Hilaris Independent Bilingual Preschool

Putting English first

Every day. Not once a week.

We follow the extended, in-house programme of Hilaris Bilingual Preschool. For us, English is not a subject children go to — it is the language in which they play, sing, listen to stories and talk to adults.

English lessons at Hilaris Preschool in Błonie
2 × 30 min of language sessions every day, in every age group

What a day in English looks like

Every day — without exception, in every age group.

30 minMorning language session
In between — immersionEnglish is part of everyday moments: meals, play, arts and crafts, going out to the playground.
30 minAfternoon language session

What our programme is made of

Six areas that work together — because one child will remember a word from a song, another from a story, and a third only once they have said it on stage.

  • Daily contact every single day

    English in two 30-minute sessions — for regularity and natural acquisition.

  • CLIL & immersion content & language integrated

    Content and language integrated learning, combined with full immersion in the foreign language.

  • Books and reading storytelling & sight words

    English-language books, engaging storytelling and a modern whole-word approach to reading.

  • Learning through the senses play, music & movement

    Creative play, music, movement and the senses — supported by modern technology as a tool, not a substitute for the teacher.

  • Workshops and performances Kids English Theatre

    English-language theatre performances and regular workshops with native speakers.

  • International projects international programmes

    Taking part in respected educational programmes: Make and Play, Oxford, Macmillan and Cambridge.

Children during themed English activities
Hilaris preschool children during a language game
Group activities at Hilaris Preschool

Photos from our classrooms — Błonie, ul. Passowska 16A

almost20 years

of experience teaching English to children

60min a day

in two language sessions — plus English in everyday situations

16children

is the maximum group size — every child is heard

Sessions are led by qualified teachers: 3 English specialists and a methodology adviser

Programmes and projects
  • Make and Play
  • Oxford
  • Macmillan
  • Cambridge
A teacher and children during a language session at Hilaris
Children learn English with us naturally — and take enormous joy in it.

Thanks to repeated exposure during engaging activities, children consolidate the vocabulary and sentence structures they have learnt, so that these stay deep in their memory and can be recalled in conversation even many years later.

It is also extremely important that early education makes it possible to learn correct pronunciation — at exactly the time when the brain is still plastic enough to learn the sounds of a foreign language accurately and faithfully. That window cannot be opened a second time.

Would you like to see these sessions in action?

Come and visit the preschool — we’ll show you the classrooms and the programme, and answer your questions.