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Netherlands, Amsterdam
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No uniform is required.
Food and drink are brought from home. Most students bring a small lunch box with a range of different foods. Healthy eating is encouraged and sweets, gum, party bags, chocolate spread and carbonated drinks are not sent into school. There is a morning break around 10:00am and a lunch break around 12:00pm. After-school care providers arrange a food/drink break when after-school care begins.
The school is governed by the Stichting Openbaar Primair Basisonderwijs Haarlemmermeer (Floreer).
Optimist International School is an international public primary school located in Hoofddorp, Netherlands. Education is delivered in English within a Dutch context. The curriculum combines IEYC for early years, IPC for primary, and the British Curriculum for later primary years, serving students aged 4 to 11. The school operates on a two-campus model to support growth: Dussenstraat Campus houses Early Years to Group 4, and Waddenweg Campus serves Group 5 and up. Addresses are Dussenstraat 34, 2134 DL Hoofddorp and Waddenweg 87, 2134 XL Hoofddorp. Both campuses are in quiet neighbourhoods and are about 15 minutes from Schiphol Airport and Haarlem and 20 minutes from Amsterdam. A secondary education pathway is planned to open in August 2026. The English-language, international setting supports continuity across year groups and into the planned secondary pathway.
