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Registration for the Peuter4daagse extended due to its success

Registration for the Peuter4daagse extended due to its success

On 9 June 2022, during the Week for Healthy Youth, JOGG ambassador and top rower Nicole Beukers gave the starting signal for the first national Peuter4daagse in the JOGG municipality of Nijmegen. She did this together with Alderman for Sports Bert Velthuis at Joki childcare centre (a KION location). It was a great success nationwide, with around 18,000 toddlers already taking part across all provinces. Due to this success, JOGG and the Royal Dutch Walking Association (KWbN) have decided to extend registration until the end of the year.

Wanted: primary schools that are going to green their schoolyard

Wanted: primary schools that are going to green their schoolyard

Is your primary school going to get started with greening the schoolyard? And would you like to link food education to this? Then the Louis Bolk Institute would love to hear about your experiences! In addition to helping the Louis Bolk Institute and all primary schools enormously by sharing experiences and gathering insights into the impact, you will receive information from the Louis Bolk Institute and a fun outdoor play package for the schoolyard.

IVN Nature Education calls on The Hague to invest in green childcare

IVN Nature Education calls on The Hague to invest in green childcare

Wednesday, 29 June marks the tenth edition of Mud Day. More than 160,000 children across the country will once again be allowed to play with mud to their hearts’ content and get wonderfully dirty. This is sorely needed, because playing outdoors in nature is under severe pressure. Together with Humankind Childcare and Development, IVN Nature Education is using this anniversary edition of Mud Day to call in The Hague for more green, healthy outdoor spaces and activities in childcare. This ambition does not place any additional pressure on childcare, but instead directly contributes to children’s enjoyment of play and their long-term health.

Fostering the educational relationship between pupils and teachers promotes pupils’ well-being

Fostering the educational relationship between pupils and teachers promotes pupils’ well-being

Schools must be given more time and space to restore and further strengthen the educational relationship between pupils and teachers. This is necessary to promote the learning motivation and well-being of children and young people. That is what the Platform for the Perspective of Young People (PPJ) writes in its second advisory letter to Education Minister Wiersma on the implementation and effects of the National Education Programme (NPO). According to the PPJ, greater attention to the educational relationship will make the NPO more effective.

Collaborating in class strengthens well-being

Collaborating in class strengthens well-being

What are the benefits of a joint and integrated preventive approach by teachers and youth care professionals in the classroom? Under the leadership of lecturer Mariette Haasen, Fontys University of Applied Sciences’ Centre for Special Educational Needs (OSO) conducted research into this. In primary education, secondary education, secondary vocational education and special education, youth care and education professionals worked in the classroom with interventions focused on social and emotional learning. The Netherlands Youth Institute (NJi) advised on the design and implementation of the study.

Bullied children tell Children's Ombudsman: take tougher action against bullies

Bullied children tell Children's Ombudsman: take tougher action against bullies

Bullies must be dealt with more firmly, and children who bully must know what it feels like to be bullied or excluded. That is what bullied children told the Children's Ombudsman in a study on bullying. And to really combat bullying, a broader approach is needed. Bullying does not only happen at school, but also in the neighbourhood, online and on the sports field, the Children's Ombudsman concludes in the report ‘Bullied in Loneliness’.

40% of children play outside for less than 1 hour a day

40% of children play outside for less than 1 hour a day

The percentage of children who never play outside has doubled in four years to 17%. Moreover, four in ten children do not even play outside for one hour a day. This is according to research presented on June 8 during National Outdoor Play Day. The research was conducted by Kantar Public on behalf of Jantje Beton. Dave Ensberg-Kleijkers (managing director of Jantje Beton): “National Outdoor Play Day therefore remains very important!”

More and more skilled movement with preschoolers: figures and insights

More and more skilled movement with preschoolers: figures and insights

If there is one thing we have learned about movement, it is this: what is learned young is learned for life. From a very young age, it is already determined how well you will be able to move later on and how much enjoyment you will get from it. By the end of the preschool years, major differences can already be seen in terms of motor development and enjoyment of physical activity. There is therefore a great deal to be gained, and we all have a role to play in this. In an article, the Alles over Sport website shares the latest figures and insights on more and more skilled movement among preschoolers.

