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Useful References
Education References For a complete current listing of international schools visit: www.educaide.nl
International Schools
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ALKMAAR AREA • The European School Molenweidtje 5, 1862 BC Bergen NH Tel.: 072 589 01 09 www.esbergen.eu ALMERE • Letterland International (Prim.Dept) Roland Holststraat 58, 1321 RX Almere Tel.: 036 536 72 40 www.letterland.nl • Secondary Dept at Int. School Almere Heliumweg 61, 1362 JA Almere - Poort Tel.: 036 760 07 50 www.internationalschoolalmere.nl AMSTERDAM • Amstelland International School Asserring 93, 1187 SM Amstelveen Tel.: 020 820 9091 www.amstelland-international-school.nl • Amsterdam International Community School Main location: Prinses Irenestraat 59, 1077 WV Amsterdam Tel.: 020 577 12 40 South East location: President Brandstraat 29, 1091 XD Amsterdam Satellite location: Arent Janszoon Ernststraat 130, 1082 LP Amsterdam www.aics.espritscholen.nl • Amity International School Amsterdam Amsterdamseweg 204, 1182 HL Amstelveen Tel.: 020 345 4481 www.amityschool.nl • Annexe du Lycée Français Vincent van Gogh Rustenburgerstraat 246, 1073GK Amsterdam Tel.: 020 644 65 07 www.lyceevangogh.nl • British School of Amsterdam Anthonie van Dijckstraat 1, 1077 ME Amsterdam Jan van Eijckstraat 21, 1077 LG Amsterdam Fred. Roeskestraat 94A, 1076 ED Amsterdam Tel.: 020 679 78 40 www.britams.nl • Florencius International School Amstelveen De Savornin Lohmanlaan 2, 1181 XM Amstelveen • International School Amsterdam Sportlaan 45, 1185 TB Amstelveen Tel.: 020 347 11 11 www.isa.nl • The Japanese School of Amsterdam Karel Klinkenbergstraat 137, 1061 AL Amsterdam Tel.: 020 611 81 36 www.jsa.nl ARNHEM / NIJMEGEN • Arnhem International School Primary Dept. at Dr. Aletta Jacobsschool Slochterenweg 27, 6835 CD Arnhem Tel.: 026 323 07 29 Secondary Dept. at Lorentz Groningensingel 1245, 6835 HZ Arnhem Tel.: 026 320 2840 www.arnheminternationalschool.nl BREDA • International School Breda Mozartlaan 27, 4837 EH Breda Tel.: 076 560 78 70 www.isbreda.nl BRUNSSUM (Limburg) • Afnorth International School Ferdinand Bolstraat 1, 6445 EE Brunssum Tel.: 045 527 82 20 www.afnorth-is.com DELFT • International School Delft Primary Jaffalaan 9, 2628 BX Delft Tel.: 015 285 0038 www.internationalschooldelft.com * International School Delft Secondary Colijnlaan 2, 2613 VZ Delft Tel.: 015 820 0208 www.internationalschooldelft.com EERDE • International Boarding School Eerde Kasteellaan 1, 7731 PJ Ommen Tel.: 0529 451 452 www.eerde.nl EINDHOVEN • International School Eindhoven www.isecampus.nl Oirschotsedijk 14b, 5651 GC Eindhoven Primary Dept Tel.: 040 251 94 37 Secondary Dept Tel.: 040 242 68 35 ENSCHEDE • International School Twente www.istwente.com Primary Campus Johannes ter Horststraat 30, 7513 ZH Enschede Tel.: 053 206 80 35 Secondary Campus Tiemeister 20, 7541 WG Enschede Tel.: 053 482 11 00 GRONINGEN • International School Groningen Esserberg Villa Rijksstraatweg 24, 9752 AE Haren Tel.: 050 5340084 www.isgroningen.nl HAARLEM • Florencius International School Haarlem Florapark 1, 2012 HK Haarlem • International School Haarlem Schreveliusstraat 27, 2014 XP Haarlem Tel.: 023 220 00 01 www.internationalschoolhaarlem.nl HOOFDDORP • The Optimist International Primary School Deltaweg 109, 2134 XS Hoofddorp Tel.: 023 561 9187 www.optimist-international-school.nl THE HAGUE AREA (Den Haag) • Deutsche Internationale Schule (German School) Van Bleiswijkstraat 125, 2582 LB Den Haag Tel.: 070 354 94 54 www.disdh.nl • HSV International Schools Tel.: 070 318 49 65
