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Feeling at home in The British School community

Anyone who has moved, or joined a new school, will remember that unmistakable feeling of being new. It can be an exciting time, but like all adventures, there can be challenges, too.

Bright Future Foundation: Make learning fun!

Make learning fun! Innovative volunteers at Bright Future Foundation have worked together to create a bilingual interactive book for Dutch and international children. With a non-formal teaching methodology, the book introduces young children to the basics of science… From the structure of the human body...

Lorraine Wittenberg – HSV Leaders

The 2019-2020 school year finds Lorraine Wittenberg in an altered yet familiar role as HSV Head of Admissions and Recruitment. Now at a new location at VHS along with Joke Korving, Lorraine enjoys the challenges and opportunities promised by this expanded position. Experience at the...

A good time to buy art

It is a great time to buy art, especially with lavish art fairs approaching such as BRAFA Art Fair and TEFAF Maastricht. Buying in today’s art market could be a good invest­ment as several reports have confirmed positive health indicators in the art market in...

We’re all history

History is just history, right? It’s just a list of things that happened, surely? We all remember history lessons from school–learning the kings and queens, the revolutions, the presidents, the battles and the treaty dates. But has the way history been taught in schools changed?...