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SCHOOL NEWS
26/04/2013: KING'S BREAKFAST: A BIG SUCCESS!
Dear Parents,
The King's Breakfast (Koningsspelen) was a very nice event, celebrated in more than 6.000 schools across the country, and all the children had lots of fun! Thanks to all the parents for their help!
More pictures coming after the Meivakantie!
Sincerly yours,
Carla Loozen
Director of Lighthouse and Three Little Ships
03/04/2013: SUMMER PARTY 2013 AND KING'S BREAKFAST
Dear parents,
Watching out through the windows and seeing the wonderful sunshine, we are already thinking of a summer party!
To make it a very nice family happening, we have decided to organize the summer party on Saturday the 6th of July. It will give everybody more time and opportunity to relax and enjoy the activity as much as possible.
To organize this event, we will need a working group of parents and staff. If you are interested to be part of this working group, please let me know. If you have good ideas, please share them with us. TOGETHER WE ARE STRONG!!!!!
I also kindly ask your help in organizing the King's Breakfast, a sport and game activity on Friday the 26th of April. It’s a nationwide event because of the succession of the new Dutch King Willem-Alexander.
We will first have a breakfast together and will provide some sport games for the children. If the weather will cooperate, we will have nice outdoor games for the children. We don’t have much time for the preparations, but I would like to invite parents to volunteer in creating these activities. Your help will be most welcome!
Hope to have informed you sufficiently for the moment and hope to hear from you soon,
Kind regards,
Carla Loozen
Director of Lighthouse and Three Little Ships
27/03/2013: APPROPRIATE EDUCATION ACT - PASSEND ONDERWIJS
During the Parent Evening on 21 March 2013 a detailed  presentation of the new Dutch law regarding the educational support system (PDF document, 302 kB) in The Netherlands, coming into effect in August 2014, was offered to the parents.
This new Act, the Wet Passend Onderwijs, will change the special education system and involve all the families with children with special needs.
It is of the outmost importance that parents have all the information so that they will be able to partecipate to this process of transformation and improvement of the educational support system (and of Lighthouse school too).
Here are some online documents providing useful information regarding Passend Onderwijs:
07/03/2013: INVITATION TO THE PARENTS EVENING ON 21 MARCH
Dear parents,
You are kindly invited to the Parents Evening on Thursday March 21, 2013.
Program:
- 18.00:
Start parents evening with a cup of coffee or tea and a meet and greet with other parents and staff. You also have the opportunity to buy books at the book fair as usual.
- 18.30:
Welcome by the director and start program in classes.
During the January Parents Evening, when we presented the results of the parental survey, some of you suggested to have a parents evening with topics to discuss with other parents and staff. Therefore we ask your kind cooperation to send a proposed topic by e-mail to Mrs. Loozen at cloozen@hsvdenhaag.nl. Something you are interested in discussing. Parents will have the choice of which group they want to participate in. So please, let us know what you are interested in before March 15, 2013.
- 20.00:
End of the parents evening.
Hope to hear from you and looking forward to meet you that evening.
Kind regards,
Carla Loozen
Director of Lighthouse and Three Little Ships
06/03/2013: SCHOOL TRIP TO BLIJDORP ZOO ON 12 MARCH
Dear parents,
On Tuesday March 12, Three Little Ships and Lighthouse class 2 and 3 will be going on a joined school trip to Rotterdam Zoo. ARAMCO Overseas has kindly offered to sponsor this day!!!
On this day, the children will need to bring a backpack with their name on it. Please put in:
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Drinks (like a bottle of water or juice in a pack)
- A snack for the morning
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A rain coat in case of rain, sun cream in case of good weather
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A sweater in case it is cold
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An alternative lunch/treat in case of sensitivity to unknown foods. Please make sure this can be eaten cold (sandwich, fruit etc.)
We will leave school with a private bus at 9:00 and will be back at school around 14:30. The children will be treated to French Fries for lunch and an ice cream in the afternoon.