• International Primary Departments HSV Nassaulaan 26, 2514 JT Den Haag Tel.: 070 318 49 50 Koningin Sophielaan 24a, 2595 TG Den Haag Tel.: 070 324 34 53 Van Nijenrodestraat 16, 2597 RM Den Haag Tel.: 070 328 14 41 www.hsvdenhaag.nl • Le Lycée Français Vincent van Gogh Scheveningseweg 237, 2584 AA Den Haag Tel.: 070 306 69 23 / 070 306 69 30 www.lyceevangogh.nl • Lighthouse Special Education (Primary) Van Heutszstraat 12, 2593 PJ Den Haag Tel.: 070 335 56 98 www.lighthousese.nl
• Rijnlands Lyceum Wassenaar Backershagenlaan 5, 2243 AB Wassenaar Tel.: 070 511 0400 www.rijnlandslyceum-rlw.nl • The American School of The Hague Rijksstraatweg 200, 2241 BX Wassenaar Tel.: 070 512 10 60 www.ash.nl • The British School in The Netherlands (BSN) Admissions: Tel.: 070 315 40 77 Junior Schools BSN Age Range: 3-11 Vlaskamp 19, 2592 AA Den Haag Diamanthorst 16, 2592 GH Den Haag Vrouw Avenweg 640, 2493 WZ Den Haag Senior School BSN Jan van Hooflaan 3, 2252 BG Voorschoten Tel.: 071 560 22 22 Age range: 11-18 www.britishschool.nl • The European School of The Hague Houtrustweg 2, 2566 HA Den Haag Tel.: 070 700 16 00 www.eshthehague.nl • The Indonesian Embassy School in the Nether lands Rijksstraatweg 679, 2245 CB Wassenaar Tel.: 070 517 88 75 www.sekolahindonesia.nl • The International School of The Hague Wijndaelerduin 1, 2554 BX Den Haag Primary Dept. Tel.: 070 338 4567 Secondary Dept. Tel.: 070 328 14 50 www.ishthehague.nl • International Waldorf School The Hague 2e Messstraat 31 2586 XA Den Haag Tel: 070 783 00 30 www.internationalwaldorfschool.nl HILVERSUM • International Primary School Hilversum Rembrandtlaan 30, 1213 BH Hilversum Frans Halslaan 57A, 1213 BK Hilversum Violenstraat 3, 1214 CJ Hilversum Tel.: 035 621 60 53 www.ipsviolen.nl • International School Hilversum Alberdingk Thijm (Secondary Dept) Emmastraat 56, 1213 AL Hilversum Tel.: 035 672 99 31 www.ishilversum.nl LAREN • Florencius International School (Primary) Leemzeulder 29, 1251 AM Laren Tel.: 035 691 2525 www.florenciusinternationalschool.nl • International School Laren (Sec) Langsakker 4, 1251 GB Laren Tel.: 035 539 54 22 www.islaren.nl LEIDERDORP • Leiden International Primary School at Elckerlyc Montessori Klimopzoom 41, 2353 RE Leiderdorp Tel.: 071 589 68 61 www.elckerlyc.net OEGSTGEEST • International Secondary Dept. at Het Rijnlands Lyceum Apollolaan 1, 2341 BA Oegstgeest Tel.: 071 519 35 55 www.isrlo.nl MAASTRICHT • United World College Maastricht Discusworp 65, 6225 XP Maastricht NL www.uwcmaastricht.nl UWCM Primary School: Tel.: 043 356 11 00 UWC Maastricht Secondary School Tel.: 043 367 46 66 www.uwcmaastricht.com ROTTERDAM • De Blijberg–International Primary Department Graaf Florisstraat 56, 3021 CJ Rotterdam Tel.: 010 448 22 66 www.blijberg.nl • Rotterdam International Secondary School Bentincklaan 294, 3039 KK Rotterdam Tel.: 010 890 77 44 www.riss.wolfert.nl • Nord Anglia International School of Rotterdam Verhulstlaan 21, 3055 WJ Rotterdam Tel.: 010 422 53 51 www.nordangliaeducation.com UTRECHT • International School Utrecht Van Bijnkershoeklaan 8, 3527 XL Utrecht Tel.: 030 870 0400 www.isutrecht.nl
ISUTRECHT INVOLVES STUDENTS IN THE New Campus
Students, staff and parents of the International School Utrecht are very pleased with the design of the new campus that will be located at Utrecht Science Park. It will be an organic, green building where the school community can learn, meet and make new connections.
