Lycee Francais Theodore Monod Saadiyat Island

Lycee Francais Theodore Monod (LTM) in Saadiyat Island was launched in response to parents’ overwhelming demand to open a secondary school for primary students enrolled in Lycee Francais Theodore Monod Al Bateen. The school opened in September 2020 and offers the French curriculum from Pre-KG (PS) to Grade 12 (Terminale).

The new campus with a capacity of 2,000 students is expected to provide a high-quality infrastructure with additional facilities to support Science, Arts, Cultural and Sports education.

Lycee Francais Theodore Monod is named after a French scientist, explorer and humanitarian – Theodore Monod. LTM is managed by the Franco-Lebanese Association for Education and Culture (AFLEC). It is a partner establishment of the French Secular Mission (Mlf) and a member of the Agency for French Education Abroad (AEFE) network.

French expats in the UAE who are interested in sending their child(ren) to French curriculum schools can read these school guides by Bayut:

• Lycee Francais International
• Lycee Francais Jean Mermoz
• Lycee Francais International Georges Pompidou, Oud Metha
• Lycée Français International Georges Pompidou, Sharjah

Lycee Francais Theodore Monod Abu Dhabi is situated on Saadiyat Island, which is at a fair distance from popular mainland residential areas. Family-friendly neighbourhoods close to the school include:

• Al Mina
• Al Danah
• Al Reem Island

The nearest communities – Al Mina and Al Danah – are a 15-minute drive away from LTM Saadiyat Island campus. Parents looking to relocate near the school campus can consider:

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Lycee Francais Theodore Monod school campus in Saadiyat Island was inaugurated in September 2020. The website provides little information regarding the facilities available on the new campus. However, looking at Al Bateen campus, it can be said that Saadiyat Island campus will have premium facilities for learning, sports, and cultural activities.

Parents can buy Lycee Francais Theodore Monod uniforms from THREADS, an Abu Dhabi-based company. The shop is located on the ground floor of the Capital Mall  (shop #12). Books and supplies are available from Culture and Co Bookstore. You will find the shop in Al Nasr Plaza Building, Oud Metha.

LTM School Saadiyat Island is located near Al Dhiba Street. Al Jubail Island is also close to the school.

LTM Saadiyat is a well-known school amongst the French expat community in Abu Dhabi. The school offers French curriculum from nursery to high school. While the primary curriculum follows the French system, children are offered English language classes for at least 3 to 4 hours per week.

Once your child clears the oral exam in CM2, they can follow the American International Section from the 6e (Grade 6). The International Section aims to prepare students for the National Diploma of the International Certificate. Similarly, students can choose an International curriculum once they enter high school (Grade 9).

The school council ensures the institute’s day-to-day running, while the school board works to achieve the vision of LTM. Besides this, Lycee Theodore Monod works on students’ mental, emotional, and physical health by introducing exciting yet challenging cultural and sports activities.

The new campus is set to offer excellent facilities that will enhance the learning experience for students. To encourage digital technology use, the school has introduced iPads for students enrolled in CM1 and above.

Lycee Francais Theodore Monod is a recent establishment that provides French education until high school. Here’s a breakdown of the years offered at LTM.

Lycee Francais Theodore Monod Saadiyat Island curriculum is based on the French education system. The focus of the nursery school teaching is to:

• Mobilise language in all its dimensions
• Help students act, express themselves, understand through physical activity
• Help students act, express themselves, understand through artistic activities
• Build the first tools to structure students’ thinking
• Help kids learn about numbers and their uses
• Help kids explore shapes, sizes, organised suites
• Help kids explore the world
• Help kids find their way in time and space
• Help kids explore the world of living things, objects and matter

The advanced cycles offered at the school work to bring information, knowledge and skills to students that they should know at the end of the educational journey. The skills instilled in children enable them to become responsible members of society. The French curriculum taught at the school ensures that students are well aware of the French culture despite being away from home.

