The teaching of language, reading, math and English (the basic subjects) remains the same -we will continue to track our students in language, reading and math and we will continue to work to a high standard.

English will continue as a separate subject. These subjects, which fill most of our schedule, are thus outside of the IPC. In these classes, children learn the same things as in regular Dutch primary schools, making re-integration into the Dutch education guaranteed.

For all other subjects, we follow the learning objectives of the IPC. The course material consists of so-called units of work. For each level, special units have been developed which are in line with the development phase and paradigm of the child. A unit of work consists of a central theme (eg Professions, Olympics, Holidays, Toys) and a number of learning objectives. The learning activities stem from these.

In each theme, different disciplines are addressed, so students learn to look at a subject in different ways. The activities are designed so that we can concentrate on the varying talents and skills of students. By offering thematic teaching, there is much room for students to contribute to the content and design of the lesson. We connect with the student’s questions and encourage them to search for and formulate answers.

For the Dutch Stream, in each unit we include knowledge of the Netherlands (or Flemish culture for our Flemish students), so that we meet the requirements of both the core goals of the Dutch Inspectorate and the IPC.