News from the Chess Team

Bremen Youth Team Competition U12 Season 2012/13
1st day`s play 10th November Willms Gymnasium Delmenhorst.

Our team , Gete II with Julien, Jennik, Paul, Lenne, Nick and Gregor , won Category B. They won both rounds 3:1 against Chessfreinds Bremen East III and 4:0 against St Joseph`s School I.
In the A Category Gete I with Moritz, Malte. Theo and Luis lost 1:3 against Chessfriends Achim I in the first round, but Moritz showed a lot of ingenuity in his game.
Theo, in his first competitive game outside of Gete School played valiantly for nearly two hours and it could have gone either way.
We had to do without Jakob because he is now playing for U12 Delmenhorst chess club.


Lower Saxony and Bremen Primary School Chess Championship 2012
Tuesday 20th November Hermann-Böse Gymnasium.

In contrast to the high number of participating teams of four from Bremen in the last contest, this competition was between fewer, stronger teams, each with eight players from Lower Saxony as well as Bremen. Finkenberg primary school from Aurich were the winners.
We ended the seven round tournament in 6th place, beating our `arch-rivals` Baumschulenweg!
The third graders from Gete had very little experience of playing in tournaments, something that is going to be very different in the spring. Already Julien surprised us with 4 wins, 1 draw and no defeats!
Michael Kollers, Gete Chess Trainer.

What do Numbers Sound Like?

Is there a connection between math and music?
The children from our school were finding out the answer to this question from the music teacher Michael Bradke with his stage programme `Join In - Musical Numbers`.
With hands, feet and voices the children experienced addition with bars of music, odd and even numbers and counting with drumming. Especially fun for the children was hearing different musical interpretations of their own names.
This stage programme was only possible thanks to the support of our school club.

Ecumenical Celebration

This year we once again had an ecumenical religious celebration, concentrating this time on the story of Jonah and the Whale. Class 4b have been working hard on a theatre piece with Ms Witte and Ms Buchheim and performed this with the narration of Ms Zaremba from St Ursula`s Catholic Church.  The end prayer was given by Pastor Grosse  from  the Jona Evangelist Church. Once more the celebrations were accompanied beautifully by the choir (Ms Adler) and the parents`orchestra.

All Day Concept

At the school conference on the 19th November the all day school concept was adopted with a clear majority. Further information for anyone who is interested can be found on the Homepage under the menu point `school programme`.This all day school concept is central to the architectural plans currently being submitted for a new building in the school grounds. The new building will include a canteen , subject rooms and classrooms and should be in place by 2015.

Christmas Bazaar

This year was the school club`s first Christmas Bazaar. Christmas decorations were put up and the tables were full of wonderful handmade Advent decorations and Christmas gifts. The teachers`room served as cafeteria for the afternoon and lots of Gete parents turned up with their children to spend a couple of hours having coffee and cake. They all returned home with full bags!
It was well worth all the effort put in by the organising team as the school club made enough money to support future projects and ideas for the school.
Many thanks to all!

School Conference

On Monday, 19th November 2012 at 8.00p.m the school conference will take place in the teachers`room.

Comenius Visit

From the 3rd to the 6th October we had a visit from 17 teachers from Ireland, Iceland, Finland and Norway. As part of the Comenius Project ´We are Family`they were guests at our school.
The children gave a presentation, in English, about the school . They sang songs in the different languages of the visitors and had lots of questions to ask the visiting teachers!
The teachers also had a lot to find out from each other. Everyone enjoyed the visit and bothe the children and the school made a wonderful impression.

First Day of School

The first day of school has come round again!  On the fifth of September 74 new children started school at Gete. After a colourful reception in front of the Gym the new first years and their families were welcomed with a lively programme full of variety. The musical contribution was provided by the Parents´ Orchestra and the third year choir led by Ms van der Bent. 4a with their teacher Ms Krivec presented the theatre piece ´All Little Mice Must Learn to Read`.
Then the tension mounted! 
The first years were called up on to the stage by their new class teachers who led them to their new classrooms and their first school hour.
The waiting parents, friends and family were provided with coffee and cake by the Parents´ Club . A big thankyou to everyone who helped out.

Trainer Needed

We are looking for a trainer to work with our football team every Thursday afternoon. Please apply at the office.

End of Term Assembly

On the last day of term the two fourth year classes said goodbye to the rest of the school with a dance routine and some funny sketches.
There were special achievement certificates to be  collected, prizes for the Kangaroo Math Competition were awarded  and the Antolin Reading Certificates were handed out.
Then the end of year reports and then - summer holiday!
The Geteblog wishes all the children parents and teachers a good holiday

Summer Fete

Last Saturday was the day of the Summer Fete. The day was organised by the Parents´Committee , under the guidance of Katja Veenhuis.The parents from each class provided food and childrens`s games , so there was something for everyone. Many thanks to all those who helped out.

Sports and Games Day

Thursday 12th July was Sports Day at the Schwachhausen sports field for 3rd and 4th years. Years 1 and 2 stayed at school for a Games Day in the playground.The day began with a song together in the classroom and the rain stopped for long enough that we could spend the whole time outside.
The activities were organised with the help of senior students from  Ronzelenstrasse School.

Scooter Driving Licence

On Wednesday 11th July the Scooter Mobile came to Gete School. Our Community Police Officer Frese watched over the obstacle course, where the first year pupils tested their co-ordination on a scooter.

