PrO

The first two years, PrO-students have 4 lesson hours per week in the core subjects English, Dutch, and Arithmetic. Additionally, 2 lesson hours per week are scheduled for the subjects Spanish, Social Studies, and Integrated Science. Seeing the importance of the practical subjects for PrO-students, those subjects are scheduled 4 lesson hours. From 3rd Form, PrO-students can choose their occupational sector (such as Automotive, Hospitality, Welding, ICT or Childcare) and will start taking on job placements. Sector is scheduled for 8 lesson hours and job training is 16 lesson hours per week.

CCSLC

Seeing the importance of mastering the basic skills, all students at the GvP School, from Form 1 up until Form 5, have a minimum of 5 lesson hours per week in the subjects Math, English, and Dutch. The additional subjects of the CCSLC curriculum Integrated Science and Social Studies are scheduled for 4 lesson hours per week and Spanish is 3 lesson hours per week. In Form 3, the Sciences and Humanities are offered more subject specific. Since school year 2023-2024, Form 3 students have 2 lesson hours each in Biology, Physics, and Chemistry. Per school year 2024-2025 the new subject Citizenship is introduced (2 lesson hours), in addition to Geography and History (2 hours for each subject).
The GvP School commits itself to offering the students a wide range of subjects that contribute to the students’ cognitive, social emotional and creative development. In that respect, we offer students in the lower forms Digital Literacy, Technical Arts, Physical Education, Arts, Music and Skills.

CSEC

In accordance with CXC standards, CSEC subjects in Forms 4 and 5 are scheduled for 5 lesson hours per week. Students choose a minimum of 2 exam subjects from either the Alpha/Gamma profile or the Beta profile, in addition to their mandatory exam subjects (English, Math, Dutch, Social Studies and EDPM). It is optional for CSEC students to choose CSEC elective subjects outside the profile of choice.

CVQ

CVQ students spend 10 lesson hours on their CVQ in Form 4 and 12 hours per week in Form 5. In addition to their CVQ, the mandatory subjects (English, Dutch, Math, Social Studies and EDPM) are scheduled for a combined total of 20 lesson hours.

MANDATORY NO-EXAM SUBJECTS CSEC AND CVQ

Physical Education (PE), Arts and Career Orientation and Guidance (LOB) are mandatory no-exam subjects. PE is scheduled 2 lesson hours, and Arts and LOB both 1 lesson hour. The LOB lessons are not always visible in the schedule. At times we collaborate with other organizations and offer specific workshops after school hours. These workshops are part of the LOB program and therefore mandatory for students.

PREVENTION OF LESSON CANCELLATION

As continuity of classes is important, we will prevent lesson cancellation as much as possible. A teacher requesting leave of absence will make arrangements with colleague teachers and management to ensure his/her lessons can continue as planned. When a teacher is unexpectantly absent, for example due to  sickness, every effort will be made to have another teacher supervise the class of the absent teacher. As such, each teacher is scheduled for at least one lesson hour of substitution each week.