Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dutch term or phrase:
brugklassers
English translation:
first-formers
Added to glossary by
Jason Roberts
May 9, 2004 03:24
20 yrs ago
Dutch term
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brugklassers
Dutch to English
Social Sciences
Education / Pedagogy
Context: Terwijl overal in het land de schooldeuren weer openslaan, maken tienduizenden kersverse brugklassers hun eerste gang naar de ‘grote school’.
What is the appropriate (British) English of brugklassers?
What is the appropriate (British) English of brugklassers?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +5 | first-formers |
writeaway
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| 4 -2 | Preppies (preparatory class pupils) |
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Proposed translations
+5
11 mins
Selected
first-formers
according to Van Dale.
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Note added at 22 mins (2004-05-09 03:46:51 GMT)
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Lower School Course of Study
... First Form (seventh grade), in which sixteen to eighteen new boys join the ... First Formers also take religion, decisions, music, computer, art, and drama for a ...
staweb.sta.cathedral.org/admissions/ LSCatalog/ProgramOverview.htm - 16k
INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS INSPECTORATE
... 3.5 The school calls its eleven-year-old entrants First Formers and so on up to Fifth Formers for the GCSE year. This report has ...
www.isinspect.org.uk/reports/2002/1590_02_r.htm - 101k
COBA: News and Press Releases
... Bertram, Health Minister, John Junior, Information Minister ... relationship between the College and the High School. ... live on: Grade 7(first formers) students play ...
www.netsearchjamaica.com/calabaroldboys/newsreleases/ - 33k
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Note added at 22 mins (2004-05-09 03:46:51 GMT)
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Lower School Course of Study
... First Form (seventh grade), in which sixteen to eighteen new boys join the ... First Formers also take religion, decisions, music, computer, art, and drama for a ...
staweb.sta.cathedral.org/admissions/ LSCatalog/ProgramOverview.htm - 16k
INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS INSPECTORATE
... 3.5 The school calls its eleven-year-old entrants First Formers and so on up to Fifth Formers for the GCSE year. This report has ...
www.isinspect.org.uk/reports/2002/1590_02_r.htm - 101k
COBA: News and Press Releases
... Bertram, Health Minister, John Junior, Information Minister ... relationship between the College and the High School. ... live on: Grade 7(first formers) students play ...
www.netsearchjamaica.com/calabaroldboys/newsreleases/ - 33k
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7 hrs
Preppies (preparatory class pupils)
five-year-olds usually spend the first year in prep class before going on to first grade. Hence the expression 'bridging class' (in Dutch).
Peer comment(s):
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Ken Cox
: the brugklas is the first year of secondary school, not the first year of primary school!
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BBQ
: The "brugklas" is indeed the first year of secondary school, so it's about 12-year-olds we're talking!! How do I know this? I am Dutch and I went to school in the Netherlands.
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