Hello everyone. I have been reading this forum quite some time, and I found it so helpful and interesting in knowing more about poland.
we are moving to Poznan very soon, and the problem is we have a 6 years old kid , I am wondering is there anyone here in the forum have information about the primary schools in poznan? I really need some advice.
I contacted one of the international schools, and really confused that does this kind of expensive schools really teaching absolutely well? We are non-eu citizens, and in our family we comunicate in English. Is that difficult for the child to start at once in government schools which speak only polish?
I'd suggest that you try and get your child into one of the better-ran (but not better in results! Polish schools are somewhat neurotic in the sense that bad schools can often have the best facilities) primary schools if you can - the worse ran ones simply won't have the resources available to deal with a child that needs some extra help in the beginning.
But a 7 year old (they start school at 7 here!) should have no issue with Polish, especially if you immerse him into a Polish environment from day 1. He might be a bit behind for the first while, but if you take the time with him, it should be no problem.
Depending on his age, he might be able to go to the nursery for a year - which will help considerably.
Steer clear of the international schools here. They aren't run by English natives, they don't have many (or any!) native English teachers, yet they try and teach to an English cirriculum. I haven't heard anything good about the schools either.
Thank you very much delphiandomine. Regarding the international schools, I have checked online and from the names of the teachers, you can know they are not native. In this forum, I have read some topics about the internaitonal schools in Warsaw, and well reputated, and I know that is in Warsaw, not in Poznan.
So may I trouble you again to ask that If I will make a short trip tp poznan in the end of August, is there any chence to contact some schools over there? How and where?
Generally, public schools will operate on a simple system of turning up and talking to someone about it. Do you have somewhere sorted out to stay in Poznan? If so, I'd recommend simply turning up at the school (with a Polish speaker if you don't speak yourself!) and talking to them before making any decisions.
When was your child born? This has a bearing on when he starts school - and may allow you to put him into a decent nursery which would allow him to learn Polish without the pressure of formal schooling.
