Summerschool Haarlem

What is a Summer School?
The summer school in Haarlem is a school that is open for the first two weeks of the summer holiday. From Monday to Friday, just like a regular school.

Language
The Summer School emphasizes language and fun. Why? Language is important for learning and connecting with others. Language also allows you understand the world around you. If you know many words, you understand stories and other texts more clearly. This is useful, for example, in Dutch, History and Math classes. Language also allows you to ask better questions and explain what you mean. This is useful at school, as well as outside school. So: if you understand many words, can read and explain them, it will help you in socializing with others.

Who is it for?
The summer school is for children who are now in grade 5,6 or 7. And for children from the ITK who are about to start at a regular elementary school. Children who have difficulty with language, especially reading comprehension and vocabulary.

The Summer School in 2024 will create a modified program for students from the end of grade 4. Only with sufficient enrollment will this group start.

Going to school during the summer holiday?
Yeah, that sounds pretty crazy. You finally have time off from school and then you go to another school. Still, it might not be such a crazy idea. The summer holidayns last six weeks. That's quite a long time. Do you practice the Dutch language during that time? Do you read a lot and practice spelling? Are you learning new words? No? Then it's a good idea to come to summer school!

What do we do?
The great thing about summer school is that we don't just learn like we do in regular schools. Besides language, we do a lot of fun workshops and activities. Everything we experience we write in our newspaper, a newspaper about the city of Haarlem. So we go into the city almost every day!

Boring?
No way! Summer school is a camp where you meet kids you didn't know before. You learn about your city and meet special people. You attend workshops and we play sports.

Interested?
Do you have questions or do you want to sign up? Then go to the website: www.zomerschoolhaarlem.nl. Attending summer school costs money: 30 euro. Do your parents have a Haarlempas? Then they can contact us.