Chapter 10: Facilities

The school has contracted an external (commercial) caterer to provide catering services. Various food and beverages are sold by Appèl/Markies employees in the canteen. Clear agreements have been made regarding ingredients in relation to allergies, nutritional value of products, sustainability in relation to packaging, and vegetarian/plant-based products. There is a standard selection of various sandwiches, salads, wraps, fruit and snacks. There is also a variety of hot meals. Students can pay with a debit card. They are expected to dispose of packaging and other leftover garbage neatly in the designated waste bins. An online ordering system for purchase of lunches has been set up for the parents/guardians of students in Primary. Information on this is offered through links on the parent portal.

Both Primary and Secondary have libraries tailored to the needs of the children. The Primary Library is located on the ground floor of the Primary school. It consists of two distinct areas for upper and lower school children. Primary collections include picture books, and extensive home languages collection, fiction and information books. For more information about the services and collections of the Primary Library, please see the information in the primary specific section of this school guide.
 
The Secondary Library is located near the administration area of the Secondary school wing. The library has a number of areas to work (including study spaces) or relax with print and electronic collections of information books, fiction and languages. For more about the services and collections of the secondary library please see the curriculum and extension information in the Secondary specific section of this school guide.
Parent and student volunteers are welcomed, but please call or email the librarian to make an appointment first at library@ishthehague.nl / secondarylibrary@ishthehague.nl.
 

In the Primary school, learners benefit from a 1:1 iPad programme in Years 5 and 6 and an IT suite where pupils work on projects or learn a range of discrete IT skills such as coding or keyboarding. From Early Years to Year 4, class groups have iPads available, allowing for group work in the classroom. The 1:1 programme in the Upper School and class sets of iPads in all other year groups ensure that each student has direct access to IT resources when necessary to support learning in the classroom. Year 5 & 6 students are also provided with access to the Google Workspace for Education environment used by the school to prepare them for working with online collaboration tools later in their school life.

All students attending the Secondary school are expected to have a digital device for the purpose of supporting their learning. Students in Years 7 to 9 are required to have an iPad, whilst students attending Year 10 and above are required to bring a laptop device. The school operates a scheme through which parents can purchase or lease an iPad for students in years 7 to 9. Parents may use the school's 'ChooseIT' portal to arrange this. iPads purchased or leased through this portal are fully managed by the school in order to keep your children safe from online harm, and focused on their education.

In addition to the requirement that students bring approved devices to school, ISH also provides two IT suites in the Secondary school that facilitate access to a wide range of specialist software programmes which are central resources for the digital design and computer science subjects.

In Secondary, the Science department has eight laboratories, two each for the three specialised sciences we offer (Biology, Chemistry, and Physics) and two for General Science. All the laboratories are fully equipped with specialised equipment and can accommodate up to 25 students at a time. To help the teachers deliver the practical side of the curriculum and to ensure a safe environment for students to learn, we also have four fully qualified laboratory assistants.

The school is equipped with outstanding facilities for Art and Design. This includes:

• A 340-seat capacity theatre.
• Drama studios.
• Music suites.
• Purpose built Secondary art and design rooms.
• A Primary makerspace.
• A Primary kitchen - creativity with food.
• Film and livestream facilities.

Students at ISH have the opportunity to use sports facilities both within and beyond the campus
walls. Secondary use the following facilities off site to facilitate health and the sports after-school programme:

• Golf Ockenburg Driving Range.
• De Rhijenhof Tennis Centre & Houtrust Tennis Park.
• Die Haghe Football Club House (for yoga and dance activities).
• HDS Hockey Club.
• De Uithof - for climbing.
• Haag Atletiek - track & field.

On site the following facilities are available:

• Two sport halls in Secondary and an additional hall in Primary.
• Multiple outdoor adventure gyms in Primary and two outdoor climbing walls.
• Street workout area and a bouldering wall for Secondary.
• Two outdoor table tennis tables in the Secondary playground area.
• Hard surfaced playgrounds with two mini-basketball courts.
• An artificial multi-sports pitch.
• The fitness suite with Matrix fitness equipment. Open Monday to Friday during school hours (08.30 to 16.35) to Year 11-13 after completion of an induction programme with a PE teacher.

The school bookstore is located on the ground floor opposite the Auditorium. The shop is open each day, Monday to Friday, from 10:00 – 13:20 and is available to all parents/guardians, students, and staff. It is voluntarily staffed by parents and stocks stationery, calculators, PE kit and Primary school book bags. They are all reasonably priced. Furthermore, students are encouraged to try on PE t-shirts before ordering one on the Free Kick website. The bookstore accepts cash only.

At the start of every academic year, volunteer parents/guardians set up tables outside the bookstore and have longer opening hours as a way to encourage students to purchase their stationery.

The door-to-door transport service available at ISH is offered by a company called Achttax. This private minibus service currently operates from the following areas: Den Haag, Voorburg, Leidschendam, Ypenburg, Scheveningen, Rijswijk, Zoetermeer and Voorschoten.

In Primary school, a member of staff will supervise students using the minibus service at the end of the school day. The students wait in the Primary Aula until the vehicle is ready to board. Please inform the school if you have registered for this service and keep the school and transport service company informed if your child is not using the service due to activities or illness on specific days. If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact Achttax directly at planning@achttax.nl or tel. +31 (0) 70 383 96 96. If after contacting Achttax, you require further information or support, please contact the Primary Office at primary@ishthehague.nl or Secondary Office at ish.secondary@ishthehague.nl.