IamExpat Fair in Westergas

IamExpat Fair in the Westergas Amsterdam

Announcing the IamExpat Fair - Amsterdam, 2022

We are pleased to announce the IamExpat Fair in Amsterdam, which will take place on Saturday, April 9, 2022, at the Gashouder Westergas.

The meeting place for expats and local businesses.

At the IamExpat Fair in Amsterdam, the biggest expat event in the Netherlands, you will learn all about life in the Netherlands from fi nding a house, job or school for your kids, to choosing an accountant, legal advisor and so on.

Browse the many stands, pick up a free goodie here and there, go to informative workshops and presentations and network with other expats and expat-friendly companies. All of this under one roof, for free!

Running from 10am to 5pm, the IamExpat Fair Amsterdam 2022 will take place at Westergas biggest and most iconic venue, the Gashouder. This former gasworks, covering more than 2500m2, is a major cultural venue that hosts some of the biggest events and festivals in Amsterdam.

Visitors to the IamExpat Fair can:

et assistance in fi nding the right rental property or understanding

Dutch mortgages - Learn how to advance their career through professional development - Discover businesses with a focus on expats’ needs enefi t from many special offers only a ailable on the day of the air - Meet with recruiters and companies that are hiring - Attend workshops and presentations to learn about different aspects of life and workin the Netherlands - Connect with local health and lifestyle organisations - Network with like-minded locals and expats from around the world - Bring the whole family and have fun with little ones at the Kid’s Area, a free playspace.

Book your free ticket now!

The leading expat fair in the Netherlands:

Since its launch, the IamExpat Fair has hosted more than 320 companies, run 180 workshops and welcomed more than 22.600 visitors from 150 different countries, making it the leading fair for internationals in the Netherlands.

SAVE THE DATE AND RESERVE YOUR FREE TICKET ONLINE

IamExpat Fair - Amsterdam, 2022

Date: Saturday, April 9, 2022 Time: 10am to 5pm Location: Gashouder Westergas, Amsterdam

Entry is free but online registration is necessary: www.amsterdam.iamexpatfair.nl/free-registration/

Full workshop program to be announced in March: www.amsterdam.iamexpatfair.nl/program/

The language of love

By Jocelyn Roy

At the Kindergarten of the International Waldorf School The Hague there are 17 children with 19 different nationalities. Some children have two or three nationalities, speak multiple languages, and have several countries they call home.

For these children, searching for their culture is a journey of recognising or finding their, and others, uniqueness at a very young age. Language can be an important vehicle for this. While the main language of communication at school is English, a minority of children in the Kindergarten are native speakers. Luckily, we have found understanding each other is not dependent on language alone.

My journey

I am fortunate to have direct experience of this situation. I moved to the Netherlands as a nineyear-old, and remember the frustration when no one understood me, and the relief when I met someone who did.

When I was nine, being allowed to be myself, with everything that makes me unique, was essential and more important than being able to speak and understand Dutch. The attention and love I found in my environment allowed me to connect to others. The language of love touched me, rather than the new language I had to learn.

Warmth and imagination

At the International Waldorf School The Hague, my main objective is to create a space of warmth and imagination, where children feel safe to come into the kindergarten with everything that they are–their culture, their language and all.

Children want to take everything in, and to digest what I am thinking reflected in my actions. So it is important for me, as the kindergarten teacher, to try to be conscious about all that I do. I have learned that the role of the teacher is to be a presence that every child needs.

We all speak the same language

I hope that at our school we can create a place of love and perhaps a burgeoning awareness that everyone is a little bit different and, at the same time, very much alike. That no matter where you come from, or how much you have travelled, or what language you speak, we all speak the same language. The language of love.

Contact

International Waldorf School The Hague 2e Messstraat 31 2586 XA The Hague internationalwaldorfschool.nl +31 70 7830030 info@iwsth.org