• Beautiful, calm outdoor play areas surrounded by trees and nature
• Extensive sport facilities indoor and outdoor.
• Day care (Garderie). Further information http://www.pa-esmol.be/
• High quality canteen serving freshly made food and also open for parents. Further information http://www.pa-esmol.be/
• A warm, caring environment for your child to grow and learn, as part of a dynamic international community. The number of pupils in our classes is lower than average and is providing a more individually tailored education.
• The teaching programmes have recently been renewed and they are recognized in all European countries. They include (beside mother tongue, mathematics and a daily second language class), physical education, swimming, music, art, discovery of the world (history, geography, biology, sociology) and ethics/religion. The use of modern technology is an integrated part of the lessons.
• Bus connections from Antwerp, Eindhoven and the nearest train stations (Geel, Mol). Further information http://www.pa-esmol.be/
• A school nurse is present when the school is open. Vaccinations requirement: consult the medical service department.
• A school psychologist is available for consultation and assessments.
• Learning support is provided for shorter or longer periods when necessary.
• All classrooms equipped with computers, interactive board and portable tablet PCs
• System officially recognised in every EU country. Further information http://www.eursc.eu/.
• Annual school FEE: For private (Category 3) 2007 - 2008:

            Nursery  2,496.92€ - Primary 3,433..32€ - Secondary 4,681.80€ - Minimum 1,248.46€.   For families with more than one child in the school, these rates are, at the moment, reduced to half for the second child and to the minimum for subsequent children

For further information please contact e-mail: remy.demaeseleer@eursc.org

NURSERY SCHOOL

• Admission to the European school in MOL from your child's 3^rd birthday.
• Teaching organised in 4 languages - German, English, French and Dutch.
• European activities in multicultural groups.
• Timetable: every morning from 8:30, Monday, Wednesday, Friday until 12:40 and Tuesday, Thursday until 16:15.
• Big well equipped playground with forest area.
• Transition to Primary: The nursery and primary are situated in neighbouring buildings and the transition from nursery is assured through frequent visits and common activities.

PRIMARY SCHOOL

• Year one begins in September the calendar year in which your child turns 6.
• Your child can start during the school year.
• Education organised in 4 languages - German, English, French and Dutch.
• First foreign language - German, English or French - is taught daily by a mother tongue teacher. Active use of L-II as a tool is imperative from the beginning and some subjects will later be studied in L-II and not in mother tongue.
• Weekly swimming lesson and a swimming brevet at the end of primary school. The school has a swimming pool on its premises.
• European Hours from year 3: activities in mixed language groups.
• School report, based on the competences that the pupils achieve, provides detailed information for the parents.
• Primary school has a library with books in many languages.
• Timetable: every morning from 8:30 - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday until 16:15 and Wednesday, Friday until 12:40.
• Two well equipped schoolyards, football, basketball and volleyball grounds and the forest where the pupils can play after lunch.
• Transition to Secondary education: We have a detailed programme that ensures that the passage from the protected life in primary into the freer and more independent life in secondary runs smoothly. The teachers from the two cycles stay in contact and have a number of activities during the last part of the school year.
• Events / extra curricular activities during the school year: Musical get together before each school vacation, Sint Marteen light parade 15 November, Sinterklaas visits the classes around 5 December, Christmas market and Christmas farewell gathering
• During spring we celebrate Schuman Day 9 May, we have an "Open door day" in late May or early June, a Diploma Ceremony for the pupils that leave year five and a Sports Day. Our pupils go to the local Verkeerspark to get traffic instructions and practise their traffic skills in a safe environment.
• School trips for each year group: Year one and two visit a farm, year three go for three days to the prehistoric centre at Ramioul, year four spends four days at The Hoge Rielen camp area and year five has a week at the BLOSO sport Centrum in Brugge.
• School books are normally organized by the teachers and paid for by the parents.