November 24, 2023

Interact club: Visit to Orange farm

On Monday 30th of October, Mrs. Grobler teacher and advisor of the Interact club, Tara-Marie Ryan, student president, and Malick Diallo, a club officer went to visit Childhood Roads Institute in Orange Farm. Orange Farm is widely regarded as one of South Africa’s largest informal settlements. The township is located […]
November 10, 2023

Igbo Art and Material Culture, Wits Art Museum

The Terminale B BFI students visited the Wits Art Museum on Friday, 3 November to engage with Igbo artifacts which had been specially curated to link with their novel ‘Things Fall Apart’ by Chinua Achebe. Through participation in the JoMUN Conference earlier this year, our students were exposed to the […]
September 8, 2023

Jérémy Chabran, our new Primary School Headmaster

We are pleased to announce that our new Primary Director, Jérémy Chabran, has arrived in South Africa, accompanied by his wife Emilie and son Hugo, who will be enrolled in 3ème at LJV. Originally from Avignon, Mr. Chabran is a school teacher specializing in French as a foreign language. He […]
April 28, 2023

Getting ready for “Mai des langues”

A tango workshop organized by Madame Butel was held last week. We, final year students were able to take part in an introduction to tango thanks to the intervention of two South African professionals. We would also like to thank them for their time, their pedagogy and their patience. Having […]
March 31, 2023

2023-2024 school calendar

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February 24, 2023

Mount Kenya

18 students from Lycée Jules Verne have completed the ascent of Mount Kenya, the second highest peak in Africa. This is the third time that Lycée Jules Verne has made the climb. In previous years, students from the school have also climbed Mount Toubkal in Morocco and the Amatola Trail […]
February 10, 2023

Lunch talk

Wednesday February 01 During this lunch talk we welcomed Adrien BARON, legal counsel. He talked about his studies and the importance of being organised during this time. He touched on the ins and outs of the bar exam and explained the process of becoming a lawyer. Adrien BARON then presented […]
January 27, 2023

Behind the scenes at LJV

Students in 4A and 4B took up their journalistic pens to write articles about the school as part of the French program. Dare to go behind the scenes of our beautiful school, to meet the students and staff!(Please note all articles are in French) Mensonge ou vérité : La nourriture de […]
November 25, 2022

Lunch Talk

On Monday 14 November, Inès BRILLAUD came to talk about her studies, in particular her 3 years of training in CPES (Cycle Pluridisciplinaire d’Etudes Supérieurs), her master’s degree at Sciences Po as well as her experience as an intern in charge of culture at the Alliance Française. She went into […]
July 11, 2022

Back to school information 2022-2023

Dear parents, We would like to inform you that the Lycée Jules Verne will be closed from Wednesday, 13 July 2022. We will reopen to the public on Monday, 22 August, 2022. We look forward to seeing you all at the beginning of the school year! We hope you enjoy […]