Subjects offered in Cycle 2, 3 and 4 include:

In middle school, 6e (Grade 6) students follow 4 hours of English per week. From Grade 7 to Grade 10, students have to study English for 3 hours per week. In Grade 11, pupils benefit from 2.5 hours of English per week.

After written and oral examinations in CM2 (Grade 5), it is possible to follow the American International Section (from 6e or Grade 6). The International Section aims to prepare students for the National Diploma of the International Certificate.

Lycee Francais Theodore Monod Saadiyat Island also offers an International (US curriculum-based) section in high school or secondary classes. If your child is going for this option, then he/she will be taught 4 hours of History and Geography and 6 hours of English language and literature, or 4 hours of additional weekly lessons.

For History and Geography, students are taught 2 hours (70%) in French and 1 hour (30%) in English. An additional hour is devoted to elements of the American programme that is delivered 100% in English. English Literature is taught in English, and the emphasis is placed on the study of language and literature.

Aligned with changes to the Baccalaureate in 2020 – 2021, following lessons are taught to all students every week:

• French (premiere only): 4 hours
• Philosophy (in final year only): 4 hours
• History and Geography: 3 hours
• Modern language A and Modern Language B: 4 hours and 30 minutes
• Scientific Teaching: 2 hours
• Physical and Sports Education: 2 hours
• Moral and Civic Education: 18 hours per year

At the end of the 2nd (Grade 10), students who opt for the general path will choose a combination of three speciality courses that they will follow in the 1st (Grade 11) for 4 hours per week per speciality.

At the end of the 1st (Grade 11), students will choose one of the three courses. The two speciality courses will continue in the final year (Grade 12) (6 hours per week per speciality).

At the secondary level, Lycee Francais Theodore Monod Saadiyat will offer combinations of specialities from different disciplines:

• Mathematics
• Digital and Computer Science
• Chemistry and Physics
• Life and Earth Sciences
• Engineering Sciences
• Economic and Social Sciences
• History, Geography, Geopolitics and Political Science
• Humanities, Literature and Philosophy
• Foreign Languages, Literature and Cultures
• Literature, Languages ​​and Cultures of Antiquity
• Arts
• Biology and Ecology (in agricultural high schools only)

LTM Abu Dhabi is also offering optional courses to strengthen knowledge of a specific discipline. Students opting for the general path in Grade 11 and Grade 12 can choose from:

• Living Language
• Arts
• Physical Education and Sport
• Languages ​​and Cultures of Antiquity (can be combined with another option)

In the final year or Grade 12, students can also add an optional course to enrich their learning experience:

• Law and major challenges of the contemporary world
• Expert Mathematics: It is intended for students who have chosen the mathematics speciality in the final year.
• Complementary Mathematics: This course is intended for students who have not chosen the mathematics speciality in the final year.

Lycee Francais Theodore Monod’s ADEK rating is currently unavailable since the campus was inaugurated in September 2020. We will update this section as soon as the detailed report is released.

Lycee Francais Theodore Monod’s academic calendar runs for ten months and is divided into three terms. The calendar highlights school holidays, national holidays and Islamic holidays. Please note that dates for Islamic holidays are subject to moonsighting.

• The first term starts in the last week of August and ends in the second week of December, followed by a 3-week winter vacation.
• The second term starts in the first week of January and ends in the last week of March, followed by a 2-week spring holiday.
• The third term starts in the second week of April and ends in the first week of July, followed by a 2-month summer break.

Lycee Francais Theodore Monod Saadiyat Island school timings are:

• Kindergarten: 08:00 am to 02:00 pm
• CP to CM2 (Grade 1 to Grade 5): 08:00 am to 02:00 pm / 04:00 pm if the child is taking ALM and Islamic Studies
• 6e to Terminale (Grade 6 to Grade 12): 08:00 am to 04:00pm or 06:00 pm

The 5-step admission process for new students starts in January, while existing LTM School students can re-register in March. The steps are as follows:

Step 1: Pre-enrollment

If you are a new student (starting fresh at Lycee Francais Theodore Monod Abu Dhabi), please create an Eduka account. After you have made the account, complete the pre-registration form and download all mandatory documents. You are requested to choose your preferred campus (Al Bateen or Saadiyat Island) at this stage.

