Lieke and Indy

Bridge students Lieke Gilden and Indy Rozenberg agree: homework is the biggest change in high school. From school, they received a large planning agenda, which helps keep track. "On the weekends, I really don't want to do homework anymore," Gilden said.

Lieke is in the bridge class havo/vwo. For her, Sondervick College was an easy choice. "I live very close and my friends went here too," she says. "I was so used to it. Yes, in the beginning you do have to get used to lugging your heavy backpack around all day. And to the homework, of course. That's the biggest change: having homework every day." Indy, who is in the mavo/havo bridge class, agrees. "You have to do a lot more at home than in elementary school."

Learning to plan during mentor lessons
The Sondervick College finds it important that children in secondary school learn to plan and organize well. Each pupil therefore receives a planning agenda in A4 format. In this clear planner you write down your homework. You also plan when you will make or learn what. In the mentor lessons, you learn how to use the planner and how best to organize a day.

Everything finished on time
Lieke: "I check every day how much homework I have. Then I plan when I have to start it to finish it on time. I want to be finished before dinner every night. And on weekends I want to be free. So far that's working out well, I get everything done on time."

Indy: "My mentor also helps with scheduling homework and checks that you have completed the planning agenda. I like the way it works. That way homework is not too bad after all."