We are looking forward to a wonderful day at the Zoo, let’s keep our fingers crossed for nice weather!
Best regards,
Carla Loozen
Director of Lighthouse and Three Little Ships
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Lighthouse Staff
17/01/2013: SPECIAL PARENT EVENING ON 22 JANUARY 2013
Dear parents,
You are kindly invited to the special Parents Evening on Tuesday 22nd of January.
- 18:45 – 19:00 Parents are welcome to taste the hot meals which will be provided in school by the company Lekker en Vers
- 19:00 – 19:45 The first part of the evening is to inform you in detail about the results of the Parental Survey organised last school year. These results will be presented by Mr Willy Grijze (executive director HSV) and Mr Frans de Jong (director Nassaulaan). You will be offered the opportunity to discuss and express your opinion.
- 19.45 – 20:00 Coffee-/tea break
- 20:00 – 20:45 The second part of the evening is to inform you about the results of a dance therapy master thesis research 'Looking through their Lens, Into their Inner World: The Role of Mirroring and Atonement with Children in Autism Spectrum in Dance Therapy', with last year class 3 pupils by Ms. Elisabeth Rutten. Elisabeth would like to present the findings of her research to the parents about the effects of dance therapy with children in the autism spectrum, what dance therapy actually has done, the underlying concepts behind dance therapy and how it has helped children in the autism spectrum.
We hope to welcome many of you to these interesting subjects.
Best regards,
Carla Loozen
Director of Lighthouse and Three Little Ships
06/12/2012: CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS 2012
Dear parents,
You, your relatives and friends are invited to join our Christmas Concert on Wednesday 19th of December. The concert will start at 11.30, but doors are open at 11.20!
Teachers and pupils have done the best they can to ensure you have a joyful concert, to get you in the mood for a Happy Christmas!
After the concert we will all have a Christmas Lunch, starting at 12.00. Would you please be so kind as to bring some food to this event? We can create an international buffet with all kinds of tasty dishes. The school will provide drinks.
To organize this we need to know how many people will be attending the concert and what you will bring for lunch. You can send the number of participants and the kind of food you will bring:
- by e-mail: cloozen@hsvdenhaag.nl
- downloading, filling and delivering the
REPLY FORM (PDF document, 34 kB)
- writing your name, number attending and food contribution
on the paper you will find in the hall near the entrance
Thanks for your cooperation and hope to meet you all at the Concert!
Best regards,
Carla Loozen
Director of Lighthouse and Three Little Ships
27/11/2012: HOT MEALS AT SCHOOL
Dear parents,
During the parents evening last week, we have asked parents if anyone is interested in delivery of hot lunch meals at Three Little Ships and Lighthouse.
Because not all parents were present, we want to check it again if there is enough interest to supply these hot meals during long school days. There has to be a minimum of 8 clients. You will get more information, if plans become concrete.
Prices will be between 2,50 and 3 euros for a normal meal and between 5 and 7 euros for a diet meal (the company can not supply meals for children with a nut allergy). In cooperation with school there will be made a different menu for every day. The menu will change four times during the school year. You can visit the website: www.lekkerenvers.nl for more information.
Please let us know if you are interested or not by filling in the Reply Form (PDF document, 65 kB) and give it back to school a.s.a.p.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to call or send an e-mail to me. Thanks in advance for your cooperation!
Kind regards,
Carla Loozen
Director of Lighthouse and Three Liittle Ships
07/11/2012: PARENTS EVENING on 15th NOVEMBER 2012
All parents from Three Little Ships and Lighthouse classes are kindly invited to the Parents Evening on November 15, 2012.
Program:
- 18:00
Start parents evening with a cup of coffee or tea and a meet and greet with other parents and staff.
