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Youth Day 2022 available to watch online

Youth Day 2022 available to watch online

On Monday, 7 November, Youth Day 2022 took place at the Westergas venue in Amsterdam. A day filled with non-stop inspiring stories, informative sessions and talk shows. The full programme is now available online. You can watch 55 sessions about inspiring, in-depth and innovative topics concerning young people. These include several sessions about schools and childcare. Part 3 focuses on the two sessions in the Machinegebouw room and the first two sessions in the Ketelhuis room.

For the Youth Day 2022 available to watch online

For the Youth Day 2022 available to watch online

On Monday, 7 November, For the Youth Day 2022 took place at the Westergas venue in Amsterdam. A day filled with non-stop inspiring stories, substantive sessions and talk shows. The full programme is now available online. You can watch 55 sessions about inspiring, in-depth and innovative youth-related topics. These include several sessions about schools and childcare. Part 2 focuses on the session in the WesterLiefde room and the two sessions in the Amsterdam Flavours room.

Worrying picture of sexual violence against young people

Worrying picture of sexual violence against young people

Teenagers often experience sexual violence and are also more likely than primary school-aged children to become victims of an offence again. This is shown by the new Monitor on Victims of Sexual Violence against Children 2017–2021. According to National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and Sexual Violence against Children Conny Rijken, more effective prevention and appropriate assistance for victims are needed. There is also still much to be gained for schools.

Digital Magazine: Week of Motor Skills

Digital Magazine: Week of Motor Skills

That is why, from 7 to 10 November, together with the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, the Association of Sports and Municipalities, NOC*NSF, the Mulier Institute, KVLO, Community Sports Coaches and the Lecturers Platform, we organised the Week of Motor Skills, with the theme: ‘learned young, practised for life’. A digital magazine about the week has now been published. In it, you can rewatch all the webinars, read additional interviews and find golden tips.

Joining forces for a healthy youth

Joining forces for a healthy youth

On Wednesday 14 December, Gezonde School is organising the networking event Joining forces for a healthy youth. Are you a board member, director, manager, project leader or otherwise involved at an administrative level in promoting a healthy lifestyle for pupils and students in primary education, special education, secondary education or secondary vocational education? Sign up and gain inspiration for strengthening and embedding local administrative cooperation. You can register up to and including 9 December.

The school is more than just a building

The school is more than just a building

Children need to move; the playground is more than stones and a climbing frame, education is more than a classroom, playing outside is more than a break, and designing and developing a school is about more than square metres. It has to be different, and it has to happen now! That is what Product Market Manager Children & Nature at IVN Nature Education Vincent van der Veen and Playful Learning programme leader at Jantje Beton Marlies Bouman assert. “A child has less outdoor space at school than a free-range chicken.”

Separate ‘school trips’ for primary, secondary and vocational education during Healthy School Day

Separate ‘school trips’ for primary, secondary and vocational education during Healthy School Day

On Wednesday, 16 November 2022, Healthy School Day took place. An inspiration tour celebrated the fact that one third of all Dutch schools in primary education, secondary education and secondary vocational education now work structurally and sustainably on a healthy lifestyle according to the Healthy School approach. On Healthy School Day, Healthy School coordinators could take a look at other schools for inspiration. There were separate ‘school trips’ for primary, secondary and vocational education.

Minister Van der Wal (Nitrogen and Nature) plants tree on National Tree Celebration Day in Zundert

Minister Van der Wal (Nitrogen and Nature) plants tree on National Tree Celebration Day in Zundert

On Wednesday, 16 November 2022, Minister Van der Wal (Nature and Nitrogen) planted the first tree during the 65th National Celebration of Tree Celebration Day. This took place at the tree-growing business park, Business Centre Treeport (BCT), in the municipality of Zundert. The minister also took part in a panel discussion on how governments, businesses and other parties in the province of North Brabant can make the Netherlands greener. They discussed how to actively involve children and young people so that they can make their own living environment greener.

