Ruru La Chouette

French & English bilingual class

For both 'in zone' and 'out of zone' enrolment applications for Ruru La Chouette please fill out our interest form. If we have space in the programme, we will advise you of this and ask you to fill out an enrolment form.

We ask that any applications for Ruru La Chouette be submitted by September (in the year prior to your child starting). 

Criteria for acceptance into the French Class.

• Ruru Interest Form - this must be filled in prior to our enrolment form.
• Tawatawa - Ridgway Online Enrolment Form

Ruru La Chouette whānau are invited to join FRENZ a parent-led association which supports New Zealand schools with French bilingual classes by supplying resources, arranging for French speaking stagiaires (voluntary teacher aides) and providing a network for bilingual whānau to belong to. FRENZ also subsidises the cost of providing extra teaching staff in Ruru La Chouette which allows numbers in the class to be kept low.

As a state school, domestic students are entitled to free enrolment and free education at Te Kura o Tawatawa - Ridgway School, including for Ruru La Chouette (French Bilingual Programme). The school does, however, request that Ruru La Chouette whānau support the work of FRENZ by becoming members and contributing a voluntary donation of $500 per child per year to cover the additional costs of providing the programme.

• FRENZ membership application form (PDF)