by Clarissa | Mar 24, 2017 | dutch life, family |
School pick-up is always a bit nerve-wracking. There’s the general “will I get there in time worries, but also (in the Netherlands at least) there’s the “how many children will be coming home with me” uncertainty. As here organizing to...
by Clarissa | Jan 11, 2017 | dutch life, family
In the Netherlands school is compulsory from 5, but you can attend from 4, which most children do so. This is a rolling start through the year, so the day after your 4th birthday you start school and children are starting throughout the school year. I found this a bit...
by Clarissa | Nov 1, 2016 | dutch life, family
There used to be a sign up at my secondary school – Friendship is like an egg: hold it too tight and it cracks; hold it too loose and it drops. I am guilty of the second of those two – I find it difficult to stay in touch with people I don’t see...
by Clarissa | May 22, 2016 | family
So rocket boy has now been at school for more than six months. We’re learning how the school system here works and he seems to be thriving, though having difficulty sitting still for any length of time! Though as a four year old boy that’s not surprising...
by Clarissa | Feb 8, 2016 | dutch life, family
Dutch will be the language of my children’s education. They will do exams in Dutch and their proficiency in that, as well as the subject, will determine which secondary school and then university they will go to. I do find this quite intimidating and I switch...