You are requested to log into your Eduka account for LTM families and create a new folder for a new academic year. Students are also required to complete the online pre-registration file and download all the necessary documents.

Furthermore, students living abroad have no deadline to meet when applying for admission. However, since seats are limited, parents must ensure to initiate the process as soon as possible. To avoid any delay, please upload documents in the right PDF format.

Step 2: Acknowledgement of your Registration

Once you have created the account and uploaded all relevant documents, the registration department will contact you by email to inform you if your file is completed or not.

Step 3: Appointment

If your child is coming from an approved French school, an appointment is not necessary. You will only have to submit the school report for the current year and the notice of passage via Eduka.

On the other hand, students coming from other schools will be given an appointment with a school management member. The meeting is approximately half an hour long. Both parents and the child have to attend the meeting and students applying from overseas will have an online appointment via Skype or phone.

An admission test is mandatory for all students. Overseas children will give the test online.

Step 4: Admission

After your profile is complete and your child appears for placement assessment, the admission committee will sit to study the student’s file and assessment performance. In case the admission is successful, you will receive an email from the registration department. Parents must acknowledge the confirmation and pay the tuition fee within the specified deadline. In case you fail to reply within the deadline, your admission offer will be revoked and the place will be offered to another family on the waiting list.

Students who made it to the waiting list or were refused admission will be notified via email.

Step 5: Final Registration

The school will confirm your registration through a final email if you have paid the tuition fee, submitted all mandatory documents and completed the file.

Nevertheless, before starting the Lycee Francais Theodore Monod Saadiyat Island’s admission process, please ensure that your child meets the following age requirements.

This is based on the age of the students on 31st March (for schools beginning in April) and 31st August (for schools beginning in September). Source: ADEK

* This is to cater to students transferring from systems that admit students of a younger age)

Lycee Francais Theodore Monod Saadiyat Island’s fee structure is divided into two categories. One is for new registrations/students and the second table is for existing Lycee Francais Theodore Monod Abu Dhabi Island students.

Tuition fee for new students are as follows:

Please note that the charges for bilingual classes will be added to the annual tuition fee.

Following is the fee structure of Lycee Francais Theodore Monod in Saadiyat for existing students who enrolled in 2019 – 2020 AY.

* Prices are provisional and subject to approval by ADEK.

Lycee Francais Theodore Monod Saadiyat Island tuition fee can be paid via cash, cheque, bank transfer or debit/credit card.

Lycee Francais Theodore Monod in Abu Dhabi does not have an independent scholarship program. However, students of French nationality registered at the Consulate General of France of the UAE can become recipients of the scholarship funded and awarded by the French State.

Before submitting the file or application to the Consulate General of France, parents should run the file by LT Monod’s administration to be approved by the Principal. The school or the family can submit the application to the consulate. However, parents or families will have to make an appointment before sending the file.

The scholarship is granted on financial merits and is responsible for either covering the entire or parts of the tuition fees. They are allocated according to families’ financial and patrimonial situation, composition, and the financial burden of schooling on the family budget. The scholarship is paid directly to the school.

Also, students should be at least three years of age when applying for the scholarship. Please visit the Consulate General of France official website or LTM scholarship grant page for further details.

Catering or canteen facilities for kindergarten students (Pre-KG to KG 2) are not available. Parents must send lunch boxes with their child keeping in mind a healthy and balanced diet. Junk foods like fizzy drinks, sweets, candies, chocolates, chips and other items are strictly prohibited on the campus.

