Parents can either drop off their children at 8:00 in the Aula where they'll be supervised or accompany them to the classroom at 8:20 where they will be welcomed by their classroom teacher. A day in a Kindergarten (KG) classroom will be built around free and guided play and Unit of Inquiry lessons either inside or outside of the classroom. Unit of Inquiry lessons include language, mathematics, sciences and social studies. Our youngest students also have specialist teachers for drama, music, visual arts, yoga, PHE and Dutch Language Acquisition. Every week they visit the school library and during the year they go on field trips and excursions. Children will also join celebrations such as Sinterklaas, Koningsdag (King's Day), Autumn festival and Home Languages Week. Kindergarten students can join an After School Activity such as art , chess, football or music club. It is also possible to have private instrumental lessons after school. After school care is offered in the building by childcare organisation Kind & Co.
Primary students can be dropped off in the Aula from 8:00 where they will be supervised until it is time to go to their classroom at 8:20. If families arrive at 8:20 children independently go to their classroom for the start of the first lesson at 8:30. Besides spending time with their classroom teachers, primary students have specialist teachers for Dutch Language Acquisition, visual arts, drama, music, computational thinking and PHE. Primary students have a snack break in the morning when they go outside to play. At lunch time students will eat their packed lunch in the classroom before going outside to play. Students go on field trips and excursions as part of the curriculum and join celebrations like Winter Dinner, Holi or Kinderboekenweek. Our oldest students in grade 5 go for a three day overnight camp at the start of their final year in primary. Primary students can join an After School Activity such as art , chess, football or music club. It is also possible to have private instrumental lessons after school. After school care is offered in the building by childcare organisation Kind & Co.
Secondary students often travel to school by bike. Students who come from further afield might use public transport (train/tram/bus) to get to school. Secondary students have lessons according to their timetable. They might also have lesson free periods during the day, which are meant for self study. Students often bring their own packed lunch, which they might heat up at school. Students can also order a salad or sandwich from an external catering company which is set up in the school. Every other school year secondary students go on a residential trip to destinations, such as Terschelling, Friesland, Maastricht, Antwerpen or Paris. During the year students will go on several field trips or excursions, see plays or go to concerts that tie in with the curriculum. There is an active secondary student council who organises festivities, such as Valentine's Day, Spirit Week and Halloween in school. Students might also join student clubs such as Student Gender Alliance, Model United Nations or join the Climbing Club. For sports and other activities, students are encouraged to join a local sports club. ISU is a mobile free school. This means that all students put their phones away at the start of the day. Laptops are only used during lesson and self study time. Breaks are device free.
