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Many teachers encounter a student in their classroom who has mental health problems. Five percent of children have serious mental health problems, in fact. Three percent are receiving treatment for them from a psychologist, educational psychologist or child psychiatrist. Well-founded knowledge about this is important for schools.
From Monday 9 March through Monday 20 April 2020, schools can register for the Healthy School Support Offering. The Support Offering gives a school a helping hand in working towards becoming a Healthy School.
In 2018, 5.3 percent of internet users aged 12 to 25 said they had experienced online bullying, stalking, or threats at some point. That amounts to more than 140 thousand young people. Girls experienced this almost twice as often as boys (7.1 percent versus 3.6 percent). Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports this based on the Digital Safety & Crime survey.
The new JGZ Guideline: Motor Development has been published. The guideline provides knowledge and practical guidance for professionals in youth health care (JGZ) on monitoring, prevention, identification, advice and referral in cases of motor development problems. It also provides guidance on how to work with related professional groups and schools regarding motor development.
The options for helping young people quit smoking are limited and have not always been studied for effectiveness. Young people often show little interest in interventions that have been proven effective. This is evident from the new fact sheet ‘Smoking cessation interventions for young people’ by the Trimbos Institute.
You eat every day. But what do you actually know about food? The Netherlands Nutrition Centre has collected information about how to eat healthily, deliciously, sustainably and with variety. But also about how to deal with temptations, how to stay fit and what a healthy weight is. You’ll also find super-delicious treat recipes and tips for a great presentation about nutrition. Everything is aimed at children aged 9 to 13.
From 9 to 15 March 2020, the third edition of National Meat-Free Week will take place. Schools can also participate. No fewer than 132 schools took part in 2019. They ordered a special educational package. Participants can register to take part from today (7 January) at weekzondervlees.nl.
Beau Oldenburg has been researching bullying at school since 2012. When she talks about it, people regularly share their personal experiences with her. They think back to that one boy in their class who was bullied so badly, but whom they did not dare to help. Or to that girl they teased a little, but who “was asking for it anyway.” Bullying is a subject everyone has something to say about.
Based on focus groups and interviews at schools, involving both students and teachers, supplemented with information from previous surveys, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) has investigated schools’ experiences and needs in the field of sexual and relationship education. It also investigated where groups at increased risk of unintended (teenage) pregnancies are located.
The Special Heroes Netherlands Campus is the information portal of Special Heroes Netherlands for sports professionals about physical activity and sports for people with disabilities during leisure time. With training courses, textbooks, tip cards and more!
In physical education in special (primary) education and practical education, social learning objectives are relatively more important than learning to participate in sports and physical activity well. This is shown by research conducted by the Mulier Institute.
State Secretary Paul Blokhuis (VWS) is investing additional funds in research into lifestyle medicine. The budget of ZonMw, the grant provider in this field, will be increased from 1 million euros to 5 million euros. A large number of research proposals have been submitted. The additional funding will enable more research into the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions for various (chronic) diseases and conditions.
Why do we need fear? What happens in our brains when we are afraid? Are we afraid of different things nowadays than we were, say, thirty years ago? And when do we speak of an anxiety disorder? The Dutch Brain Foundation, a partner of Healthy Lifestyle at School, has published the magazine ‘Fear’ about this topic.
In special education, more than half of schools (54%) offer school swimming. This is more than in primary education, where almost a third of schools (31%) offer school swimming. This is shown by the first measurement of physical education in special education conducted by the Mulier Institute.
65 percent of primary school teachers have children in their classes who are growing up in poverty. This is evident from an online survey conducted by DUO Onderwijsonderzoek & Advies among seven hundred teachers.
From 16 to 20 March 2020, the fifteenth edition of Spring Fever Week will take place. The edition has chosen an appropriate theme for its third anniversary: Providing sexual education is a celebration! Spring Fever Week is a national project week for special and primary education. Participating schools teach for a week about resilience, relationships and sexuality. The project week helps to incorporate these themes into the school plan on a structural basis.
Is it possible to receive extra time during school exams? When are you entitled to aids? And is a diagnosis necessary to receive support? Students with a chronic illness, parents and education professionals face many questions. Stichting Zorgeloos naar School compiled a guide for working together, with answers for everyone involved.
