Bremen Primary School Chess Championship 2013

We are the Bremen Primary School Chess Champions 2013!
This year`s tournament was held on 28th Feb. in Habenhausen Secondary School. Forty teams from Bremen and Delmenhorst took part, with each team playing against a team with the same number of points, so that a winner emerged after seven rounds. Each school, including us , fielded several teams and here are our results : Gete III, 14th place, GeteII, 9th place and GeteI, with Jakob, Malte, Moritz and Joschua , 1st place!!
After 6 rounds we faced some strong competition from Mahndorf I and BaumschulenwegI who were leading their group. Jakob and Joschua on boards 1 and 4 had played well all morning but were quickly beaten in the 7th round. Malte and Moritz on boards 2 and 3 knew that everything then depended on them . This provided a very exciting match for the spectators. Moritz won easily having only conceded half a point. This left the last match to Malte who had lost one point. I thought this would put too much pressure on Malte but he proved himself equal to the task and won the the day for us - with this victory we qualify for the German Primary School Chess Championship in May!
The Chess Championship for Gymnasiums was on the 26th and 27th February and both of my teams from Hamburger Str. Gymnasium won. Taking part were 3 ex-Gete Kids, Dmitrij, Long and Jakob G.
Well done everyone!
Michael Kollars

Jumble Sale

Once again the jumble sale wonderfully organized by the School Club. There were lots of people, both buying and selling or just enjoying coffee and cake in the teachers` room.

Carnival 2013

Police Puppet Show

The police puppet show came to our school to perform for the first and second grades.
Road safety was the theme and the kids learnt some important things whilst having a lot of fun with the police officers.

Chess on the Lake

Gete-Kids successful in Bad Zwischenahn!
Right on time for the primary school chess tournament at the end of February our chess players are in top form. On the first day of the winter break, Thursday 31st January, Jakob, Moritz, Malte and Paul took part in the 150th youth competition.
It was a wonderful location, with plenty of room for the161 competitors and a view from the window of the Zwischenahner Lake.
Everyone played 7 rounds in age appropriate groups - in the Over 11`s (20 players) Jakob came 2nd, Moritz 5th and Malte also made it into the top ten. In the Over 10`s (29 players) Joschua, in what was his first singles match,  managed 5th place!
Good job everyone!

Plans for the New School Building

From Monday 4th February we are displaying in the school foyer presentations from the three architects competing to build the school extension. Anyone who is interested can come by between 8 and 4.30 to have a look. In March one of the three will be chosen by jury and work will begin, in cooperation with the school, before the summer. We are expecting the building to be finished by the summer of 2015.

Christmas Concert

At our traditional Christmas concert the string orchestra played and the Zwitscherling and Getekids choirs sang. Over 100 children were very well prepared by Sabine Krivec, Stefanie Adler and Genevieve van der Bent. 
The Parents` Orchestra, led by Elke Rüskamp played beautifully and afterward enjoyed a Christmas party in the teachers` room.