As part of our current Unit of Inquiry, Healthy Habits,  Grade 1 embarked upon their first field trip of the year this past Monday.

The class visited the Explo, an interactive scientific exposition in Heidelberg. The students had a blast exploring the hands-on exhibits, using all of their senses to make and test their predictions.

In addition, the students practiced lots of physical health as they spent time afterwards stretching their muscles, walking an impressive distance and testing their physical limits  at a nearby playground.

text & photos: Jaqueline Neumann

On Friday, Grades 6-10 , Grade 12, and many of the Secondary School teachers headed to Kletterwald, Speyer for a day of climbing, high ropes and zip lining.

The sun shone and it was great being outdoors, amongst the trees. There was something for everyone: those who were nervous about heights started low and worked their way up and those with more confidence headed straight to the high wires.

It was a great opportunity for all involved to get to know new faces and enjoy a great day of team building.

Thanks to the students for their great attitude and spirt on the day and the teachers for chaperoning – particularly those who ended up chaperoning 10 metres above ground!

In the students own words:

“I’m not stopping for lunch. I’ll eat on the bus back!” Jaden, Grade 6

text & photos: H.I.S.

“Mut zur Wut” (courage to rage) is the title of an exhibition that students from Grade 9 and 10 visited with their German teachers Frau Kress and Frau Schumacher today. The posters on display are from international artists who took part in a competition, choosing political and social issues they wanted to raise awareness for. The posters were also put up in public places in Heidelberg throughout July and August.

Students chose their favourite poster and reflected on its political or social statement. In class students will look into which strategies the artists used to make their statements.

Students reflected on the idea of the poster competition, here are some of their thoughts:

“Ich finde diesen Wettbewerb sehr gut, denn so kommen sehr viele wichtige Themen zusammen für die eine Lösung gefunden werden muss.” (Mica)

“Ich finde die Idee des Wettbewerbs sehr gut, weil es die Aufmerksamkeit auf die Probleme in der Welt lenkt.” (Becca)

Among the topics addressed most often by the artists students listed the following:

“Medienabhängigkeit, Hungersnot, Krieg und Pressefreiheit.” (Benita)

text & photos BK, AS & Grade 9 and 10 students