The Educational Escape Room ‘It Stops with You!’ has been recognised as a Healthy School activity for the theme of Relationships and Sexuality. The Escape Room was developed by Weerbaar in Seksualiteit and makes shame sexting a topic for discussion in an interactive way. Pupils in primary education, secondary education and vocational education learn – through play – how to act when they receive a nude photo that has been forwarded.
Playing together should be made possible for all children. This also applies to the more than 100,000 children with disabilities for whom playing together is not always a given. That is why fourteen parties signed the Together Play Agreement on Tuesday, 3 December.
Children who move a lot perform better. Numerous studies demonstrate this: these children are happier, more social and more creative than children who do not get enough exercise. To inspire childcare and education providers to move more and to incorporate movement into learning, Studio Swing is launching the Movement-Based Learning Database. A nationwide tool for childcare professionals and teachers to create a movement idea and share it with colleagues. The tool will be officially launched during the Movement-Based Learning Conference on 24 January 2020 in Utrecht.
Never before have so many primary schools taken part in the EU School Fruit and Vegetable Programme. A total of 519,908 pupils from 3,026 primary schools in the Netherlands will receive fruit and vegetables at school three times a week for 20 weeks, from 11 November 2019 through the week of 13 April 2020. The festive launch took place on 11 November at De Vlindertuin primary school in ‘s-Hertogenbosch.
GLOS Educatief, Arko Sports Media and KVLO are organizing the Study Trip: Dynamic School Day in Denmark from Sunday 19 through Thursday 23 April 2020. During the study trip, the dynamic school day will be addressed at three levels.
Schools must pay even more attention to the person and circumstances behind the student. They must also regard behavior (including absenteeism) as a signal for timely intervention, including at or through the school, rather than as an ‘automatic’ indication for secondary special education or placement in a lower educational track. This is the conclusion of the Kohnstamm Institute in the report ‘Not at Home; School Dropout from the Students’ Perspective’.
The Healthy School and Substances (DGSG) recently celebrated its 30th anniversary in Utrecht. During the occasion, the organization not only looked back and ahead, but also announced its new name: Helder op School.
It has been known for some time, and is also scientifically substantiated: exercising during lessons improves children's learning performance. In addition, it is great fun – for both teachers and pupils! But how do you approach it, how do you get started? That is why Zit met Pit! offers the ‘Active Learning’ workshop for teachers. In this way, Zit met Pit! helps make attention to exercise a permanent part of your school.
From 18 to 24 November, it is National Week Against Child Abuse. Education has an important role to play in ensuring that victims are identified by Veilig Thuis at an earlier stage and more effectively. But how can education professionals in primary and secondary education identify and address child abuse? The brochure ‘Recognising child abuse and tackling it together’ informs professionals about the use of the reporting code, and the ‘Team learning conversation guide’ can help them discuss this together and learn from one another.
Group 8B of RKBS De Paradijsvogel from The Hague may call itself the ‘Most media-savvy class in the Netherlands’. The class competed with thousands of other classes for the coveted title during the ninth edition of MediaMasters: the Netherlands’ largest media literacy project for grades 7 and 8.
The end of the year is approaching once again. This also means the setting off of fireworks, which is part of our New Year’s tradition. During the New Year’s celebrations, fireworks cause many serious injuries in a short period of time. To make children aware of the dangers of fireworks and encourage safe behavior, VeiligheidNL has been offering the free 4vuurwerkveilig educational package since 2015. The educational package for primary school years 7–8 has been optimized this year and is now available to request free of charge via www.4vuurwerkveilig.nl.
Almost all children in the Netherlands leave primary school with at least swimming certificate A, and five out of six children obtain certificate B. Certificate C, which has been established by the National Council for Swimming Safety as the National Standard for Swimming Safety, is obtained by far fewer children: only one-third of children have certificate C by the age of 11.
Do you ever teach outdoors and have lessons that you would like to share with other teachers? Then become part of the Outdoor Lesson Development Team and help Jantje Beton and IVN expand their collection of outdoor lessons. This school year, Team Nationale Buitenlesdag is launching a digital database where all kinds of outdoor lessons will be made available.