Little ones will have their lunch in the classroom in a 20-minute break while the class teacher supervises them. Following this, they will be allowed a 15-minute recreational break in the playground.

On the other hand, Lycee Francais Theodore Monod United Arab Emirates has hired ANSAMBLE Company to provide catering services to elementary and secondary section students (Grade 1 to Grade 12).

Lycee Francais Theodore Monod UAE has outsourced transport facilities to Elite School Buses Transportation. Students enrolled in both campuses can use this facility for an additional cost. The transport company complies fully with the Department of Transport (DOT). One bus can accommodate 22 to 23 students at a time.

Elite Bus Service provides a door-to-door transportation facility to registered students. The company will directly contact families who live outside Abu Dhabi Island. However, transportation fees have to be paid to the school’s accounting department.

To avail of this service, please fill out the online registration form. For further information, you can drop an email to info@kinglinebusrental.com or kinglinetransport@yahoo.com.

Entente Sportive Théodore Monod (ESTM) is an initiative that is managed by the Sports and Cultural Activities (ASC) Programme. ESTM was first introduced in 2018 – 2019 and is an extension of Physical Education (PE) classes. This program aims to groom and prepare young athletes for future national and international sports events – one of them being the Paris 2024 Olympics Game.

Lycee Francais Theodore Monod believes in the mental, physical and emotional development of students. As a result, the school arranges numerous sports and cultural activities round the year.

Activities are held twice a year. The first round starts in October and ends in January. The second round starts in January and ends in April.

Students enrolled in GS to CM2 can participate in activities held at the Al Bateen campus from 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm. 6th to terminale students can participate in activities from 03:20 pm onwards.

Activity charges:

• 10 sessions (1 hour 45 minutes): AED 700
• 10 sessions (1 hour): AED 400

Students enrolled in primary school (Pre-KG to Grade 5) can participate in the following activities:

Middle and high school students are offered the following activities:

| Mathematics Support | Drawing / Sketching | | Tutoring | Maths in Jeans | | Debate | Theatre | | Plastic Arts | Maths Post BAC (French System) | | Exam preparing | Spanish Singing and Dancing |

Also, LTM School Abu Dhabi participates in various other competitions on the national and international level. Students encouraged to be part of these competitions. For further information, please visit the ASC Programme offered by the school.

Students participating in sports and cultural activities or are part of the ESTM must stay back until 04:00 pm or 05:15 pm.

LTM Saadiyat believes that learning should not be restricted to classrooms only. Hence, to provide children exposure as they advance classes, the school takes them on local and international tours.

In the past, students have been part of international trips to London, China and Spain.

The Department of Health of Abu Dhabi approves the medical facility at Lycee Francais Theodore Monod of Abu Dhabi. There are few policies and procedures that the clinic requires you to follow, including:

• At the time of admission and during the academic year, the medical facility may ask you for certain documents and reports. You will have to provide complete documents.
• In case your child has a medical condition or illness that the school should know about, please intimate that to the medical facility at your earliest.
• Please do not send your child to the school if they are running a fever, have a throat infection, or are sick.
• In case your child is ill, please inform the school. After three days of illness, you are required to submit a medical certificate explaining the absence.
• When your child is symptom-free for a minimum of 24 hours, only then he/she is allowed to return to the school.
• If your child takes prescribed medicines during school hours, parents must drop them at the medical facility. Children aren’t allowed to keep medication with them.
• Parents are requested to provide contact details to the school so that the medical facility can contact them should any emergency arise.

The Association des Parents d’Elèves du Lycée Français International Théodore Monod (APELTM) is an effort by the school to include parents in their child’s school life. As a parent, you can support the group by subscribing for an annual fee of AED 100.

• Telephone Number:
  • For general information: +971-58-980-0525
  • For technical details: +971-5-295-4146
• Email:
  • General Enquiries: secretaire.ltm@aflec-fr.org
  • Admissions: inscription.ltm@aflec-fr.org
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