Jul 19, 2026 · 10 min · 10 segments
L'Aurore a bilingual French English class has been seeing an growing interest in Christchurch with some parents wanting to raise their children in full immersion of the language. Rachel Graham went to…
Rachel GrahamJessica EspermontGuest
Maureen BourgeonGuest
At the Christchurch School Hayata Community Campus, a mixture of French and English bounces around the classroom as the teacher and students go over their lesson.
Leroy was set up just over a year ago when another bilingual class at Burnside Primary was at capacity and had a long waitlist.
One of the parents involved in making Le Roi a reality, Maureen Bourgeon, says finding a school with both the space to take a new class and the openness to the idea was a bit of a struggle until they spoke to Hayata and its principal, Peggy Burrows.
At the Christchurch School Hayata Community Campus, a mixture of French and English bounces around the classroom as the teacher and students go over their lesson.
Leroy was set up just over a year ago when another bilingual class at Burnside Primary was at capacity and had a long waitlist.
One of the parents involved in making Le Roi a reality, Maureen Bourgeon, says finding a school with both the space to take a new class and the openness to the idea was a bit of a struggle until they spoke to Hayata and its principal, Peggy Burrows.
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