L4 (starting in S4): Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
L5 (starting in S6): Spanish, Italian
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In ESE, pupils in the S3 classes and the S5 classes have to choose a whole range of subjects for both of the next two school years.
Subject choices for S4/S5 (2024-2027)
For more information, please see our INFORMATION BOOKLET.
Form: Choices for S4/S5 (IAM code required)
Presentation: Orientation S4/S5
Subject choices for S6/S7 (2025-2027)
For more information, please see our INFORMATION BOOKLET.
Presentation : S6-S7 Information for parents
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ADJUSTMENTS TO TIMETABLES IN LOWER CLASSES
In order to further harmonise our school offer and to meet the growing need for support, we have made some adjustments to the timetable in the lower classes (7e-5e & S1-S3) .
In addition to the subject lessons stipulated by the official curriculum, BEST*,tutorial and orientation lessons will continue to be offered in the lower classes of ESC and ESG. A tutorial lesson (1 coaching lesson from the class teacher) is introduced in the lower classes of ESE.
Consequently, 34 regular lessons per week will be offered in all lower classes.
Regular lessons will end on Fridays at 14h05 for the lower classes.
The upper classes have lessons according to "horaires et programmes".
In addition, we offer students numerous extracurricular activities in various fields https://www.llis.lu/activities.
* BEST (= BEtreungsSTunde): 2-3 BEST lessons per week (depending on the class grade).
BESTs allow the student to either
- complete their homework (under supervision),
- to receive specific help with homework from a subject teacher, or
- to receive support.
