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