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Practical insights for international parents whose children attend — or are about to start — a Dutch school.
Join the newsletterStarting at a Dutch school is only the beginning.
Once your child starts school in the Netherlands, there can still be many things to understand.
From school communication and parent meetings to tests, school advice, language development and expectations around learning and behaviour, Dutch schools may work differently from what you are used to.
Dutch School Monthly helps you understand what is happening at school — and what you can do to support your child.
Practical guidance for everyday school life.
Clear explanations of topics that international parents may encounter during their child's time at a Dutch school.
Understanding school communication
Make sense of school messages, parent communication, meetings and the information teachers share with you.
Understanding your child's progress
Learn more about tests, assessments, reports and school advice — and what these can mean for your child.
Supporting your child
Practical ideas for supporting learning, language, wellbeing and confidence at home.
What we talk about
Each newsletter explores a practical aspect of Dutch school life that can help international parents better understand what their child experiences at school.
School advice and assessments
Understand how schools assess children, how school advice works and what parents can expect throughout primary school.
Parent-teacher communication
Understand what teachers mean, what is expected from parents and how to prepare for conversations with school.
Learning and language
Explore how language can affect learning and discover practical ways to support your child at home.
School life and wellbeing
Learn more about friendships, behaviour, expectations, independence and your child's everyday experience at school.
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What if my child's school advice does not seem to reflect their actual abilities?
Explore how language and other factors can influence the picture of what a child knows and can do — and what parents can do when things do not seem to add up.
What if my child struggles with reading comprehension?
Explore practical strategies and resources that can help when your child understands the subject but the language of instruction is getting in the way.
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