Welcome to theWelcome to theEine-Welt-Schule Eine-Welt-Schule

in Mindenin MindenGermanyGermany

Our educational guidelines Our educational guidelines

• Our school is a house to live in for allOur school is a house to live in for all• Our motto is not only to teach the skills and Our motto is not only to teach the skills and

knowledge but to strengthen the child‘s knowledge but to strengthen the child‘s personality and character personality and character

• An African proverb says: ‚It needs a whole village An African proverb says: ‚It needs a whole village to raise a child‘, we need everyone to support usto raise a child‘, we need everyone to support us

• We respect each child‘s individualityWe respect each child‘s individuality• We respect and promote the intercultural variety We respect and promote the intercultural variety

of our schoolof our school• We try to strengthen democratic awarenessWe try to strengthen democratic awareness

How we workHow we work

• Pre- school activities:Pre- school activities:Parents‘ evenings in kindergarten, Parents‘ evenings in kindergarten,

parents can come and see how we work, and getparents can come and see how we work, and get advice in special casesadvice in special cases

• The first two years:The first two years: children aged 5 or 6 years are together in one children aged 5 or 6 years are together in one

class until they are 8 or 9 years old class until they are 8 or 9 years old pupils with special needs learn in separate little pupils with special needs learn in separate little

groupsgroups

How we workHow we work

• How we support our pupils:How we support our pupils:

individual support by weekly plans for individual support by weekly plans for every child,every child,

remedial courses in the morning and remedial courses in the morning and in the afternoonin the afternoon

support for children with special support for children with special talents,talents,

learning how to learnlearning how to learn

How we workHow we work

• Learning with new media resourcesLearning with new media resources

• ComeniusComenius projects, working with our projects, working with our partner schools in Finland and Spain , partner schools in Finland and Spain , exchange of mails between the pupils in exchange of mails between the pupils in EnglishEnglish

• English courses from the first class onEnglish courses from the first class on

• French courses in the 4th classFrench courses in the 4th class

• German courses for children from other German courses for children from other nations, who cannot speak German so wellnations, who cannot speak German so well

Our Our ComeniusComenius partners visited partners visited our school in October, 2008our school in October, 2008

Our time-table

time educational focus on who?where?

7.00 am till 8.00 am looking after the children school assistantsin school

7.30 am till 8.00 am looking after the children teachers, school playground

8.00 am till 8.10 am pupils come, time to speak with parents and pupils

teachers, classrooms

8.10 am till 9.40 am lessons teachers, classrooms

9.40 am till 9.50 am breakfast teachers, classrooms

9.50 am till 10.05 am 1st break, games school playgrounds

10.05 am till 11.35am lessons teachers, classrooms

11.35 am till 11.50 am 2nd break, games school playgrounds

11.50 am till 1.20 pm lessons for the pupils in class 3 and 4 teachers, classrooms

from 11.50 am till 4.00 pm looking after the children, lunch, exercises, study groups, clubs such as music, sports, arts, languages, experiments

school assistants , classrooms, rooms for smaller groups

4.00 pm till 5.30 pm looking after the children school assistants , rooms for smaller groups

Pictures of our school

In the morning, 7 o‘clock

First lessons

Children in the P.E. lesson

break, breakfast

school playground, break

Lunch time

In the afternoon, playing the piano

Classes one and two learn together

Summer festivals

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