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	October 2017
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2	3	4	5 Information Evening: Children's House and Toddler Community Information Evening: Children's House and Toddler Community Starts: 7:30 pm Ends: October 5, 2017 - 10:00 pm Location: Bergestraat 24, 3080 Tervuren, Belgium Description: ‘Positive Language’ The young child has a sensitive period for the development of language and naturally takes in the sounds of the adults around them. Relationships with the people making the unique sounds, whether it be French, English, or a mother-tongue language, influences how the child associates to the language. Join the teachers of Toddler Community and Children’s House for insightful information on how to encourage positive language association and multi-lingualism. More details... •	6	7	8
9	10 Information Evening: Children's House Information Evening: Children's House Starts: 7:30 pm Ends: October 10, 2017 - 10:00 pm More details... •	11 Information Evening: Children's House and Primary Information Evening: Children's House and Primary Starts: 7:30 pm Ends: October 11, 2017 - 10:00 pm Location: Rotselaerlaan 1, Tervuren, Belgium Description: ‘Affinity for Infinity: interconnectedness for the minds of the future’ Your choice for a bilingual, international, Montessori education for your child speaks to your view of the future world and you child’s place in it. This form of education recognizes the importance of the interconnectedness between people, nations, economies, theologies, ecologies, species, and has a specially designed curriculum (and delivery of curriculum) that puts this tenet of interdependencies at the centre. Come join us to learn more about this cutting-edge approach to education. More details... •	12 Information Evening: Diploma Programme Information Evening: Diploma Programme Starts: 7:30 pm Ends: October 12, 2017 - 10:00 pm Description: The final two years! Time: DP1 19:30 and DP2 20:15 Who: DP1 and DP2 Students and their parents The DP students and their parents will discuss the challenges of the final DP year and create strategies together to deal with them and have a successful outcome! DP 1 students and their parents will be presented with the Programme of this first year. More details... •	13	14	15
16 MYP 2 to the Spanish restaurant with Julia MYP 2 to the Spanish restaurant with Julia Starts: 11:00 am Ends: October 16, 2017 - 1:00 pm Description: Spanish Students ‘Exploring elements of Spanish culture’ Date: Monday October 16 Time: From 11:00 to 14:00 Where: Casa Miguel, Place des Gueux 2, 1000, Brussels Transport: Public transport Que rico! A group of 6 students Spanish (Phase 2) will, In line with the unit of "food", created their own menu and practise dialogues. During this excursion the students experience the authentic every day situation, discover Spanish gastronomy and way of life and practice their language skills. Que aproveche! More details... •	17	18 Information Evening: Primary Information Evening: Primary Starts: 7:30 pm Ends: October 18, 2017 - 10:00 pm Description: Primary 1 and 2 ‘Hof Kleinenberg’ ‘From individual construction to socialisation’ During this information session, parents will be taken on a journey back in time thanks to one of our great stories that unveils the secrets of the evolution of life on Earth. Based on that story, they'll discover the parallels that can be made with the natural tendencies and characteristics that guide the child's development, one being the need for socialization and collaboration, which is very apparent in the primary age group. It is these tendencies that Maria Montessori carefully studied in order to design meaningful materials, an integrated curriculum and presentations to nourish the Primary child's learning needs. After this introduction, parents will be invited to look at a work display of the children to illustrate the theory. More details... •	19 Information Evening: Children's House Information Evening: Children's House Starts: 7:30 pm Ends: October 19, 2017 - 10:00 pm Location: Molenweg 4, 1970 Wezembeek-Oppem, Belgium Description: ‘Helping to develop balanced individuals’ What are the characteristics of a balanced individual and what is the process to help nurture this growth? We warmly invite all parents and friends to our information evening where we will explore this topic and how we apply the principles at school everyday. Join us to share your insights and questions on the subject. More details... •	20	21	22
23	24 Excusrion Ypres MYP 3,4,5 Excusrion Ypres MYP 3,4,5 Starts: 12:00 am Ends: October 25, 2017 - 11:59 pm Description: Date: Tuesday and Wednesday October 24 and 25 Living the Great War Location: Menin Gate, Kauwekijnstraat 1, Ieper Transport: Train Departure time: Tuesday October 24 at 8:13 from Central Station Return time: Wednesday October 25 at 16:15 at Central Station The students will be accompanied by Nicole, Natasha, Anaïs, Julia and Laurence. Families will receive a letter with further details Stories and history: ‘What’s in a name’? Following our interdisciplinary topic storytelling, the students in MYP years 3, 4 and 5 discover the history of the Great War, also known as the first Word War – this war was meant to be the final war, the war to end all the wars? Who could have predicted that, despite the ‘good’ intentions after the Great War, the world needed to suffer a Second