First Exchange Week

From the 18th till the 23rd of November 2018 we had our first exchange week in Emmeloord in the Netherlands. We had interesting, educational and fun days with a total of 50 students and teachers from 4 countries.

The host families warmly welcomed the students and ensured that they quickly felt at ease. The evaluations showed that the students thought the Hololens and Photo on Wood workshops on Monday were cool and that the games of Project Adventure ensured that they got to know each other faster.

The trip to Leeuwarden on Tuesday, with a visit of the Blokhuispoort, also scored well. And everyone was surprised by the beautiful murals during the Street-art walk through the city, only it was very cold.

The students were happy with their self-designed 3D prints keychains and their Photo on Wood, which they finished on Wednesday morning. The afternoon was spent with the host family. Some went to the Orchid farm, others visited Amsterdam, the trampoline park, went ice skating, visited Kampen, a diversity of activities.








Thursday morning was a serious morning where they worked in groups and had to come up with a product and write a simple business plan. They also had to prepare a short pitch with a PowerPoint and an advertisement to promote their product. Surprising and original products / services came out.


At the Cibap in Zwolle we were warmly welcomed that afternoon. The students from the International department there had prepared a program for us with 3 creative workshops and they also guided us through the school.
But most of all our students enjoyed the party on Thursday evening. After the Chinese buffet, immediately the atmosphere was good and there was plenty of dancing.

On Friday morning, the students pitched their invented products and after this there was a movie with an explanation about Sinterklaas while enjoying hot chocolate with whipped cream and lots of Sinterklaas candy. Finally, everybody went to the schools’ courtyard to pin their totem banners on the trees as a memory of this week.


At 12 o'clock the bus took the guests back to Schiphol and we could look back at a busy but very successful week.