TOGETHER WE CREATE OUR FUTURE

The school is located in large, friendly and light rooms in a traffic-calmed area (Schutzengelquartier - guardian angel quarter...what a fitting name) of Baar with a bus stop right in front of the door and kiss & ride parking spots in front of the building (if you are dropping off your child).

We accept children as of 3 years in the children’s house group  and as of 6 years of age, they will typically be in the primary school group. If your child is ready to move to the primary school group at a younger age this can also be arranged.

Your children can attend our school in Baar as of 7.30 am. If you require it, your child can stay with us until 6.30 pm. 

Additionally, we offer programs for your children during most holiday times. The school is closed during the last 2 weeks of the summer holidays as well as for 2 weeks over Christmas.

In our school we are teaching roughly 60 children.

The adherence to the current curriculum of the public schools is guaranteed at all times at futura. Currently, we are working in accordance with the curriculum 21 (Lehrplan 21).

In practice that also means that children who are capable and interested in content and knowledge beyond the official curriculum, we will make sure to provide them with the possibility to go further. 

Yes, our school is officially recognized since its founding in 2004. We are also recognized as a Montessori school by the AMS (Association Montessori Suisse), which also means that we participate actively in the education of future Montessori teaching staff on an international basis (so-called guest students that are regularly visiting the school to observe and learn).

We place great importance on preparing the children in the 5^th and 6^th grade in smaller groups, specifically for the transition to a secondary school. This mostly takes place in the afternoons in addition to the Montessori work. At this age, we also start to familiarize our students with test situations and grades. In addition, the teachers discuss the ideas about the future school path with children and parents.

The futura Montessori day school Baar is subject to the supervision of the Zug school supervision and adheres to the Zug curriculum concerning school material. This allows an easy transfer.

Since we teach according to the Montessori pedagogy, we do not have traditional classes, we rather teach the primary school group in a mixed age group. In these, the children are supported individually according to their talents and needs, they are invited to “presentations” and all their daily activities are documented precisely for each child.

Our children come from all over the world – the canton Zug is known to be very international and our school reflects that. We mainly teach in English or German, depending on which language is the child’s strongest. In the children’s house there is also a teacher who teaches in Swiss-German.

We also provide foreign language classes in English and French (as designated in the curriculum).

We employ around 25 people who look after your children.

Of these, 8 are excellently trained Montessori teachers and 6 are childcare staff for the children’s house.

In addition, we employ experts in various fields such as sports, languages, music and others. And we always make sure that we get only the best.

Here you can get to know the whole team.

Montessori education cannot be explained in 2 minutes, however, it can be summarized in one sentence:

We support your child in developing his or her talents and opportunities as best as possible and to take responsibility for their learning.

Here you can find out everything you need to know about the basics of education and teaching here looks like.

An important prerequisite for successful learning is a healthy diet. Our school chef spoils our students daily with freshly prepared lunch dishes based on the latest finding in nutritional science. Concentrated learning over prolonged periods requires a consistently high supply of energy.

Our brain consumes more than a fifth of our daily energy needs. Therefore, we give the children the opportunity to eat a "Z'nüni" (morning snack) during the morning and a “Z’vieri” (afternoon snack) in the afternoon – when and if the child is hungry (we let the children determine the time of these themselves).

Please let us know if your child has any food allergies so we can discuss potential solutions. 

Yes, this is indeed available. We are a day school optimized for working parents and therefore offer an extensive (fee-based) holiday program, during (almost) all holiday periods.

The school is closed for the last 2 weeks of the summer vacation as well as the 2 weeks over Christmas.

Simply arrange an appointment with us HERE, during which we will show you and your child our school, to allow you to get some first impressions.

We give all children the opportunity to visit us for a trial day. This helps your child, yourself and us, to come to a final decision as to whether futura is the right place for your child. It will also allow us to evaluate and whether and how we can optimally support your child.

Generally we are quite well booked, however, currently (March 2023) there are some free slots in the school (mainly grade 5 and 6, very few for younger ones) and some places in our kinderhaus in Baar. The sooner you register your child, the more likely you will have a chance to get a free slot.

We currently accept applications for  the school year 2023/2024 (starting in August 23).

You are also always welcome to enter your child into our (non-committal) waiting list.

No. The children are in school all day and hence, have plenty of time to practice what they are learning. This means the children have time for playing, time with you, or to just relax when they leave school for the day.

PLEASE NOTE: We are currently re-evaluating our cost structure for the school, which we changed last in 2016. The world (and cost) has changed, hence it's urgently required! 

As soon as we've finished the details, you can find the current price-list here - if you require more information NOW, please talk to us personally. 

Generally speaking, the cost depends on how long your child is with us outside of the core school hours, if it takes part in our lunch offering and what age your child is (kinderhaus or school). 

You can download an overview about cost for our facility in Baar on this page.(scroll to the end of the page).

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to call us on: +41 41 761 32 46 or write us an e-mail at [email protected].