My name is Oleksandra and I am from Ukraine! I came to the Netherlands with my son, sister and two cousins. The Netherlands is a very beautiful country with good and polite people. Here we really feel the support of the people and the government. Our children have already gone to school on the 3rd day of their stay in the country. The teachers very diligently and sensitively helped the children to adapt in the classrooms. They offered psychological help (if you need it) to both parents and children, they even made special notebooks for children in the Ukrainian language so that the children felt like they were traveling. The children really like the school. and most importantly, they feel safe! Parents are also helped here with finding a job and learning the Dutch language, there are free programs in schools with learning foreign languages. So you can adapt very quickly.
We are currently staying with a volunteer, his name is Peter Fekkes, we found him on the Schelter4Ukraine.app website, he helps us with everything! He also helped me find a job and now I'm working with the incredible development team at Ziber. These men and women develop applications for schools. Ziber makes applications for parents, with which parents can follow their child's school life: what he / she does during the week, where the class goes on excursions and an overview of the holidays. If your child is ill or cannot attend school, you can use this application to notify the classroom teacher. This application to me personally resembles a social network where you can follow your child's school life. Your privacy is highly respected here, so if you don't want your child to be in the photos, they won't be photographed without your permission.
At school, children have many different forms of entertainment, which is why the teachers record it on film so that they can see what your child is interested in and what he is doing at school. It is very convenient and interesting!
Teachers use a different app, which syncs with the parent app. Thanks to this app , teachers keep you informed about your child. You can also schedule an appointment with the teacher via the application (this is similar to our parent meetings).
The school also has a parents' committee, which together with the teacher organizes and plans holidays or trips, other parents also actively participate in helping the teacher. All this is very easy to do via the parent app. If something happens (bad weather or something else), the teacher will let you know immediately in the form of an emergency message that you see directly on the screen of your phone.
I have the opportunity to help the development team customize these applications for the Ukrainian user, which I am currently doing. We are Ukrainians and a very united nation, so we always help each other and the Dutch are very similar to us in this, they always help us to feel comfortable in their country! I am very happy to work with the Ziberteam and to be able to help you better understand Dutch school education!