It’s always been important to the ISUtrecht community to have one building, where all students from Kindergarten to grade 12 can learn together and be in contact with each other. Equally important is a dedicated space for our international parents, who – new to the Netherlands – often make their first connections through their children’s school. They will get a large room for activities such as Dutch lessons, cultural celebrations and workshops, but also a space where they can sit and have a cup of coffee.
Space for All Ages The new building provides our youngest students with a more enclosed, safe and cosy environment, while it gives our older
students, whose world is getting bigger, spaces to play sports, explore, hang out, study or be creative. The green terraces at the back of the building, for example, can be used to grow fruit and vegetables, but also
22 | the xpat journal | 2020 to study, or chill with friends. A basketball court on the roof of the building provides a nice addition to the indoor sports hall and will also be available during breaks. The wide, welcoming front entrance at the Cambridgelaan cleverly separates the younger students who find their classrooms and play areas on the ground floor, from the older primary and secondary students who go up one flight of stairs to enter the building at the first floor. They will find music studios, an auditorium and a large library situated around the entrance hall. As we have chosen music to be a binding force in the school, it is wonderful that the glassfronted music studios will be visible at the heart of the school. The centrally-located library is a community space where students from all ages will mingle and connect.
We communicate across cultures, using music to form strong bonds. That is why we offer an exciting music programme accessible to all students and connected to the rich music tradition of the city of Utrecht. This is one of the four pillars in the ISUtrecht mission statement which underpins everything we do. Music has a special place at our school and that’s why we have three music teachers who teach all students music from the age of 4. Primary students have the opportunity to sing in a choir or play in an orchestra. Secondary students can sing in the acapella ensemble or play in the school band. All students can enroll in private, or group instrumental or singing lessons during or after school hours.
International School Utrecht is a fullyauthorised International Baccalaureate World School offering the Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP) and Diploma Programme (DP). The ISUtrecht is currently a Council of International Schools (CIS) member school and we are working towards full CIS accreditation. The school currently has an enrolment of 850 students aged 4-18.
The new ISUtrecht campus at Utrecht Science Park is designed by a consortium of architects, led by Gideon de Jong from SVP Architectuur en Stedenbouw and Marcel Blom from Cross Architecture, who were selected from a shortlist of five renowned firms. The architects translated the school’s mission statement and an extensive programme of requirements made by students, staff and parents into a clever design.
Involving the Students To make sure our students feel at home from the first moment they enter the new building, they will help design some of the common areas. Design teachers Poyee Li and Annabel Kjar recently started with a first project in which all grade 6 student will design a chandelier. The students will work in groups and the best design will be incorporated in the new school building. “The architects recently held a short presentation for our students, giving them the outline of the challenge: design a chandelier made of recycled materials which fits the identity of the ISUtrecht community,” explains Ms Kjar. “The students will go through the De-
sign Cycle to come up with an innovative solution to this design problem,” says Ms Li. Ms Kjar: “They need to think about form and function and come up with a product that suits the space they’ve chosen and is appropriate for the age group their chosen space is for.” Over the coming months, students will do their research, take part in a skills work shop in which they will make a light and gather ideas. The architects will return at the end of April to provide all the groups with feedback on their ideas. Ms Li: “The feedback the students receive will help them to turn their design into a prototype for their final product.” The architects will select the winning design before the sum mer break. In the next academic year, the Design teachers and architects will work with the students in grade 10, who will design a ‘Serpentine Pavilion’ and the students in grade 8 who will come up with ideas for visual signage and typography within the new building.
Approval As the International School Utrecht is a part state-funded school, it is the municipality of Utrecht which is responsible for the accommodation. The mayor and aldermen of Utrecht recently approved the official zoning plan. This zoning plan will be released for public participation this spring. After final approval by the city council, building work should start early 2021, which means the building should be finished towards the end of 2022.
