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Two models are common: a traditional day with a long lunch break and a free Wednesday\nafternoon, or a continurooster where every day is the same length, lunch happens at school, and\nthe day ends earlier.",[129,130,132],"h2",{"id":131},"the-two-common-school-day-models","The two common school-day models",[125,134,135],{},"Basisschool (primary school) runs from groep 1 to groep 8, roughly ages 4 to 12. Dutch law sets\na minimum number of teaching hours across those eight years, but leaves it to each individual\nschool, agreed with parents through the medezeggenschapsraad (participation council), to decide\nhow that time is spread across the week. Two models cover most schools. The traditional model has\na longer school day with a proper lunch break at home or nearby, and a free Wednesday afternoon.\nThe continurooster, also called the vijf-gelijke-dagenmodel (five equal days model), makes every\nday the same length, has the children eat lunch at school, and typically ends the day earlier in\nthe afternoon.",[129,137,139],{"id":138},"is-wednesday-afternoon-actually-free","Is Wednesday afternoon actually free",[125,141,142],{},"Most schools that use the traditional model give Wednesday afternoon off, but they are not\nrequired to, some choose Friday afternoon instead. Schools may also schedule a number of\nshortened four-day weeks across the year, on top of the weeks already shortened by public\nholidays. None of this is standard nationwide: your host family's school sets its own rule, and\nit is written in the school's schoolgids (school guide), not in any national table.",[129,144,146],{"id":145},"groep-1-and-2-often-an-extra-free-afternoon","Groep 1 and 2: often an extra free afternoon",[125,148,149],{},"The five-day school week is not compulsory for the youngest children, in groep 1 and 2. Many\nschools give them an additional free afternoon on top of whatever the rest of the school\nfollows, which can be confusing if you are used to thinking of one timetable per family.",[129,151,153],{"id":152},"before-and-after-school-bso","Before and after school: BSO",[125,155,156],{},"Many families use buitenschoolse opvang (BSO) to bridge the time before school starts and after\nit ends. Exact opening times vary by BSO provider and by what your host family has actually\nbooked, so this is not something a general guide can state reliably: ask your host family, or\nask the BSO directly, what your real pickup and drop-off times are.",[129,158,160],{"id":159},"ask-the-school-not-the-internet","Ask the school, not the internet",[125,162,163,164,169,170,174],{},"The specifics that actually matter for your week, start and end times, which afternoon is free,\nwhether BSO is booked and for which days, are set by one particular school and one particular\nfamily, not by a national rule. Ask your host family for the schoolgids early, and check it again\nwhenever the school year changes. 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