The birthday child treats the class to a fun activity

The birthday child treats the class to a fun activity

In the regions of South Holland South, West Brabant and Haaglanden, the campaign ‘Those who have a birthday celebrate’ will launch during Healthy Youth Week (7 to 11 June). Schools are being invited to stop handing out treats and instead celebrate together. The basic principle remains the same: the birthday child is put in the spotlight. Anne Frank Primary School in Gorinchem has already replaced treats with group celebrations since autumn 2019. Principal Sanne Hooimeijer talks about her experiences.

Steps towards a healthier offering, inside and outside school

Steps towards a healthier offering, inside and outside school

Schools indicate that they consider healthy food at school important, while at the same time sometimes finding it difficult to achieve. The Healthy School Canteen programme of the Netherlands Nutrition Centre recognises this too. Fortunately, many schools know where to find the Netherlands Nutrition Centre and The Healthy School Canteen for help. Because every improvement is a step in the right direction. An article on the Netherlands Nutrition Centre’s website looks back on this.

Get preschoolers moving more at school: tips from a preschool teacher

Get preschoolers moving more at school: tips from a preschool teacher

For preschoolers, it is very important that they learn to move well. And they do not learn that only in physical education lessons, but everywhere: in the classroom and on the school playground too. Preschool teacher Gineke Muller shares her best practical tips on the Alles over Sport website, and lecturer Mirka Janssen adds insights from science. Use this knowledge and these practical tips to encourage preschoolers to move more.

Despite controversy, more Reformed schools reject same-sex marriage

Despite controversy, more Reformed schools reject same-sex marriage

Despite the controversy surrounding the ‘anti-gay declaration’ of Reformed primary schools two years ago, little has changed. In their most recent online school guides and identity profiles, 36 of the 161 schools still reject sexual relationships between two people of the same sex. That is more than two years ago, according to research by Pointer. The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science wants to monitor the schools even more closely. “The concerns about this have not diminished in recent years.”

Municipalities of Arnhem and Teylingen win Golden Carrot 2022

Municipalities of Arnhem and Teylingen win Golden Carrot 2022

Arnhem and Teylingen are the winners of the Golden Carrot 2022. The two municipalities are receiving this new award for their years-long support of school gardening, making them a source of inspiration for other municipalities across the country. The Golden Carrots were presented by Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Fisheries Henk Staghouwer during the national School Garden Conference on Wednesday 25 May at Floriade Expo in Almere.

Reflective Dinner Healthy School

Reflective Dinner Healthy School

Healthy School ensures that every school in the Netherlands can work towards a healthy lifestyle for its pupils and students. When schools, municipalities and GGD services work together, children and young people can grow up as healthily as possible and have the best possible opportunities. How can we make this collaboration successful? What is the recipe? This question will be central during the Healthy School Reflective Dinner on Wednesday, 8 June 2022, at Leerhotel Het Klooster in Amersfoort.

Inspiring video provides further explanation about Peuterbeweging

Inspiring video provides further explanation about Peuterbeweging

Toddlers today are not being optimally supported in their development and health. That is why Cora Merkx started Peuterbeweging and launched the accompanying method and book on 8 October 2021. The book and teaching method are published by Glos Educatief. The activity described in the teaching method literally gets toddlers moving, while playfully introducing the four components of movement, grounding, relaxation and breathing. There is now also an inspiring video in which Cora Merkx and her daughter Nina provide further explanation.

First nationwide Peuter4daagse in 2022

First nationwide Peuter4daagse in 2022

This year, the Peuter4daagse, which originated several years ago in Heerlen in South Limburg, will become a nationwide event for the first time. In doing so, JOGG and the Royal Dutch Walking Association (KWbN) are joining forces, just as they previously did for the Avond4daagse Challenge and The Daily Mile. Margot Vandermeulen of KWbN explains why: “We hope that the positive attitude toward walking following the Peuter4daagse will stay with parents and toddlers.”

Registration for EU School Fruit 2022-2023 is open!

Registration for EU School Fruit 2022-2023 is open!

All primary schools and schools for (secondary) special education can register for the EU School Fruit and Vegetable Programme 2022-2023 from 9 May through 22 May 2022! EU School Fruit encourages children to eat fruit and vegetables together in the classroom. Approximately 3,000 schools will receive 3 portions of vegetables and fruit every week for 20 weeks for all pupils. And all of this is completely free thanks to funding from the European Union.

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