How the School Grew This is exactly ten years after the school first opened its doors in August 2012 to 53 students in a small primary school building on the east side of Utrecht. From the moment ISUtrecht opened its doors, the student population grew rapidly. That’s why, in March 2015, the school moved to the Van Bijnkershoeklaan on the west side of Utrecht, where a semi-permanent building was erected. To further extend the capacity of the school, the secondary annex was opened in August 2016. This not only freed up much-needed space at the main campus, but also provided the school with a science lab, a black box theatre and a new, bigger visual arts room. In the summer of 2017, an extension and new wing were built on the playground of the main campus. In January 2018, the students moved into this new space. New primary and secondary classes were opened to accommodate a growing demand for places at the school. In August 2019, extra classrooms and a DP aula were rented in an office complex at the back of the main campus to provide our Diploma students with extra class rooms and their own lounge.
LEARNING WITH Head, Heart and Hands
The Hague has been home to a Dutch Waldorf school for over 90 years. Since 2018, it also boasts an international, English-language one, aimed at children of kindergarten and primary-school age.
By Maya Witters Photography International Waldorf School B ased on Steiner’s principles, the school offers children a balanced education, combining social, personal and cognitive development in equal measure. “We’re helping children become critical and engaged world citizens.” The International Waldorf School was founded to make Waldorf-style education (also known as Steiner education) available to children who travel the world with their parents. “We saw a lot of children who don’t have Dutch as their mother tongue join the Vrije School, our Dutch-speaking counterpart,” attests school principal Niels Schieman. “And of course, The Hague welcomes a lot of temporary international visitors, so we recognised the need for an international school.”
Curiosity Is Key The main aim of Waldorf schools is to create a warm and welcoming environment in class, explains Schieman. “We want children to look forward to going to school. We strongly believe they need intrinsic motivation for learning, not just extrinsic reasons like seeing their friends or being rewarded for getting good grades. So we create an atmosphere where curiosity and creativity are nurtured. And by discovering and appreciating each other’s differences, they learn to exist peacefully together.” Rudolf Steiner, the Austrian philosopher upon whose thinking Waldorf schools are founded, observed that curiosity is the key to deeper learning – a century before neuroscientific discoveries confirmed his findings. This concept informs the way every part of the curriculum is taught at the school. “Children have the natural ability to marvel at what they experience – we simply harness that capacity to make learning more effective and more fun. When children truly get involved with the curriculum rather than just memorising it, they gain the capacity to be creative with their knowledge and use it for problem-solving later in life.”
sonal approach – another guiding principle in Steiner teaching.” The school also makes sure the children get some exposure to the Dutch language. “It would be odd to completely isolate children from the context they currently live in, so we introduce them to Dutch through songs, poems and games. The main aim is not for them to become fluent or understand the grammar, but to give them a feeling for the differences between languages. We want them to experience language rather than learn it.”
dren. “We believe that young children should be allowed to stay in their protective fantasy bubble for a while. We don’t start introducing news or current affairs into the curriculum until quite late. The grown-up world can be very scary, we don’t want children to become frightened of it,” explains Schieman. “Instead, we introduce the more difficult parts of life slowly and with a lot of context, so that children have a solid base of confidence in the world. We work with a lot of historical tales: these are often rich in imagery and morality. This principle is common to Waldorf schools around the world, and the stories are usually drawn from the local context or religion – but we see that the underlying morals and themes are the same, regardless of location or culture.”
Language Support Running an international school provides the additional challenge that children come from all sorts of backgrounds, and many do not speak English as their first language. “We offer lots of individual support to make sure every child can participate in class,” says Schieman. “We’re a small school, so there’s plenty of scope for a perHappy Parents Schieman and his team want to make sure international parents in The Hague are aware of the existence of the International Waldorf School. “Many people don’t know we’re here, or perhaps they haven’t heard of Steiner education. But we’ve had tremendously positive feedback from parents so far, and some of them express sadness when they move away, because they see such positive development in their children.” One parent, Jon Monastero, who is a performer in Cirque du Soleil, explained how happy he has been with the school. “We know that it is not easy to accept a student out of the blue, so to speak, and for such a short time, but everyone welcomed us with open arms and left such a warm and beautiful impression on our lives. It has been one of the most incredible experiences in our six years on tour.”
Compatibility While the Waldorf curriculum takes a different approach to learning, it is perfectly compatible with other education systems, and children can progress seamlessly to the international secondary school in The Hague. “Our curriculum is of equal academic value to that of any other school. The difference is simply that we have an added focus on helping children to become independent, confident and active global citizens,” Schieman concludes.
For more details about the school or Waldorf Schools worldwide, visit www.internationalwaldorfschool.nl. The school has open days, but parents and children are welcome at any time for a tour.
