About Our School

Our primary school 'De Kleine Prins' is a friendly, vibrant and exciting school in Menen, Belgium, for children from between the age of 2,5 and 12 years old.  We currently have approximately 370 children on roll. 

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As this exchange project is about learning each other in terms of children's rights and the environment, we want to outline what our school does in this context:

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Our school invests in children's rights through: 

- a children's parliament

- a box with educational materials (e.g. games, statements, puzzles,...) about children's rights

- posters in every classroom that visualize children's rights

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Our school invests in the environment through: 

- the reduction of waist: we use tap water instead of bottled water, we have chickens to eat leftovers, ...

- usage of sorting waste bins: one for residual waste, one for plastic, metal and beverage cartons and one for paper and cardboard

- collecting batteries

- collecting bottle caps (http://www.dopjesactie.be)

- organizing days on which students can only come to school on foot or by bike/step/skateboard,... instead of by car. 

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