Cathérine Bergeyck
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Really, three years? I remember it as it was "yesterday". In one of my foreign periodicals, I found a photo of Astrid with her two boys ~ Leopold and Albert ... and, Princess Elisabeth looked just like her father when he was about her age. Amazing. :flower:Originally posted by Jelka@Apr 25th, 2004 - 7:24 am
Yes, she looks like her father very much!! Even Mathilde has said that! I was wondering when she would go to school? In october she'll be three years, so..
Danielane said:Little Elisabeth will go to school for the first time wednesday. She'll go to Sint-Jan Berchmans, in the Marolles, in the same scholl than her cousins Luisa Maria and Joachim.
Jelka said:Hey Danielane, where did you find this information?
ennyllorac said:How old is she?
Cathérine Bergeyck said:The school where she'll be goint to is a catholic school with a very good reputation. It's Dutch speaking, so Elisabeth will be perfectly bilingual, like her cousins. Philippe & Mathilde said they want her to have a normal schooltime, like the other children, so no 'special', priveledged treatment.
Martine said:Off course there are good public schools in Belgium too, but in Belgium the difference between catholic schools and public schools isn't like the difference between public schools and private schools in the USA...
Sint Jan Berghmans is not a private school and it's really not expensive to send your children there. Both public schools and catholic schools get money from the state in Belgium (although public schools get a bit more money), so really the only difference is that you have to take religion in a catholic school and in a public school you don't...
it's really not a school where they are only rich children, there are children from all different backgrounds in that school...
it's a very good school though, it has a very good reputation
Mathilde and Philippe speak French with her, but Mathilde said they also read stories in Dutch to her. Her nanny speaks Dutch with her, and when the family is in Dutch-speaking company, they speak Dutch to Elisabeth as well.moosey60 said:What language(s) does Elisabeth speak? Does she speak French with her parents or Dutch?
Cathérine Bergeyck said:Mathilde said that it was difficult for her to leave her little girl behind, Elisabeth didn't cry but her mother did!