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Maastricht, Netherlands Sample Itinerary
Summer Course School of Education -  Niagara University

  Day 1, May 20th

9.55

Arrival Amsterdam on flight 0042 USAIR

12.00

 

Transport by train to Maastricht under guidance of Daniëlle van Hoof

14.30

 

  • Students check in at Guesthouse University Maastricht Heugemerweg 51

 

  • Proffesors check in at International Guesthouse

Kapoenstraat 28.1 + 28.3

Telefoonnr: 043- 351 2266

 

15.30

Shopping for breakfast

16.30

Free time

18.00

 

 

18.30

 

 

19.00

 

Students will be picked up at Heugermerweg by Daniëlle

Walk to Center for European Studies

 

Introduction to stay in Europe at CES by Yoke Kerkhofs

Witmakersstraat 10

 

Welcome dinner

Restaurant Clinique

Maastricht

 

Day 2, May 21st: Maastricht

8.00

Departure by public transport

9.00

School visit : Elementary education, under guidance of Rianne

Basisschool Wiekerveld

Maastricht

 

Basisschool Wiekerveld is a school providing elementary education for children from 4 to 12 years old.

13.00

Lunch at university restaurant, Tongerseweg 53

14.00

City walk, leave from CES

15.30

Free time and dinner on your own

 Day 3, May 22nd: Maastricht

8.00

Departure by public transport

9.00

School visit: Special education, under Guidance of Daniëlle

SBO De Sprong

Maastricht

 

SBO De Sprong offers special elementary education to children with behavioural difficulties or learning disabilities.

13.00

Lunch at university restaurant

14.45

Boat tour + visit to Cave St. Pietersberg

17.00

Free time and dinner on your own

 Day 4, May 23rd: Maastricht

8.00

Departure by public transport

9.00

School visit: Elementary education, under guidance of Daniëlle

Bernard Lievegoed School

Maastricht

 

The Bernard Lievegoed School is a special school with a continuous and coherent curriculum, with attention for the development of the human as a whole, and with a social pedagogic climate focussed on trust and cooperation.

13.00

Lunch at university restaurant

14.30

Debrief at CES by own professors

Witmakersstraat 10

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Free time and dinner on your own

Day 5, May 24th + Day 6, 25th

Free

 Day 7, May 26th: Belgium

7.30

Departure for Hasselt from Heugermerweg

9.00

School visit : Elementary education, under guidance of Daniëlle

De Hazelaar

Hasselt

13.30

Lunch at University restaurant

14.30

Lecture on Dutch educational system by Toon Dijkstra

CES, Witmakersstraat 10

15.30

Free time and dinner on your own

Day 8, May 27th: Maastricht

8.00

Departure for school visit by public transport

9.00

School vist: Transition class for refugees, children, adults, under guidance of Daniëlle

AZC-Locatie Theresiaschool

Maastricht

 

The AZC-location of the Theresiaschool is a school connected to the Centre for people looking for asylum. Teaching the children that stay there takes of course a different approach.

13.00

Lunch at university restaurant

14.00

Evaluation of class visits by own professors at CES

Reports, evaluation and reflection of learning experiences

 

Free time and dinner on your own

Day 9, May 28th: Germany

7.45

Departure from Heugermerweg by coach

9.00

School visit – Aachen, under guidance of Daniëlle en Toon Dijkstra

Städt. Montessori-Grundshule Eilendorf

The guidelines for Montessori schools are the thoughts of Maria Montessori (1870-1952). She was an Italian doctor who devoted her whole live to “the rights of the child”. A few essences of her vision are: 

- independence

- free choice of work

13.00

Lunch

Zum Wehrhaften Schmiedt

Aachen

14.30

City tour of Aachen

15.00

Free time to explore Aachen

16.30

Departure for Maastricht

17.30

Arrival in Maastricht

 

Free time and dinner on your own

 Day 10, May 29th: Brussels

9.00

Departure

11.00

City Tour Brussels, under guidance of Toon Dijkstra

12.15

Lunch

13.00

Free time to explore Brussels

16.00

Return to Maastricht

18.00

Arrival at Maastricht

19.00

Farewell dinner

D’n Blindgenger

 Day 11, May 30th: Utrecht / Amsterdam

8.00

Leave for Utrecht by train, under guidance of Daniëlle

11.00

Check-in youth hostel

B&B Utrecht

Egelantierstraat 25

13.00

Lunch + Free time in Utrecht

15.00

Leave for Amsterdam

17.30

Canal tour

19.00

Anne Frank House

At the Anne Frank House in the centre of Amsterdam you can find the hiding place where Anne Frank wrote her famous diary during World War Two. The original of the diary is on display as part of the Anne Frank House's permanent exhibition.

21.00

Free time and return to Utrecht

 Day 12, May 31st: Amsterdam / Utrecht

Free time to explore Amsterdam or Utrecht

 Day 13, June 1st: Utrecht / Schiphol

8.30

Check out and leave for airport on your own

12.40

Departure from Amsterdam on USAIR flight 0043

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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