Peter and Petra on the Way to Cork in Ireland

On Friday 25th November Ms Witte, Ms Röbbeling and Mr Hokema collected the Icelandic Petur from the teachers of Korpuskoli in Reykjavik and carried on with our Peter and Petra to Cork in Ireland.

The first theme is how Christmas is celebrated in different countries. Over the next two years Peter and Petra will be in Bergen (Norway), Jamsonkoska (Finland) and Galway (Ireland). We are all looking forward to their travel reports!

Comenius Meeting in Iceland

Peter and Petra went to Iceland yesterday. It snowed there and they visited a super school!

Gete-Chessteam. Two Wins at Start of Season!

For the third year running Gete Chessteam took part in the Bremen Championship in the Under- 12 section. We started in the B-Class, progressed to the A-Class and , in the last season , achieved 2nd place. The competitors are mainly club teams.

In this competition the thinking time is one hour per player per match, so they can learn to plan more of their moves in advance.

The first day of the championship 2011/12 was on Saturday 19th November in Willms Gymnasium, Delmenhorst.

The Gete team won two rounds each with 3:1 points first against St Joseph`s School and then against SK Bremen West II.

Jakob R(4b), Malte K(3a), Jan Gregor(4b), Fynn L (4a) and Johann D (4a) already have competition experience, while Moritz played the first competition match of his life and won!

Ecumenical Celebration

For the first time the Ecumenical Celebration went ahead without Pastor Leube. He has led the event for many years now and has really become a part of this celebration.

However, Ms Zaremba(St Ursula - Catholic Church) and Ms Schneider-Sema(Jona - Evangelist Church) have proved to be worthy successors.

The Ecumenical Celebration is a special mixture of theatre, music and spirituality which never fails to touch the hearts of all, children and adults alike.

4b (Ms Timm), the choir(Ms Adler and Ms Krivec) together with the parent`s orchestra(Ms Rüskamp) worked in harmony to create a wonderful atmosphere. This year`s scenery was especially good.

Seminar for Parents of Second Graders

The language advisors Ms Scholz and Ms Diekmeyer invited the parents of the second grade to a seminar called `Difficulties with Learning to Read and Write - How Can Parents Help?`
Over two Thursdays parents were taught about the basics of acquiring writing and language skills, and the teaching principles used by our school. There was the opportunity to discuss with the language experts and Ms Meyer , the class teacher of 2c, how parents can support these principles at home.
To cover costs the parents made a voluntary contribution , which raised 75 Euros. This money will be used to buy early reading books and materials for diagnosing reading problems . Thanks for all contributions.
Because this seminar was so well received it will now run every year for parents of 2nd graders.

Reading Bags for the First Grade

The first grade had a visit from the second grade today.For every new pupil there was a beautifully painted reading bag. The bags had been kindly filled by Melchers Bookshop in Schwachausen. Ms Nehen didn`t hesitate to hand the bags out - 'The Strongest Olchis in the World' and 'The Best ABC Stories' will certainly motivate the kids to learn to read as quickly as they can. The second graders showed what they could do and soon the room was full of absorbed readers and listeners.

Hands On Math

For two weeks the children from our school had the chance to experience math in a different way. The `hands-on` stations encouraged the development of spatial awareness skills and the puzzles and games encouraged the kids to experience math in a practical way - learning by doing. They worked their way through these activities with much experimentation, concentration and determination - even in the break, groups of children (of mixed ages) could be seen mulling over these problems together, trying to find a solution.

Over all Borders

Lots of our third and fourth graders took part in a competion for the Bremen Literature Prize for Children and Teenagers. The theme was `over all borders`. The winners were selected from 651 entrants and on the 8th November the prize giving ceremony was held in the Glocke. Out of 12 prizes awarded in the grades 1-4 category, 3 were received by children from Gete, namely, Emma Aude (in the then 4a), Jeldrik Bade and Antonia Runnebohn (both in the now 4b). Congratulations on your achievement!

1a With Safetyvests

Just in time for the dark days of winter, ADAC have given safety vests to all the children in Germany who started school this year. So, on their way to school in the morning they are much more visible than when they are wearing their ordinary clothes.
Class 1a tried their vests on straight away and the results are clear to see in the photo.

Ecumenical Celebration

The Ecumenical Celebration will be held at our school on Wednesday 16th November at 10.15. This year 4b will be presenting the story of Moses delivering his people out of slavery in Israel. Pastor Leube wrote this piece and Ms Timm has been practising with her class, with the help of Pastoral intern Zaremba from St Ursula. The choir and the parents` choir will also be taking part and the scenery was painted by all the classes.
Parents are welcome to join us.