Cycle 3 includes CM1, CM2, and 6e. It is the only cycle spanning two institutions, and this peculiarity explains its structure.
What is common to the three levels
French, mathematics, science and technology, arts, physical education, and modern languages are based on the same official texts from CM1 to 6e. A student who changes schools between CM2 and 6e does not change programs in these subjects: they continue the same cycle.
What is distributed by year
The themes of history and geography, however, are assigned year by year. Those of CM1 replace those of 6e in the reference, and CM2 has its own. It is the only subject in the cycle where the class, not the cycle, determines the content.
The transition to 6e
The real leap in 6e is not the program, it's the organization: multiple teachers, a schedule, a planner to maintain, homework to anticipate over the week. This is where the start of the school year is played out, more than on the content.
Source : Official warning from the CM1 / cycle 3 2026-2027 reference, verified on August 24, 2026.
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Looping rattache chaque quiz au programme officiel de la classe de votre enfant, jusqu’au chapitre.
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