French Bilingual Program

Killarney Heights Public School is proud to partner with FANS – the French-speaking Association of the North Shore, to offer the FANS French Bilingual Program.

This unique and long-standing initiative, in place for over 25 years, allows students to grow-up and learn in a multilingual and multicultural community while attending a local NSW public primary school.

The French Bilingual Program is managed and delivered by FANS and requires a separate enrolment from the KHPS enrolment.

FANS is a not-for-profit, parent-led association, and is an integral part of the KHPS community.

KHPS offers an out-of-area enrolment process for families enrolling in the Bilingual Program, on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the school for more information and to assess eligibility.

Two Learning Streams

The FANS French Bilingual Program begins in Kindy (first year of Primary school) and ends upon completion of Year 6 (last year of Primary school).

There are two distinct learning pathways:

🔹 Francophone Stream

For children from families who have already been exposed to French from birth, who already have a high level of French comprehension. This stream is designed to maintain and develop literacy in both French and English. Francophone students attend Intensive French Before School classes every Monday and Thursday from 8am-8:45am to study French grammar, verb conjugations, and spelling.

🔹 Anglophone Stream

For children who are new to French or have had limited exposure. This stream focuses on building foundational language skills through immersive, engaging instruction.

Both streams are delivered by native-speaking, qualified teachers and integrated into the school day, featuring special French learning zones that connect two classrooms.

DELF exam
During Year 6, all students have the option to sit the DELF Prim’ A1 or A2 test to certify their French language proficiency (100% pass rate). The DELF, Diplôme d'Etudes en Langue Française, is internationally recognised and is valid for life.

French After Year 6

Once students have completed the French Bilingual Program at KHPS, there are local options to continue studying French:

• Killarney Heights High School offers a unique French stream for continuing learners. Students who have studied French in Primary school continue to study French in Year 7 at either the Prior Learning level (Anglophones) or Background Speakers level (Francophones), and HSC French Extension is available for students studying Continuers French in Year 12.
  
  
• FANS offers extra-curricular, after-school French classes for high school students in Forestville, including DELF Jr exam prep classes, and workshops in History and Current Affairs. These classes complement the KHHS French options and help to maintain and improve students’ French language skills to open doors to opportunities such as student exchanges, travelling, working and studying abroad, and HSC French.