For primary school students who want to be challenged extra, there is tutoring or extra books, but what if a child needs less theory and more practice? Three primary schools in Coevorden have joined forces for the Gouden Handjes project.
During this project, ten pupils from groups 7 and 8 spend one morning each week on practical lessons, such as disassembling a computer or spending the day with the baker.
In the technical room of the Buitenvree, about ten plates are missing from the ceiling. Teacher Christa Benjamins probably took it out for the students of the Parkschool, the Buitenvree and the Wilhelminaschool. The students can then do whatever they want with it, as long as it brightens up the ceiling. The most beautiful creations are put together with paint, metal and other materials.
These are children who find it difficult to follow the mostly theoretical subject matter or to sit in class for a long time. This morning is a godsend for them, thinks Benjamins. “We think it’s important that they learn by doing. It serves a lot of purposes: they discover their talent and can concentrate better here. That also works better social-emotionally and they come back to their class with more confidence, because they see that they to do beautiful things.”