I f you are living in the Netherlands your child can start attending primary school at the age of four. All three of my children are now in ...

I am the mother of three highly sensitive sons. I myself am highly sensitive. I learnt this fact because of amazing teachers at my eldest s...

I n primary schools in the Netherlands children are off school every Wednesday afternoon. The idea is that it gives children time to do ext...

T his year, for the first time, the Sinterklaas ' surprise ' has made an appearance in our home. My eldest is in group 5 which means...

A s I mentioned in a previous post all of my children are now of school going age. *Gulp* As soon as a child turns four they may start atte...

P latform  Onderwijs2032  is looking at the future of the education system in the Netherlands. One of the conclusions drawn from their work ...

T his week my youngest son turned four. Four. That means he gets to go out into the big, wide world on his own. Well, it means he starts pr...

L ast week my family walked the avond4daagse for the first time. For those of you who have never had the pleasure, but are bursting to know...

I have been living in the Netherlands so long now that I can no longer accurately compare life here with life in Britain. I have been wallo...

F or those of you following the blog on Facebook you will know that my children brought home a letter yesterday afternoon from school . Thi...

W ednesday is my birthday which, if I was to celebrate in true Dutch style, would mean having you all over to my house to sit in a circle o...

L et's get one thing straight - fourteen years ago Sinterklaas was a non-entity in my life. For a few years after that I saw him coming ...

I live in a country where children generally fare well in happiness surveys  and Dutch children always rate much higher in the happiness sta...

“ W hat if I come and have lunch with you at home one day? Then I can see the meltdown for myself,” suggested my son’s teacher at the height...

A BBC article back in May relayed that Prof Jennifer Coates stated that calling males teachers 'sir' but addressing female teacher...

Dear juf L & juf C, "It's your problem at home, solve it there, we have no issues in school." That's what we hear...

M y latest article for Amsterdam Mamas is on the topic of labelling our children. I wrote it after a conversation I had with a mother o...

Photo Credit:  Krzysztof Szkurlatowski M y son moved to group 3 last September of primary school. It's a tough year for the little o...