Do not forget healthy food in plans for free school breakfasts and lunches

Do not forget healthy food in plans for free school breakfasts and lunches

Ensure that the free school meals, which will be introduced next year at the initiative of the House of Representatives, do not merely fill stomachs, but also provide nutritious food in line with the Wheel of Five. This is the appeal made to the House of Representatives by JOGG, the Alliance for Nutrition for a Healthy Generation, the Healthy Primary School of the Future Implementation Foundation, the Netherlands Nutrition Centre, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Wageningen University & Research, the Alliance against Child Poverty, and the JOGG municipalities of Hoeksche Waard, Utrecht, Rheden, Overbetuwe, Wageningen, ’s-Hertogenbosch, Ede, Dordrecht and Venlo.

National School Breakfast announces plan for all primary school children who need breakfast

National School Breakfast announces plan for all primary school children who need breakfast

On Monday, 7 November, the 20th edition of the National School Breakfast was opened by Paralympic tennis champion Esther Vergeer at Burgers’ Zoo in Arnhem. During this week, 400,000 children from approximately 2,000 schools across the Netherlands are having breakfast at school to learn more about the importance of a healthy breakfast as a good start to the day. And this is urgently needed, as child poverty is rising in the Netherlands, along with the risk that more children will go to school without breakfast. To ensure that all primary school children in the Netherlands start the day with a healthy breakfast at school, the National School Breakfast, in cooperation with its product partners, wants to scale up the event and offer breakfast to children who need it throughout the year. The National School Breakfast is discussing this with the Child Poverty Alliance, JOGG and other partners.

Mayors’ Breakfast this year a prelude to National School Breakfast

Mayors’ Breakfast this year a prelude to National School Breakfast

Until a few years ago, the Mayors’ Breakfast, at which primary school pupils joined the mayor for breakfast at city hall, was a regular part of the National School Breakfast in November. This year, the organisers turned it into two events in order to create extra attention for the importance of a healthy breakfast for children: the Mayors’ Breakfast took place from 3 to 7 October, while the National School Breakfast is being held this week, from 7 to 11 November. Both the Mayors’ Breakfast and the National School Breakfast are organised by the Dutch Bakery Centre.

Website Uitgerust In de Klas launched

Website Uitgerust In de Klas launched

Many young people, as well as an increasing number of young children, experience the daily problems of poor sleep and stress. Worrying about school and/or the situation at home, as well as smartphone use, are cited by children in various studies as the culprits. At school, this can manifest itself in concentration or behavioral problems and poorer academic performance. As a teacher, this can be quite challenging. That is why GGD ZHZ, JOGG ZHZ, GGD Haaglanden and HAGG, in collaboration with JOGG nationwide and Glos Educatief, are launching the website www.uitgerustindeklas.nl. The website contains information and lesson suggestions for teachers to address the topic with parents and at school, and to organize a theme week. Slaapoefentherapie Nederland provided videos with relaxation exercises that can be done at school and at home. Over the coming year, the lesson suggestions and ideas will continue to be expanded.

Attention at school for a healthy sleep pattern

Attention at school for a healthy sleep pattern

Sleep deprivation affects performance at school and work. It can also lead to physical and psychological problems, including an increased risk of obesity, cardiovascular disease and behavioural problems later in life. It is important that healthcare providers, parents and schools pay attention to this. The latter category in particular can have a major influence on a healthy sleep pattern because children spend a large part of their day at school.

Ambassador municipalities for nature-rich schoolyards

Ambassador municipalities for nature-rich schoolyards

More and more children, teachers and parents need an inviting and challenging play and learning environment at school. Because it is fun, but also because it is healthy and good for people and nature. IVN Nature Education and Jantje Beton are supporting this need in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. Together, they aim to work with schools to achieve a transition to a playful and nature-rich schoolyard at every school within one school generation.

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