Category: Upper Elementary/Bovenbouw
Reference to the Upper Elementary at Casa – primary school, after school care, elementary.
Reference to the Upper Elementary at Casa – primary school, after school care, elementary.
“Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.”― Plato, The RepublicMusic: the language of the soul. It calms us, excites us, comforts us, and encourages us.At Casa, we encourage the love of music within our children by offering them […]
Dear colleagues, dear parents,Another school year has past. We still try our best to get everything organized in a calendar year – but we just can’t get rid of the “end of the year” feeling in July. Regardless – a moment to reflect is always healthy.We started the school year 2018/19 with much uncertainty. The […]
It’s that time of year again: Graduation!Last Thursday evening, our TWENTY TWO graduates showcased their end of year play: Midsummer Night’s Dream.Leading up to this date, the children worked tirelessly on it and even FILMED portions of it! Now we all have an everlasting memento of these children, and they were very proud to perform […]
Written by Maaike Steijlen, Zillah de Groot and Marcella PlukaardMathematics in MontessoriMaria Montessori interpreted math as just another way of communication between people. With both language and understanding of numbers, human beings started to organize and form civilizations. They are the basis of all understanding we have of this world. The math materials in a […]
At Casa, the outside work activities are a big attraction for children and adults alike. Visitors are fascinated as they watch children work with tools, care for the animals, perform their own experiments, and work in the garden. They see the children learning skills that they will carry with them throughout their entire life. As […]
Final test results Last week the results of the final test for our school-leavers were announced. We are proud to inform you that Casa has scored well in all areas, comparable to the national average. On higher math, Casa scores far above the national average. In this test only arithmetic and (Dutch) language skills of […]
2018 marks a significant year for Casa, in terms of standard Dutch education cycles. This year’s graduates (grade 8 children) are the first to have followed a full (Dutch) primary school cycle at Casa! Children in Dutch primary schools start at the age of four in grade one and continue until grade 8 when they […]
The results for the final standardised test for this year’s graduates are in. They’ve done very well! Congratulations! Here below is the school report with the overall results: Schoolrapport_2018_30KD00