Two year-long workshops, every Wednesday, for children aged 6 to 11: outdoor art on one side, theatre on the other. One session a week, in small groups, in Lausanne.
Both start on Wednesday 8 September 2027. Pre-registration is open. Your child joins one or the other — they run the same afternoon.
Pre-registration is free, with no payment or commitment, and does not reserve a place. One form lets you pre-register up to three children, with one workshop choice for each child.
Wednesday afternoon is the one half-day Swiss primary schools leave free, and we use all of it. One notebook fills up outdoors, in pencil and photographs. The other fills up on its feet, on a stage. Either way, your child goes home in June with a record of their year.
Art workshop — Carnets de terrain
Field notebooks. Drawing, photography and land art, outdoors, on location, in all weathers. The children learn a technique, apply it to whatever is in front of them that day, and fill a sketchbook over the year.
- When — Wednesdays, 2-5pm
- Ages — 6-11, one group
- Group — 8 children, 2 adults
- Where — meeting point at Parc de Milan; the working locations change through the year — lake, forest, river, vineyards
- Price — CHF 170 a month in 10 instalments, no registration fee; consumables included, tool case CHF 80 in the first year
- Status — starts September 2027, pre-registration open
Theatre workshop — Carnets de scène
Stage notebooks. Body, voice, mask and text. The children explore one element of playing, put it on its feet in a scene the same day, and a notebook keeps track of the characters throughout the year.
- When — Wednesday afternoons, one session per child
- Ages — ages 6-7: 1.30-2.30pm; ages 8-9: 2.40-3.55pm; ages 10-11: 4.05-5.35pm
- Length — 1 hour to 1½ hours, depending on age
- Group — 10 children maximum
- Where — Avenue de la Gare 40, Lausanne
- Price — CHF 80 a month in 10 instalments, plus a CHF 120 annual registration fee; all materials included
- Status — starts September 2027, pre-registration open
These are taught courses, planned in advance, with real progression from one week to the next — and an approach that stays alive to the day: if a heron lands at the water's edge, we change the subject; if an improvisation heads somewhere else, we follow it.
- Something genuinely learned. A technique, a craft, a progression — and a notebook where you can watch it grow.
- Small groups. Eight children in the art workshop, ten in theatre. Few enough that every child gets a turn, tries things, and is properly seen.
- No test, no audition, no prior experience. The child who draws on everything is as welcome as the one who is sure they can't.
Families leave their children with us every week. We apply measures Swiss law does not yet require of private providers of children's activities:
- A special extract from the criminal record for every adult working with the children.
- A signed code of conduct governing interactions between adults and children, including protocols for situations involving physical contact.
- No photo or video that could identify a child is shared, including in the private groups for families. The form lets you separately allow or decline non-identifying images for the private group and for our external communications. These choices apply to the children pre-registered through the form.
On adult-to-child ratios, we match the supervision to what the activity actually demands. Carnets de terrain means two adults for eight children: three hours outdoors, on the move, carrying equipment. Carnets de scène means one teacher for ten children, in a room, going nowhere.
A camp is an immersion: five days, one place, one group, and memories that last. A workshop is a different thing — coming back to the same group, every week, for a whole school year.
What changes is the progression. A child who draws thirty-six Wednesdays running does not draw the same thing thirty-six times: they learn to look, and you can see it in the sketchbook by June. A child who plays every week ends up daring things they would never have tried in September.
The two formats fit together: workshops for term time, camps for the holidays.
1. Which language are the workshops taught in?
In French, in both workshops — and our teachers are bilingual French/English. A child still finding their French is genuinely welcome: an instruction can be given again in English when it helps.
2. Can my child do both workshops?
No — you'll need to choose. Both run on Wednesday afternoon. It's the one half-day in the week when Swiss primary school children are free, and it's what makes long sessions possible rather than an hour squeezed in after class.
3. What's the difference between a workshop and a camp?
A workshop is a weekly appointment during term time, building week on week. A camp is a week-long immersion during the school holidays. Plenty of families do both.
4. What happens during the school holidays?
The workshops pause — they follow the Vaud school calendar. That's when our camps take over.
5. Does my child need any experience?
No, in neither workshop. There is no test, no audition and no prerequisite.
6. How do I pre-register my children?
One form covers up to three children. Enter the first parent’s contact details, optionally those of a second parent, then each child’s date of birth and workshop choice. Groups are based on the child’s age in September 2027. The form also asks about health conditions and support needs relevant to welcoming them.
7. Does pre-registration reserve a place?
No. It is free, with no payment or commitment. It gives you priority access to registration in March 2027. Places will be confirmed between 15 and 30 June 2027; no payment is due before confirmation. The first session is on Wednesday 8 September 2027.
- Holiday camps: a week outdoors, every season.
- Adventure days: a day of exploring, on a Saturday or a day off school.
- Birthdays: an immersive party, outdoors, built around a story.