In 1986, English became a compulsory subject in primary education in The Netherlands1. While secondary schools have, by law, been required to offer English since 1863 the articulation between Dutch primary and secondary education levels of English language teaching has always been problematic to the …

Measuring the added value of housing for primary education.

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Sports in elementary school: physical education specialists vs. group teachers.The aim of the project is stimulating sport participation among elementary school children in the province of Friesland. The ultimate aim is to provide three hours of physical education, provided by an physical education specialist, …

The aim of the current study was to examine the effectiveness of a school-centered multicomponent PA intervention, called ‘Active Living’, on children's daily PA levels. A quasi-experimental design was used including 9 intervention schools and 9 matched control schools located in the Netherlands. The …

This research identifies which risk and beneficial factors towards reading enjoyment in English and their native language are present for recent English as Additional Language (EAL) students in Key Stage 2. Initially, classroom teachers were interviewed and 113 children completed an anonymous questionnaire …

This research studied how one international primary school in a major Western European city supports its pupils going through a vertical transition. Data was collected over a ten week period through interviews of several staff members, surveys of parents and teachers, and through the study of school …

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SUMMARY The Easy Reading Corner is a translation of the name of a Dutch project. This project, inside libraries in the Netherlands and Belgium (Flanders), called Makkelijk Lezen Plein (after this MLP). The aim of this project is to give children with reading difficulties, confidence in their reading …