Natalie says there are a variety of reasons parents choose Leroy.

One of them is certainly to be able to communicate with their grandparents or the family in France or in Réunion, because we've got as well a child whose parents are from Réunion and another child whose parents whose grandparents are from Morocco.

So it can be to still have a link with the family in French-speaking country.

As well, it can be to know more about their culture and to be exposed to the language on a daily basis with other people, other children as well, to create

And Natalie Bonatat says the class also has wider benefits.

As well, it's not only to do with the work and the field of work they will work in.

It's to do with the appreciation of the culture.

And I think that's more what we are eager to develop is appreciating the language, appreciating appreciating the history of France, the arts, and having a sense of belonging to culture, if not three, because I'm in the Maori culture as well, which being in Hayata, we have a sense of belonging to as well.