Polderstad primary school

The school
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"The school"
Polderstad primary school
Level	Location
Country	Groot Waterland
First appearance	Episode 4
Name in different languages
Dutch name	De school
Japanese name	Unknown
German name	TBA
English name	The school

The school is a primary school in Polderstad on the Schoolstraat. Two people are known to work there, Meester Bas Buldog the teacher and S. Bernard the cleaner. The story follows Alfred Jodocus Kwak in his primary school years throughout episode 4 through episode 8, but the school only appears in the first three of those. Other students include Dolf de Kraai, Ollie de Ooievaar and Pikkie de Ekster.

Notable features

The school is a rectangular building with side walls that come up in stepped gables, and a school yard in front of it. The main entrance has a big brown two-door entrance, reachable by a small staircase with circular steps. There is a second entrance on the side face of the building that has a little bell off to the side. On top of the school is a small bell tower. Two windows jut out from the roof, and several windows are flush with the rooftiles. The school yard is surrounded by a white fence.

The main hallway is perpendicular to the main entrance and has foru doors to likely two classrooms. Going around the left end of the hallway leads into stairwell to the upper floor. There's a slight discrepancy where the classrooms have windows in episode 5, but not episode 6. Several spherical lights hang from the ceiling. The interiors all have beige wallpaper on the top half and green on the bottom.

The schoolroom interior has rows of desks which the students sit behind in groups of 2 (or 3 in the case of the sparrow triplets). On the backwall there is a big dark green pin board with multiple papers pinned on it in episode 4, but it appears to be absent in episode 6, where the papers are pinned to the wall instead. A big dark closet, likely with office supplies, sits in the corner next to the door to the hallway. In the front of the room there's a big abacaus a foldable blackboard on wheels and for the history lesson in episode 4 there's a picture of Polderstad from the middle ages, with some more papers pinned to the wall. The teachers desk sits on an upstep. Blue curtains can be used to blind the windows to the outside. In episode 6 it seems that the whole room has been turned 180 degrees, as the windows, doors and curtains seem to have flipped side.

The seating setup seems to be consistent across episodes:

Dolf de Kraai & Hannes Snater

Hannibal Nijlpaard & Snel de Haas

An unnamed elephant

Jopie Rat & Alfred Jodocus Kwak

Pikkie de Ekster & Ollie de Ooievaar

An unnamed ostricht

An unnamed bear & Wannes Snater

Sparrow triplets

An unnamed monkey

Meester Bas Buldog's desk

It is unknown what is upstairs.

History

Somewhere after the middle ages the residents of Polderstad built a school for primary school children.

This is the first school Alfred Jodocus Kwak goes to and where he likely met Dolf de Kraai. His teacher Meester Bas Buldog would likely have taught him multiple subjects, but definitely history.

Employees

These are the teachers and employees working at the school.

Meester Bas Buldog

Read main article here An older bulldog that is quite fond of his students and wants to relay as much knowledge as he can. When he teaches Alfred he is considering retiring, but decides to stay as long as possible. By the time Alfred had completed middle school Meester Bas had retired and started living with one of his daughters. Students These are the students known to have gone to this school: Alfred Jodocus Kwak Read main article here A young duck that regularly daydreams, but also Meester Bas Buldog's quickest student. Alfred participates in the Olympiad. Dolf de Kraai Read main article here A young crow that paints his beak black with shoe polish and projects his body dysmorphia on other kids. Due to his broken wing Dolf is not able to participate in the Olympiad. Ollie de Ooievaar Read main article here A young clever stork who Meester Bas Buldog thinks will go into law later in life. They do not participate in the Olympiad. Pikkie de Ekster Read main article here A young magpie who has trouble concentrating because there are so many shiny things around him that he feels compelled to hoard He does not participate in the Olympiad. Snel de Haas Read main article here A young hare who becomes Alfred's training partner for the Olympiad. Hannes Snater Read main article here A young goose who is in this class with his nephew Wannes Snater. Both of them are susceptable followers of Dolf de Kraai. He participates in the Olympiad and comes in first, but is disqualified for using doping. Wannes Snater Read main article here A young goose who is in this class with his nephew Hannes Snater. Both of them are susceptable followers of Dolf de Kraai. He does not participate in the Olympiad. Drieling Mus Read main article here A sparrow triplet who are not easily distinguishable from eachother, however sometimes one of them wears a key.. Hannibal Nijlpaard Read main article here A young hippo who's name is only revealed through the Character- and Color-Designs for Alfred J. Kwak. He is the son of Olaf Nijlpaard. He also joins in with the Olympiad Jopie Rat Read main article here A young rat who sits next to Alfred, but doesn't get any speaking lines. He also joins in with the Olympiad Unnamed monkey kid This child sits in front of class at his desk alone in Alfred's class. He does not participate in the Olympiad. Unnamed bear kid This child sits at the front desk of class at his desk next to Wannes Snater in Alfred's class. He does participate in the Olympiad. Unnamed ostrich kid This child sits at the middle desk of class at his desk alone in Alfred's class. He participates in the Olympiad, but seems to have zero response to it when Meester Bas Buldog talks about it in class. Unnamed elephant kid This child sits at the back of class at his desk alone in Alfred's class. He does not participate in the Olympiad. Unnamed bulldog kid While not in Alfred's this kid is seen running from the school at the end of the schoolday in episode 4. He does participate in the Olympiad. Possibly this is a family member of Meester Bas Buldog, but the book De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak seems to make a specific point that his nephews aren't living close by. He does participate in the Olympiad. Unnamed crocodile kid While not in Alfred's this kid is likely the character seen running all the way in the back from the school at the end of the schoolday in episode 4. He does participate in the Olympiad. He does participate in the Olympiad. Appearances TV Series Alfred J. Kwak Episode 4 Alfred J. Kwak Episode 5 Alfred J. Kwak Episode 6 Audio Books De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: Op school (1989) (Dutch) De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: Op school (1989) (Dutch) De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: Krab de kat (1989) (Dutch) De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: Krab de kat (1989) (Dutch) De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: Omnibus 2 (1989) (Dutch) De wonderlijke avonturen van Alfred J. Kwak: Omnibus 2 (1989) (Dutch) Alfred J. Kwak Mijn avontuurlijke leven (1991) (Dutch) De Droom van Alfred Jodocus Kwak (1991) (Dutch) Alfred J. Kwak Filmstripboek Deel 2 (2006) (Dutch) Alfred J. Kwak Filmstripboek Deel 2 (2006) (Dutch) Production background Location gallery Notes References