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I'm Alice, PA to Richard and Tanja and I assist Penny with recruitment.  I have been a parent at ISH since Jan 21' and managed comms, class reps and events for the Primary PTA last year, so am now glad to have my blue lanyard as of January!  I live for music, art, travel and all things outdoors. We left London back in 2012 and moved to Nice, South of France, with a year in between in Singapore.  After years as a PA in London I took time off to support my husband's career and have small people, then set up my own business managing bands and working within the mad world of superyachts back in 2017. Covid turned our world upside down and we found ourselves leaving France during lockdown and arriving in NL in lockdown, so the first year here I was in mourning for the sun, the med and the mountains, but I've finally got over myself and have accepted my fate and now embrace this cold windy wonderland.

I am shockingly dreadful at languages, so Jamie, I'll give you a run for your money ;)

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Stel jezelf voor - introduce yourself :-)

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Stel jezelf voor - introduce yourself :-)

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Write a short text about yourself - f.e. where do you come from, what's your role at ISH, what are your hobby's and why do you want to learn Dutch ;-)

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Ik ben Karolina en ik ben jullie collega en jullie docente Nederlands! :-)
I come from Poland, but I have been living in The Netherlands for the last 12 years.
I started working at the ISH in 2017 and I teach Dutch B in MYP and DP. I am also Subject Coordinator for Dutch B and Personal Project supervisor.
I spend quite a lot of time doing sports, listening to music, binge watching Netflix and learning languages (currently revising French).
Can't wait to share some secrets of the Dutch language with you! :-)

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I'm Jamie, and I'm the IT manager at ISH, I've been in the role since July 2020 and have partial responsibility for inflicting isams on you all!

I've been living in the Netherlands for almost 8 years now, and still don't speak Dutch, so I thought it was high time I started learning it!
Looking forward to spending some time making a fool of myself with my awful language skills :)

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I am Naveera, a substitute English Language and Literature teacher at ISH. I have joined ISH this January. I am teaching MYP years 7,8, 10 and 11 currently.
This is my sixth month in The Netherlands. I am obligated to learn Dutch language and pass B1 language test so that is the primary motivation for this class. Secondly, I have planned to live here long so it is good to know the language to be able to communicate in different situations where you should know the language for example when your child's teacher is only communicating in Dutch with you. :)
I like to take care of myself: gym, walk, watch comedy series on Netflix, read and write.

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I'm Sheena and I started working at the ISH primary library as of January this year.

I'm originally from Kenya, and I speak swahili and gujarati.
Later after I got married I moved to Austalia with my husband who was already based there with his work. We moved to Switzerland in 2008 and stayed almost 8.5years, were I had my 2 girls whom are at ISH as well.
We moved to New Jersey, USA after that and didnt take us long to agree that we missed Europe so we moved to Nethelands in 2019 and loving it so far apart from the rain.

I can speak and understand abit of German and this probably would be an advantage to some for Dutch but it confuses me and I can never get the  pronunciation right. I've tried Dutch conversation previously but I'm not that good at that.
So I hope I can learn something and make new friends while doing so.

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I'm Violet, a teacher of English Language and Literature in the secondary section. I also coordinate Service as Action in the MYP section. I'm new to the Netherlands and this is my sixth month in the Hague. I want to learn Dutch because it's the first language the residents here tend to speak. I don't like the feeling of loss and blankness when the speakers expect me to respond in the same language. I hope I will become proficient even if it's auditory.

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I am Julia Willshire and I teach business in the secondary school. Our classes are over in the Q/R block which is why you probably haven't seen me about very much. I moved to the Netherlands in 2018 with my husband who also works here as a Chemistry teacher. We have lived in Macau and South Korea before here. I'm originally from the UK and after 4+ years living here, and have now bought a house ... the time has come to learn Dutch - beyond Duolingo!!

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Hi everyone! I'm Simon and I am a Counsellor with the Student Wellbeing Department at ISH. i grew up in Australia and have also spent time living in London. I like playing sport, football and surfing being my favourites. I have a Dutch partner and am about to have a Dutch baby, so need to keep building my Dutch skills!

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I'm Michael, a cover teacher here at ISH. I am a father of a young 17-year-old Hungarian. I was born in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and have lived on 4 continents. But now live and work here in Den Haag, The Netherlands. I have a passion for sports and currently play a little golf, volleyball,  tennis, and even some pool at the Haag 5 in town :)
I speak and understand Spanish having lived and worked there. Looking forward to being part of these Dutch classes, although unfortunately, I seem to be missing some lessons due to other recent commitments. Just trying to catch up on the first lesson. Fingers crossed :)