- Engels Nederlands
- alarm = alarm
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One student suggested an anti-bullying alarm.
alarm
- chill-out = chill-out
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Suggestions included chill-out rooms to relax in.
chill-out
- classwork = klassikaal werk
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Much more classwork is done on computer nowadays.
klassikaal werk
- comfort = comfort
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Safety and comfort are clearly important.
comfort
- fees = schoolgeld / collegegeld
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In the 19th century parents often couldn't afford school fees.
schoolgeld / collegegeld
- have children = kinderen krijgen
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Many people believed that a girl's future was to get married and have children.
kinderen krijgen
- interactive = interactief
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One student wrote: “We don't want interactive whiteboards, we want comfortable chairs!”
interactief
- lock = slot
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Down-to-earth suggestions included clean toilets with locks that work.
slot
- national curriculum = nationaal curriculum
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One reporter was concerned about the pressures of the national curriculum.
nationaal curriculum
- primary = basis-
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In England, children usually start primary school when they are four or five.
basis-
- school rules = regels van de school
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Students will decide what the school rules will be.
regels van de school
- secondary = middelbaar-
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In England, children usually start secondary school when they are eleven.
middelbaar-
- solar system = zonnestelsel
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Studying the solar system by actually visiting distant planets is an original idea!
zonnestelsel
- spreadsheet = spreadsheet
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Being able to create and use spreadsheets is a very important skill.
spreadsheet
- submarine = onderzeeër
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What do you think of the idea of a school in a giant submarine that travelled under water?
onderzeeër
- timetable = rooster
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The school timetable was organised to make it possible for children to go to work.
rooster
- uniform = uniform
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If they didn't have to wear uniforms, they could choose what to wear.
uniform
- whiteboard = whiteboard
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“We don't want interactive whiteboards, we want comfortable chairs!”
whiteboard