Klok kijken (Telling the time) en onderwerpen (Subjects)

_____________Klok kijken - telling the time.

Hoe laat is het?

Het is twaalf uur. Het is vijf over twee.Het is kwart over drie

Het is half vier ( In Dutch 'Half ' means before the hour , so in this case half past 3- half an hour to four....)

Het is tien voor half vier, het is tien over half vier. Het is zeven uur.

Het is al laat ( it is already late) het is nog vroeg ( It is still early).

Het is kwart voor zes, het is bijna (almost) zes uur.

If in doubt when trying to tell someone the time, you may use the digital clock. So you can say 'Vijf uur vijf-en-veertig' instead of  'kwart voor zes.'     Drie uur twintig instead of tien-voor-half-vier.

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Some important vocabulary for school:

Kring     - circle time

Ochtendkring - morning circle             Boekenkring     - bookcircle                    Nieuwskring-    news circle

Taal   - language

Spelling    - spelling

Rekenen    - arithmetic

Lezen   - reading

Wereld orientatie:       aardrijkskunde en geschiedenis-    geography and history
Tekenen    - drawing (art)

Handvaardigheid    -   craft

Muziek

Drama en Dans

Engels ( from group 7 but now increasingly from nursery)

Gym

Meester, juf, kinderen, meisjes, jongens      -   Sir, Miss, children, girls, boys

Schoolbord   - blackboard

School plein   - playground

A typical day would start with 'ochtendkring'. Most schools work with 'een week plan'. The children partly plan their own work and know what they have to achieve that week. They often work in small groups in various corners of the class. At break time – 'Pauze'- they first have a drink and snack – 'eten en drinken'- and then outside play - 'buiten spelen'-.

There is often an instruction table -'een instructie tafel' - in the class room where pupils -'leerlingen'- can go if they need more explanation on topics or extra support.

Gym, like here, is usually about twice a week.

You already have notes on the school system in the Netherlands. Here is a little simple graph to remind you how it works....