Classes 1 and 2 Football Tournament

On Tuesday 10th July was the ever popular football tournament for years 1 and 2. The teams were loudly cheered on by their classmates and the referee Martin Kremming had an easy job because everyone showed such fair play. Many thanks to Mrs Ackershott, who organised the tournament.

Childrens Concert

Mrs van der Bent and Mrs Rüskamp have been working hard to prepare for Monday`s Childrens Concert when the String Orchestra, the Childrens`s Orchestra and the Flute Group showed what they had learnt this year. Seventy children played for their enthusiastic parents and siblings. Also there were some future first graders who came with their parents to see what can be achieved after just  one year of `string class`.

Book Box Festival

Since February there have been two big boxes of books in every classroom.
At the Book Box Festival every class introduced their favourite books. Eleven books were brought to life as a series of pictures, scenes from the books were acted out, or extracts simply read aloud. This was a great way to motivate all the children taking part to keep on reading.
The books were on loan from `Mobili Libri` and Ms Mierig also presented this event.

Schwachhausen Bike Championship

Four pupils from classes 4a and 4b took part in the Schwachhausen Primary Schools Bicycle Championship accompanied by Officer Frese, our community policeman.
They were  heartily cheered on by their classmates at the bike park in the Vahr.

Experimenting with Everyday Objects

Can a paper-clip swim? Can you blow a tin-foil ball when it is in a bottle? How does a tea-light ride a lift?

After  three days of the `Experimenting with Everyday Objects`project the pupils of Gete School have the answers. There were twenty stations for the children to perform different experiments. They discovered that it is very difficult to blow out a candle through a funnel or to blow up a balloon that is in a bottle.They built jellybaby submarines and  made an oboe out of a drinking-straw.

The kids were very enthusiastic participants in this project and it was just a shame it was only three days; the pupils would have been happy to carry on experimenting !

Schools Make Music in the Kult Theatre

The finals of the `Schools Make Music`competition were on Monday. All five primary schools made a super presentation, each one very different,but all of a very high musical standard. In the end the School auf den Heuen was chosen to represent Bremen in the Nationl Finals in Koblenz 2013. Well done!
From the secondary school entries, Oberschule Seebaldsbruck and Kurt-Schumacher-Allee Gymnasium were successful.

3A and 3C in the´ Übersee` Museum

Throughout this year 16 Bremen school classes have been regularly visiting the `Übersee`Museum, to work on the themes ´Animals of the World`, `Fairy Tales of the World` and `Music of the World`. This project has been supported by Bremen Schools Action and classes from Gete were pleased to be taking part.
On the 15th June there will be a presentation and  the children will have the opportunity to show their guests what they have been working on.
3A and 3C with Ms Krivec and Ms van der Bent will be demonstrating a musical piece with Javanese Magalen instruments.

Schools Make Music - End Concert

We did it!
With our performance at the Habenhausen Secondary School we qualified to take part in the Bremen Schools Make Music Final Concert at the Cult Theatre (previously Waldau Theatre).
What a wonderful recognition for both pupils and teachers alike. The Getekids grades 3 and 4 , the Drum Group and the Children`s Orchestra will again give their recital on the 18th June at 5 o`clock.

Schools Make Music : the Qualifier

On Thursday the 7th July about 100 pupils from our school performed at Habenhausen Secondary School as part of the Schools Make Music Competition. The Getekids from Grades 3 and 4 were there, plus the Drum Group and the Childrens Orchestra , led by Mrs Rüskamp, Mrs Krivec and Mrs Adler.Who will go on to represent Bremen in the National finals next year?

Class 2b and the Mola-Art Forum

As part of the Bremer School Action Project Class 2b have spent eight weeks finding out about the life of the Kuna Indians of Panama. Every week they visited the Mola Art Forum in Schwachhausen and sewed felt bags, weaved dancing bands and found out lots of interesting things about the Kuna. Here in the school they have also been looking at the everyday life of the Kuna Indians.They have made Indian boats and model canoes and learned the canoe songs as well. They have been playing pan pipes and trying papayas and coconuts. At the end of the two month project there was  a presentation in the classroom for parents and kids from other classes who were interested in what 2b had been doing.

Werder Handball Mini-Cup 2012

Every year Gete School takes part in the Handball Competition for Primary Schools and 2012 is no exception. This year 15 of our pupils went to the competion. They played in 3  teams:

Sweden Group: Eske, Felix, Nils, Linnea, Lina
Norway Group: Erik, Aaron, Lenne, Lea, Luna
France Group: Shaimaa, Anna, Paul K, Karl T, Noah

Also outstanding was the contribution from the parents, who not only drove the children to the event but formed a supportive fan group for all the players from our school!

A big thankyou to all the children who took part - thanks for your efforts, you were fantastic!
M.Peskova

Red Riding Hood at Gete

How to play Red Riding Hood, Mother and Grandmother when all the actors are men? Of course, with things from the clothes recycling container! Axel Brasgalla and Tom Habben transformed the familiar fairy tale by using things that are  normally thrown away.The result was a theatre performance without a moral point but with lots of humour. The children thanked the two actors with enthusiastic applause!

Spring Concert 23rd March

The whole school took part in the concert, with a little contribution from every class.

Ms Witte, Ms van derBent and Ms Röbbeling introduced Peteri, our new `guest pupil`from Finland and told us all about our partner school in Jämsä.