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Netherlands, Arnhem
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Rivers International School Arnhem has a diverse multinational community with close to 45 nationalities and many languages represented. The school aims to enable students from different backgrounds to integrate and interact within a harmonious multinational, multiethnic community learning to live and learn together. The school remains a small, welcoming presence serving the international community in and around Arnhem.
The International Parents' Council (IPC) meets regularly to share information and discuss a variety of issues concerning life at Rivers. IPC Primary and IPC Secondary exist as parent groups. Rivers hosts events such as reunions with Lorentz Lyceum; the reunion date was announced as 1 July 2023. The school also shares news about adapting teaching and learning, including distance learning during the coronavirus year.
Rivers International School Arnhem is a day, co-educational international school serving ages 2–18. The curriculum combines the British National Curriculum at primary with the IB MYP for 11–16 and the Diploma Programme for 16–19. In the primary years, literacy, maths, science, geography, history and ICT follow the British framework, while the Early Years Foundation Stage uses CP to support learning. The Rivers Way emphasizes a formative, visible approach with learners co-constructing success criteria to build ownership and transferable skills; wellbeing and philosophy are woven throughout. The Arnhem campus houses a single complex for nursery, primary and secondary with central library, learning spaces, drama/music room and an enquiry space. A blue route links central areas to the gym, sports room and roof-top outdoor spaces. After-school activities include Rivers Band, Rivers Vocal Group, Model United Nations and student newspaper, with Home Language and CAS linking to DP/MYP. Including English, Dutch and Spanish.
