Practical Information
School guide
All practical information can be found in our school guide (Dutch only) which you can download. You can also visit the school comparison website for additional information (results, ratings, etc.)..
Schedule
Our school hours are from 8.30 to 14.45 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. On Wednesdays from 8.30 to 13.00. All students stay for lunch on Mon-Tue-Thu-Fri from 12.15 to 13.15. There are costs associated with the lunch break, these amount to 160 euros per child per year. Should you choose not to participate in our lunch break proposal you will have to pick up your son/daughter from our school at 12.15 and ensure that he/she is back at 13.15. At the end of the school day teachers bring the pupils outside for pick up.
Walk in
Parents are allowed in at the first bell at 8.20 to take a look at the classroom. At 8.25 all parents are to go outside again so that the lesson for the children can start at 8.30. Please refer to the schedule below.
1-2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
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Monday | X | X | |||||
Tuesday | X | X | X | ||||
Wednesday | X | X | |||||
Thursday | X | X | |||||
Friday | X | X | X |
Holidays and special days
When are the holidays and special days?
Holiday | From | To |
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Good Friday and Easter | Thursday 06-04-2023 12.15 | Monday 10-04-2023 |
May holiday | Monday 24-04-2023 | Friday 05-05-2023 |
Ascension Day | Thursday 18-05-2023 | Friday 19-05-2023 |
Pentecost | Monday 29-05-2023 | Monday 29-05-2023 |
June holiday | Monday 12-06-2023 | Friday 16-06-2023 |
Summer holiday | Friday 21-07-2023 | Friday 01-09-2023 |
Autumn break* | Monday 23-10-2023 | Friday 27-10-2023 |
Christmas break* | Monday 25-12-2023 | Friday 05-01-2024 |
Spring break* | Monday 19-02-2024 | Friday 23-02-2024 |
Special days | From | To |
Kings Games | Friday 21-04-2023 | Friday 21-04-2023 |
* With a proviso, to be finally determined.
Preschool / Playgroup
Partou is our in-school toddler care partner for children between two and four years old. Here they can have fun, play, and discover the world together with their peers. Partou offers preschool and early childhood education according to the Uk & Puk method. They work with themes to prepare your child for primary school in a fun and playful way. Your child will learn to play together, make friends, dress himself/herself and wait for his/her turn. This can make the transition to school a lot easier and with a lot less anxiety! Interested? Click here.
After-School Care
Partou also offers after-school care in our school building for children from four to twelve years old. There are also other various after-school care organisations that provide after school pick-up for our students.
After-school activities
After school activities are regularly available for all of our students. These activities are provided by specialised subject teachers from outside our school, but the activities themselves take place inside our school building. The after school activities are subsidised by the municipality of Amsterdam, and the fee to participate is based according to income. Choices range from both creative to sport, for example: carpentry, acrobatics, science experiments, fashion entrepreneur skills, singing lessons, free-running, and kickboxing. Which activities are offered vary and change throughout the school year. Mr Luuk is the contact person at our school for after school activities. Registration is digitally via www.naschoolseactiviteiten.amsterdam. Typically there is place for 10 to 15 children per after school activity. Activities last from 1-1½ hours during the course of 8 to 10 weeks. You may register your child for as many of these activities as you want.

Absenteeism and leave
Teaching time is precious. Our aim is to keep absenteeism to a minimum. There are defined rules for authorized and unauthorized absence from school.
We ask parents to ensure that their children arrive at school on time every day, arriving late is not permitted. Classes begin at 8.30am, and on Monday's, Tuesday's, Thursday's and Friday's after the break at 13.15pm, and all children are expected in the classroom at this time.
If there are too many unauthorised absences from school (including late arrival) management will contact the parents. If this does not have the desired effect, a truancy officer must be notified.
When is an absence permitted? Cases of illness and serious circumstances fall under justified absence. If your child is ill or has a doctor's appointment, we ask you to inform the school between 7:45am-8:20am by calling 020 618 04 81.
Leave for a family wedding, funeral, or anniversary may be requested by applying for administrative leave due to serious circumstances. The principal will assess the application. If leave is requested due to weighty circumstances for more than ten school days per school year then the truancy education officer will make the decision.
Please read additional information request for leave first before filling out the appropriate form and hand delivering it to the administration. You can find both forms at the bottom of this page, below the heading "School documents".
Social Schools
At the Visserschool, we use the Social Schools app to notify our parents about our latest news, holidays, study days, and to share nice photos from their child's group. All parents have access to a page that is visible only to their class.
Frequently Asked Questions
School documents
A number of school policy documents and forms are available below to download in PDF.
Application form vacation leave
Application form leave because of weighty circumstances
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