Monthly Archives: December 2021
Historical Christmas Greetings
Tradition dates back to 19th century
Grade nine and ten students have been working on making Christmas cards based on historic images in I&S class this week.
Some students were also inspired to make their own designs. Seasonal greeting cards became popular already in the nineteenth century and brought comfort during times of crisis in the twentieth century.
Some hand-made cards have been distributed in school yesterday and today.
KG
A Journey Through Time
Grade 5 learned about their ancestors
Grade 5 experienced a journey through time during their guided tour at the Kurpfälzisches Museum in Heidelberg!
We started 600,000 years ago with the lower jaw of Homo Heidelbergensis, went on to the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age (Celts), “climbed” the Heiligenberg to learn even more about the Celts and ended with the Romans and Mithras.
Our Grade 5 students knew very well how to wear a Roman tunic with dignity and pride and were able to take home a lot of new information from their trip.
SH
Der Nikolaus war da!
Last week, students in EP, Grade 1 and Grade 2 were busy making their Nikolaus boots.
Each December 6, children in Germany celebrate ‘St. Nikolaus Day’. Children traditionally clean their boots the night before the 6 of December and put it outside their door. Sankt Nikolaus then fills the cleaned boots with sweets, fruits or small gifts.
The custom originates from the historical Sankt Nikolaus who had a reputation for leaving secret gifts, such as coins, in people’s shoes overnight.
When the students on the ground floor came to school in the morning, they found a sweet little surprise in their boot.
StSt
Duke of Edinburgh Award Challenge
2nd Practice walk required map reading skills
On the 14th November, an intrepid group of Grade 10 students set off from Eberbach Station in 3 groups to try to complete a map reading challenge set by Mr. Parkes.
This was the second practice walk for the students as they prepare for the Duke of Edinburgh Challenge 3 day hike in the summer of 2022. They would need to visit several points on a route using a detailed map of the area around the wonderful meadows and woodlands (and hills!) of Breitenstein, an area protected because of its outstanding natural beauty – really worth a visit sometime!
The group needed to visit all the checkpoints and take photographs of themselves in order to prove the entire group had been there. After a minor wrong turn coming out of Eberbach which cost all the groups one or two extra kilometers, the students powered along the course to find Mr. Knowles and Mr. Parkes waiting at one of the checkpoints.
This was the moment when the groups could choose to use a compass bearing to shorten their route and head across country to a nearby hill and a welcome hot chocolate and refreshments provided by 2 amazing Grade 11 CAS students.
Successful use of a map and compass will be essential on the 3 day hike which the students plan and walk themselves, carrying tents and provisions – a kilometer saved by good map reading really will be worth it! All groups took their compass bearings successfully and headed across the open countryside to the refreshments.
A big thank you to all the students who participated and to the teachers and Grade 11 students who were there as the back up team.
NP
RC BRICK Pot – What?
The Learner Profile presented by Grade 7
RC BRICK POT – is an abbreviation for all the IB Learner Profile attributes. As one of their Community and Service projects, Grade 7 students created a presentation about the Learner Profile attributes in German. In groups they presented this to PYP German classes.
Grade 7 students prepared different scenarios for each of the Learner Profile attributes and our PYP students had to match the attributes that fitted best. Afterwards students were asked to draw their hands and to write Learner Profile attributes on each other’s hands.
After the grade 7 students left, we brainstormed how we could implement the IB Learner Profile more into the German lessons. Our students had some excellent ideas that we will look into and develop further.
Thank you very much, Grade 7, you did a fantastic job!
SH