Find a great place to live and a bilingual school

Waimea77

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Member since 11 October 2020

Waimea77

25 October 2020 15:55:54

Waimea77

25 October 2020 15:55:54

Hi,

We are a family of four from Norway/Sweden who hope to go to Uruguay for work in 2021.

The main challenge is to find a great place to live and a bilingual school for the kids (6 & 8).

ANY pointers on the above would be highly appreciated .

Thanks,

/joachim

OsageArcher

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Member since 11 February 2015

Cali

OsageArcher

26 October 2020 16:14:00

1533

OsageArcher

26 October 2020 16:14:00

1533

Cali

I don't have any direct experience with Uruguay, but as a young child in Ecuador I first attended a Spanish-only private Catholic school. It's possible for children of the ages you mention to come up to speed within a year, but they will struggle for months. You could tutor them in Spanish ahead of time to lessen the time for them to become fluent. It was an experience I cherish as it gave me insights into Ecuador and an ability to speak and understand the language and people I otherwise would never have attained, had I been enrolled in a bilingual school receiving most of my classes in English.

Here are several articles that may help you. This first is an overview of Uruguay's educational system:

https://mpp.org.uy/educacion-en-uruguay … que-saber/

This page lists what they consider to be the 10 best colegios privados in Uruguay:

https://colegiosprivadosenmontevideo.co … e-uruguay/