Year 2 and 3 tto of Het College are participating in a two-year exchange with Gymnasium an der Gartenstrasse in Mönchengladbach. During these two years they will meet 4 times, alternately in Weert and in Mönchengladbach. The exchange is meant to make the students getting to know each other by working together on international issues. The exchange is part of the modern foreign language curriculum at both schools.
Last Tuesday, on November the 26th, the German students were at Het College in Weert.
The students were offered lessons and sports activities. The second years, who met for the first time, talked about their everyday life, their thoughts, their hobbies, their favourite sports etc…. Of course, the Dutch students showed the school building to the guests. In the afternoon a basketball clinic was presented by BAL, the Basketball Academy Limburg which is based at Het College.
The third years started the day with a dancing lesson. Quite an activity to begin with! But, once they had made the first steps, they quite enjoyed it. In the afternoon they were introduced into EU Health Programmes concerning food, in order to compare these with their own eating and drinking habits. The difference between the EU standards and the students’ habits turned out to be bigger than between the Dutch and German students’ way of life.
Next May the students will be meeting again in Mönchengladbach.
Pictures can be seen at our photo gallery.