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The 6th Montessori School Anne Frank (Dutch: 6e Montessorischool Anne Frank) (or Anne Frank School (Dutch: Anne Frankschool) for short) is a public Montessori primary school in the Rivierenbuurt, Amsterdam.
The Sixth Montessori School is successively located on Dintelstraat, Amsterdam; Niersstraat 43 (kindergarten, May 23, 1934); Niersstraat 41 (primary school). From 9 April 1934 to 13 July 1935, Anne Frank attended Preparatory School No. 51, the kindergarten of the Sixth Montessori School.
Anne Frank attended the Sixth Montessori School in Amsterdam from school year 1935-36 until school year 1940-41. Edith wrote to Gertrud Naumann on 26 March 1935: ' Denk dir: heute muss ich Anne für die Schule anmelden; sie wird wohl weiter in der Montessori Schule bleiben.'. [1] Later she writes: ' Anne kommt erst im August in die Schule.'.
One schoolroom is kept in the original state. But the 6th Montessori School Anne Frank is not a museum; it is a modern elementary school where the pupils are working on their own as well as in groups based on the principles of Maria Montessori.
On 9 April 1934, Anne Frank went to kindergarten at the Sixth Montessori School in Amsterdam. The school was only a few blocks away from her house. She attended primary school until 1941. Anne Frank (back row centre, in a white dress) with her class at the 6th Montessori school.
The 6th Montessori school is a public primary school. At this moment the school has well over 290 pupils divided into twelve groups: four lower level, four mid level and, four upper level groups. Enrolment:The school aims especially at enrolling children from the neighbourhood.
From April 1934 to July 1935 she went to the kindergarten class at the 6th Montessori school. In August 1935 Anne went to the first grade of said school. After the sixth grade she was supposed to stay at the school for a seventh year, but due to educational segregation this was not possible.
