VSO-OB, junior secondary school

The VSO department at De Groote Aard consists of a junior (OB) and senior (BB) department.

The VSO-OB (junior) department consists of 3 groups, of ±10 to ±13 pupils per group. Here, pupils are educated between the ages of 12/13 and 15/16.

Education is strongly focused on increasing our pupil's self-reliance, social self-reliance and social self-reliance within the framework of living, working, leisure and citizenship. With focus areas including learning employee skills, functional application and expansion of (knowledge) skills, oral and written communication, exercise, numeracy, creative expression, human, nature, technology and society.

In the afternoons, the basic groups work together across groups, where they learn to work in practical work groups. In these, pupils gain their first work experiences in applying work skills.