French Summer Camps in Samoëns

Learn French in the French Alps with our summer camps in Samoëns.
A fantastic camp combined with the best the mountain can offer!

Summer Camps in Samoëns

French Summer Camp
For children & teens: 5 to 17 years old
French Lessons in the morning
Fun activities in the afternoon
Half-day or full-day options
Supervised by qualified and experienced staff
Available in July & August

How Does it Work?

Half-day or Full-day Camp
Choose lessons in the morning only or full days with activities in the afternoon.
The Lessons
Students are placed into groups based on their age and level; we offer small classes to make sure students get personalised tuition and all the attention they need.
Fun Fun Fun
Not your typical "School French" lessons: our qualified native teachers focus their lessons on practice using a communicative approach and lots of games - there's always lots of laughter coming out!
Afternoon Activities
Our students take part in a great activity programme including mountain-biking, white water rafting, horse-riding, hiking, enjoying the best Samoëns has to offer.
The Team
At Alpine French School Samoëns we are proud of our great, hard-working experienced and qualified teachers, activity leaders & supervisors who will take care of all aspects of the camp and make sure children have the best experience!

Course Information

French Summer Day Camps

15 hours French course for juniors from 5 to 17 years old
Small classes (max 15, average 8)
Passionate & qualified teachers
Available in July & August, Monday to Friday
Choose from half-day or full-day camp
A great way for children & teens to learn and improve their French and gain confidence in a fun & friendly atmosphere

Lessons at our French Summer Camp

Lessons at Alpine French School Summer Camps are fun, educational and include lots of games, songs and opportunities to really use the language. Our dynamic teachers are passionate about captivating their students’ interest and making summer camps a brilliant experience that children & teens will want to come back to!

Lessons take place in the morning Monday to Friday from 9am to 12.30pm with a 30 minute break. There’ll be project creations, games, discovery of relevant vocabulary & phrases that students will be able to use straight out of the classroom – it’s common for teachers to take their group out into the village to put their new skills into practice.

Students are placed in different groups depending on their age & level and we offer tuition from beginner to advanced.

The objective of our Alpine French School Summer Camps is to complement what students have learnt during their school year, and to offer another approach to French. We aim to boost their confidence and have a go at the practice, in an environment which focuses on positive and fun rather than grades! We also truly believe that learning a foreign language is a brilliant thing to do, and try our best to pass on our love of French to our juniors.

Activities in the Afternoon

Our activity programme has so much to offer, as do Samoëns and the amazing Vallée du Giffre.

Children and teens will be offered a variety of exciting adventures in the afternoon, supervised by qualified French activity leaders, meaning a great opportunity for immersion, the ideal addition to morning classes: fun, language & culture.

Extra private tuition is also available, great for more specific goals such as exam preparation.

I have had several courses of lessons with Alpine French School in the last three years and can highly recommend them. I was virtually a beginner when I moved to the Morzine area and can now get by quite comfortably running my business and dealing with every day life in France. Helen has always been incredibly helpful and organised my yearly training budget so that I receive my lessons for free. The teachers have been great too, I have only had one week of lessons with Debs but she was fantastic. I have had all of my recent lessons with Christelle and she is brilliant. She is good at reading the class and tailoring the lessons accordingly. I have had a mixture of intensive courses, group and private lessons and all have been very beneficial. The weekly conversational classes are great too just to keep up the practise in a positive learning environment. I’m looking forward to starting up with lessons again soon!

- Carol Tratt

I had lessons with Alpine French School and enjoyed every minute. It was both challenging and rewarding and I would recommend it to anyone, even if you are a fairly fluent French speaker already. The Alpine French School staff helped organise all the funding too so the whole process was hassle free from start to finish

- Rebecca Malthouse

“The lesssons although structured, are also flexible to take account of all the students’ needs. Highly recommended”

- Annelie Chappell

The teachers were fantastic – well informed and enthusiastic! They both conveyed great enthusiasm and got us to overcome our demons. Their approaches varied and the pace was well-judged

- Jan Alcock

“Professional and experienced teachers with a great balance of work and fun”

- Shona Carnegie

I enjoyed everything about the course! The structure of the week was really good. Day on day developing what you had done the day before and building from there. A great learning experience and never felt like it was too much. The teacher was fantastic!

- Tadhg Ryan

“Everything about the course was good, a good blend of everything I had wanted before the course started, plus loads that I didn’t realise I needed”

- Karen Brock

“I enjoyed learning new vocab and speaking French with people of a similar standard”

- Bethan Bodaszewski

“Christelle teaches in a fun way, making it easy to learn”

- Corinna De Vries

“I got my lessons for free using a government training budget organised by Alpine French School”

- Karen Lees

“Great structured lessons”

- John Taylor

“I am sad to have to stop my lessons – this is a very first for me and this is a glowing testament to our teacher who inspires confidence and makes the otherwise daunting subject of French grammar seem far less so. She brought boundless energy and above all fun to the lessons. Also she was flexible in keeping the subject varied and interest levels high”

- Russell Parsons

Je suis heureux d’annoncer que nous avons tous deux bien reussi l’examen de “Open University”, malgré tous les soucis. En fait, Lindsay m’a battu! De tout facon, tout le monde est tres content. Nous vous remercions une fois encore de votre aide.

- Chris Parry

L’été était parfait pour moi à Morzine! Les leçons étaient très bien et je pense que j’ai fait des progrès! Et pour moi aussi l’organisation était super, merci pour tous! Je ne vais pas oublier cet été à Morzine. On se voit bientôt, je reviens en Janvier pour skier :)

- Patricia Lauber

Thank you for the week’s intensive French Courses. Tricia and I really enjoyed our weeks and both of us thought that our tutor was excellent. We look forward to booking some further lessons when we can.

- Andrew Grimmer