Extra Support

Our vision of pupil guidance

We believe it is important to guide pupils in their social-emotional development during their time at school. The learning coach is central to this guidance. Internal specialists are also involved, such as the dean, student counsellor, school psychologist and school social worker. If necessary, external experts can be called in. More information on this can be found on the care map (support profile) of our location. The social-emotional development of pupils is monitored by the learning coach and the care team.

The learning coach as pivot

The learning coach is the first point of contact for you and your child in case of difficulties with the learning process, choice problems and socio-emotional problems. If necessary, the learning coach engages internal and/or external specialists. This normally happens only in consultation with you, unless (in an extreme case) this would not be in your child’s interest. Problems with lesson material should be solved by your child together with the subject teacher. If your child has problems with the learning process, they can receive extra guidance in a training group.

The internal specialists

The internal specialists are listed below. To make an appointment with them, please contact the administration at (040) 264 57 77.

The dean
The dean can guide your child in several areas. In the lower years, this concerns study and career orientation; in the upper years, the study and career choice process. In addition, the dean is involved in your child’s internal school career, such as horizontal progression and diagonal progression.

Your child can see the dean during school hours, but preferably on Thursdays. Students of 3-(t)mavo, 4-(t)havo and 5-(t)vwo follow a one-week orientation internship. These internships are coordinated by the deanery.

The student counsellors
It regularly happens that the learning coach believes that a ‘specialist’ should be called in for a pupil’s social-emotional problem. In that case, the learning coach engages the student counsellor.

The school psychologist
After consultation with you, your child may be referred to the school psychologist.
This is usually done through the Care Advisory Team.

The school social worker
The school social worker can offer help with social-emotional problems that hinder your child’s functioning at school. The social worker is present at school every Tuesday morning.

The care team
During the learning coach consultations, students from a particular department are discussed. Most learning and behavioural problems are dealt with by the learning coaches, but sometimes the involvement of external parties is necessary. In special cases, problems are also discussed within the care team. This team consists of the team coaches, student counsellors and the care coordinator. If necessary, an extended care team meeting is held in which the school social worker, school psychologist, remedial teacher and school doctor are also present. In this way, we can solve many pupils’ problems and refer pupils on if necessary.

Other counsellors

The internal confidential counsellors
We do not tolerate any form of undesirable behaviour, discrimination or harassment, including sexual harassment. We do not tolerate this from school staff nor from pupils.

If your child does encounter undesirable behaviour from fellow pupils or school staff, your child can contact one of the following confidants:

• Ms K. Vogels (kvogels@silfo.nl)
• Mr N.J.M. van de Klundert (nvandeklundert@stedelijkcollege.nl)

The minicoaches
Pupils from the upper years of (t)vwo, (t)havo and (t)mavo help first-year pupils find their way around school. A minimum of two upper-year pupils are ‘mini-coaches’ per bridge class. The mini-coaches are involved in class activities such as the school camp and help students with questions. Moreover, they are committed to strengthening the mutual bond between pupils at the Henegouwenlaan site.

The training groups
Pupils with problems can receive extra guidance in various training groups. If we expect that your child will benefit from a training group, we will contact you about this. There are groups for reducing fear of failure or for increasing social skills. The training groups are specially designed for first-year and second-year pupils.

More and high giftedness

We pay extra attention to pupils who are multiple and gifted. We offer them extra challenges on the cognitive level and we offer deepening and/or broadening of the programme. This could include, for instance, Chinese, Russian, philosophy, debate team, student parliament. It is also possible to do something very specific that the pupil would like to learn or explore.

We also guide and support pupils in the social-emotional area. Research and experience show that it is precisely in this area that these pupils could use extra attention. This could include contact with like-minded people (peers), “How can I get some more peace in my head”, “Should I perhaps ‘learn – learn’ because it doesn’t come naturally anymore anyway?” This entire programme is carried out by specially trained colleagues.

We take the Centre for Giftedness Test (CBO) at least in all first classes havo/vwo and The Campus to get a picture of the pupil’s strengths and obstacles.

Tutoring

Undergraduate tutoring
Every year, a list is drawn up of upper secondary students who will tutor lower secondary students for a small fee. Lower secondary pupils can request this list from their learning coach.

Consultation hours for years 3 to 6
There are consultation hours for upper secondary pupils for the subjects mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and arithmetic.

Youth health care

Our school cooperates with the youth health care team of GGD Brabant-Zuidoost. The team consists of a youth doctor, youth nurse, behavioural scientist and a health promotion officer.

More information about this collaboration can be found on our website.