Zaanlands Lyceum

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Zaanlands Lyceum
Location
Zaandam
,
Zaanstad
,
North Holland

Netherlands
Information
Typepublic

The Zaanlands Lyceum is a public school in Zaandam, Netherlands.[1][2] The school has education for HAVO-, VWO- and Gymnasium-students.[3] The school is part of the OVO Zaanstad foundation. The school current school principal is M. van Dijk.[4]

Education

Generally, the school uses a 40/80 minute timetable. Each lesson is either 40 or 80 minutes long. According to the school website, the lesson-hours are structured in the following way:

  1. 08.30 - 9.10
  2. 09.10 - 9.50
  3. 09.50 - 10.30
  4. 10.30 - 10.50 (break, no lessons)
  5. 10.50 - 11.30
  6. 11.30 - 12.10
  7. 12.10 - 12.50
  8. 12.50 - 13.20 (break, no lessons)
  9. 13.20 - 14.00
  10. 14.00 - 14.40
  11. 14.40 - 14.50 (break, no lessons)
  12. 14.50 - 15.30
  13. 15.30 - 16.10

The school has an education program called “Béta-Plus” for students interested in following more advanced Physics classes. The subject is then called “Physics” in Dutch. Students that follow the standard program have a subject called “Science” in 1st year, and “Natuurkunde” in later school years, which translates into “Physics” in English. According to the school website, the difference between the “Science” and “Physics” is that “Science covers more general subjects (making shampoo and toothpaste, the cause for seasons) than Physics”.[5]

Building

The current school building consists of four “wings”, namely north, south, west, and east. The north-wing is used for school part of the school staff. The east- and south-wing are used for ordinary school lessons, as well as offices for other school staff. The west wing has a multimedia library with a large amount of computers and printers, as well as a room for administration.[6] There is another building next to the main building, which was made because of the high amount of students. [7]File:Zaanlands-lyceum-oud.jpg|left|thumb|The old school building The current main building was built in 1968-1969 which was designed by architect G.M.G. Bakker. Before that, there was another building Until 1997, the current canteen was used as a theater for auditions which had a capacity for 700 people.[8]<gallery mode="nolines" widths="160">

Ratings and statistics

According to scholenopdekaart.nl, there were 1401 students in 2020-2021, compared to 1400 in 2019-2020.[9]

Profiles that students in the Zaanlands Lyceum follow[10]
CM EM NG NT CM&EM NG&NT
VWO 7,1% 16,7% 35,7% 4,8% 8,3% 27,4%
HAVO 6,3% 30,7% 46,5% - 2,4% 14,2%

When asked, students rated their satisfaction from 1 out of 10 as 6,3 for VWO students and 6,3 for HAVO students in 2019-2020.[11] The average final exam grades in 2018-2019 were 6,4 for HAVO students, and 6,7 for VWO students, compared to 6,3 for HAVO students and 6,5 for VWO students in other schools on average in that year. [12]

Former-teachers

References

  1. "Wie wij zijn". zaanlands.nl.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Zaanlands Lyceum [ZaanWiki]". www.zaanwiki.nl. Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  3. "Bekijk Zaanlands Lyceum op De VO Gids". De VO Gids (in Nederlands). Retrieved 2021-05-30.
  4. "Nieuwe Zaanlands-rector Michiel van Dijk begonnen". De Orkaan (in Nederlands). 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  5. https://www.zaanlands.nl/local/userfiles/pdfs/Betaplus_vragen_en_antwoorden_19_10_2018.pdf
  6. "Virtuele Open Dag - Zaanlands Lyceum". www.zaanlands.nl (in Nederlands). Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  7. "Zaanlands Lyceum krijgt tijdelijke uitbreiding". De Orkaan (in Nederlands). 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
  8. "Theater De Speeldoos, Zaandam - TheaterEncyclopedie". theaterencyclopedie.nl. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  9. "Zaanlands Lyceum (Zaandam) | Scholen op de kaart". scholenopdekaart.nl (in Nederlands). Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  10. "Het onderwijs - Zaanlands Lyceum (Zaandam) | Scholen op de kaart". scholenopdekaart.nl (in Nederlands). Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  11. "Tevredenheid - Zaanlands Lyceum (Zaandam) | Scholen op de kaart". scholenopdekaart.nl (in Nederlands). Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  12. "Resultaten - Zaanlands Lyceum (Zaandam) | Scholen op de kaart". scholenopdekaart.nl (in Nederlands). Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  13. "24. Zaanlands Lyceum". www.monumentenspreken.nl. Retrieved 2021-05-09.

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