World war, a cold war and several more? During a 2-day trip to Ypres, the students will discover the stories of people living during the Great War. We’ll visit In Flanders Field Museum, we’ll attend the Last Post Ceremony at the Menen Gate and we’ll discover what remains of the battle fields and trenches by bike. During this trip, we’ll discuss the concept of Peace”– how and can we learn from the past? Which elements shaped our present? What do we need to do to avoid conflicts? How can our story of life create a better world? More details... Information Evening: Children's House and Primary Information Evening: Children's House and Primary Starts: 7:30 pm Ends: October 24, 2017 - 10:00 pm Description: Who are We? – Behind the scenes Who are we? What are we teaching your child? How are we doing it? Why are the Montessori ideas and practices so different to traditional and common educational methods? Join us for an evening of fascination and knowledge; behind the scenes of Montessori…. More details... • •	25 Excusrion Ypres MYP 3,4,5 Excusrion Ypres MYP 3,4,5 Starts: 12:00 am Ends: October 25, 2017 - 11:59 pm Description: Date: Tuesday and Wednesday October 24 and 25 Living the Great War Location: Menin Gate, Kauwekijnstraat 1, Ieper Transport: Train Departure time: Tuesday October 24 at 8:13 from Central Station Return time: Wednesday October 25 at 16:15 at Central Station The students will be accompanied by Nicole, Natasha, Anaïs, Julia and Laurence. Families will receive a letter with further details Stories and history: ‘What’s in a name’? Following our interdisciplinary topic storytelling, the students in MYP years 3, 4 and 5 discover the history of the Great War, also known as the first Word War – this war was meant to be the final war, the war to end all the wars? Who could have predicted that, despite the ‘good’ intentions after the Great War, the world needed to suffer a Second World war, a cold war and several more? During a 2-day trip to Ypres, the students will discover the stories of people living during the Great War. We’ll visit In Flanders Field Museum, we’ll attend the Last Post Ceremony at the Menen Gate and we’ll discover what remains of the battle fields and trenches by bike. During this trip, we’ll discuss the concept of Peace”– how and can we learn from the past? Which elements shaped our present? What do we need to do to avoid conflicts? How can our story of life create a better world? More details... Parent Café ‘Home Remedies’ Parent Café ‘Home Remedies’ Starts: 9:30 am Ends: October 25, 2017 - 11:00 am Location: Molenweg 4, 1970 Wezembeek-Oppem, Belgium Description: This year our Parent Café events will travel around the different locations. Please check this newsflash, website and posters on the whereabouts of these interesting mornings sessions. ‘Home Remedies’ Location: Wezembeek-Oppem (upstairs space) - Note a new location! Who: Parents of children of all ages are welcome Join us for our first Parent Café of the school year! This is a time to meet other parents of the school and to also learn about a topic related to child development. For this first session we will learn together some tricks and techniques on how to boost the immune system using natural techniques based on Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine and Western herbalism. As well you can take with you some home remedies and recipes for coughs and colds. Claudia Sitara Dau will lead the session. She is not only a mum of the school but also trained and working in the field of alternative medicines and health. More details... • •	26	27 Staff in Service day: NO SCHOOL Staff in Service day: NO SCHOOL Starts: 12:00 am Ends: October 27, 2017 - 11:59 pm More details... •	28	29
30 Autumn Holiday Autumn Holiday Starts: 12:00 am Ends: November 3, 2017 - 11:59 pm More details... •	31 Autumn Holiday Autumn Holiday Starts: 12:00 am Ends: November 3, 2017 - 11:59 pm More details... •

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‘International Montessori’ offers a thoroughly prepared environment for learning and complete development for children and students aged 1 to 18 in beautiful and aesthetic surroundings. Montessori education together with the International Baccalaureate Secondary section prepares young people for life.

We focus on all aspects of the personality, much is in the detail! Everything we do is to help children gain trust in themselves so that they feel confident and empowered.
This together with logical limits and the guideline that ‘your freedom ends where someone else’s freedom begins’ helps individuals become responsible and look after self, environment and others!

We hope you enjoy this website and find useful information on the details involved in assisting towards the development of a harmonious personality.

Tours

Personalised tours are provided for prospective families to see the bilingual Montessori environments and/or the open classroom secondary section in action.
The tour concludes with information on the enrolment process.
To book a tour in Tervuren and Wezembeek-Oppem please contact 02-767 63 60 (montessori-tervuren@online.be)
and 02-721 21 11 (montessori-woluwe@skynet.be) for tours at the schools in Woluwe.

Brochure

You can view a copy of the School Brochure here or phone school at the above numbers and we are happy to forward a complete information pack.

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