- 19:00
Welcome by the director, Carla Loozen and a presentation about our Positive Behaviour Support program by the PBS team
- 19:15
Presentation in class by the class teacher
- 19:35
Informal talk to staff
- 20:00
End of the parents evening
During this evening, there will be a book fair as usual and parents can order Christmas and Winter cards made by the children themselves.
18/10/2012: LIVE MUSIC NOW
 On 17th of October two musicians of Live Music Now visited our school to give a concert for the children. Jesse plays the guitar and Anna is a singer. The children were enthusiastic and listened with great attention, clapped their hands and danced spontaneously.
 Songs about autumn leaves, summertime, happy songs and slow songs. Everybody enjoyed the concert and we want to give a big THANKS to the musicians Jesse and Anna and to Jacqueline, who had organized the concert!
More pictures in the  PHOTOS section of the website!
11/10/2012: AFRICAN DANCE WORKSHOPS
On the 10th of October we enjoyed a workshop “African Dance” in each class.  Mr Harrison Okwach, a Kenyan dance trainer, came to Holland the day before and we were the first school he was visiting. He is normally working in a special educational school (8 children in total) in the Kibera slums of Nairobi. He is donating 40 % of the money he gets for the workshops to this special education school.
He start ed in the Preschool class with a warming up and an Animal Dance.
In class 2 he was conducting a Water Dance and in class 3 a Party Dance. All the children were enthusiastic and had great fun! Some of them were enjoying watching the dancers, but most of them were trying their best in dancing themselves with happy smiles on their faces.
 Harrison had a friendly and positive attitude towards the children and knew how to find the right level for the activities. It was great to have him in our school and he will be welcome next year as well!
Watch the lovely photos that Mrs. Loozen took during the workshops in the PHOTOS section of the website!
14/09/2012:
THANKS!
 We want to say Thank You to the company ARAMCO for the sponsoring of I-Pad covers, meant to use for our new I-Pads. Miss Felicia Pfeiffer visited our school and presented to us the covers, which will be used frequently in class. We are very grateful, because the children are now able to work with digital Apps programs in a comfortable way. Thanks again for your great involvement!
SCHOOL FRUITS
From 10 September for 20 weeks we will get free fruit and vegetables again, subsidized by the European Program: “Schoolfruit” The goal of this project is to focus on consuming sufficient vegetables and fruits.
Children learn to eat different kind of fruits and vegetables. It is a very healthy and pleasant activity in class. You can find more information about this project on the web site: www.eufruitschool.nl We want to make Miss Esther a great compliment for organizing this project so well in the benefit of our pupils!
LIVE MUSIC NOW
 At 17th of October two musicians of Live Music Now will visit our school to play music for and with the children. Their names are: Nienke and Jesse. They are students Jazz and Pop from the Conservatorium at Utrecht and they are singer-songwriters as well. In each class they will perform about 20 minutes. You can find more info about this duo: www.jessebuitenhuis.nl/nienkejesse
More info about the project of Life Music Now is available on the web site www.livemusicnow.nl
VISITS
At the 4th of October we will have visitors from Reykjavik, Iceland. It is a team of experts, like psychologists, pedagogues, teaching consults, social workers. They are very interested in the educational policy of Lighthouse.
At the 5th of October the Board of Governors of HSV will be guest in our school.
20/08/2012: NEW DIRECTOR AT LIGHTHOUSE AND THREE LITTLE SHIPS
Dear Parents,
On the first Saturday of the holiday we appointed a new head for our school Three Little Ships Preschool and Lighthouse Special Education. Her name is Carla Loozen and we are very happy that she has accepted our offer.
Over the last nine years she worked as a special educational needs coordinator in the European School of Brussels. She started her job today, if you wish to arrange a meeting with her in person, you can contact her by sending an e-mail to: cloozen@hsvdenhaag.nl.
I’m looking forward working together with her.
I wish you all, staff, parents and children, a very good school year!
Most kind regards,
Willy Grijze
Bestuurder (executive director) Stichting HSV
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