Berlin British School
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| type of school | approved substitute school; international supplementary school |
| School number | 04E32 (International Complementary School), 04P39 (Primary School), 04P40 (Integrated Secondary School) |
| founding | 1994 |
| place | Berlin-Westend and Berlin-Grunewald |
| country | Berlin |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 30 '30 " N , 13 ° 14' 13" E |
| carrier | Berlin British School gGmbH |
| student | about 465 |
| management | Georg Müsing (Management) |
| Website | www.berlinbritishschool.de |
The Berlin British School is an international English - speaking all-day school for children from 3 to 18 years in the Berlin district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf . The private school follows the UK curriculum until the end of Key Stage 3 and then teaches the IGCSE (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) program up to the age of 16. The school then follows the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program up to the age of 18. Early Years (the kindergarten and preschool), as well as the high school of the Berlin British School are idyllically situated in the Grunewald , the elementary school is not far from the Berlin Olympic Stadium .
history
In the early 1990s, after the Allies left Berlin, a group of diplomats from the British embassy and interested professionals wanted to carry on the British traditions. In the premises of the former military school - Charlottenburg First School - a primary school and kindergarten with 84 children from 23 nations were opened. In 1999 the kindergarten moved to Grunewald. A day-care center with kindergarten and preschool classes in the middle of the forest became the home of the youngest members of the school community. A year later, the secondary school moved to the site of a former country school home below. Both school locations are in a nature reserve. In 2009 the high school was expanded with a library and science building.
Architecture and buildings
The Primary School is in a one-story building in Berlin-Westend near the Olympic Stadium. The building dates from the 1950s and was previously used by the British Military School. The Secondary School in Grunewald consists of several small buildings spread over the forest property. The technical lessons were grouped in the buildings according to subject areas. The Freymuth-Brumby Building, financed with funds from the foundation of the national German class lottery , was completed in 2009 and houses the library, physics and chemistry laboratories as well as the English department. The building was built as a passive house. A sports field is part of the senior school grounds.
Educational work and equipment
- Early Years Foundation Stage
In the Early Years School, the three- to six-year-old children are taught according to the Foundation Stage curriculum (early childhood education) and the first year of school and also according to the Berlin curriculum.
- Key stages 1 and 2
The Primary School is the elementary school for children from 6 to 11 years old (grade 2 to 6). It builds on kindergarten, preschool and first grade. The school uses elements of the English National Curriculum with appropriate modifications to impart intercultural understanding.
- Key stages 3 and 4
In the Secondary School , students are taught grades 7 to 13. In grades 7 to 11 the school is not academically selective, but we insist that the students have at least sufficient knowledge of English. In grades 10 and 11, a two-year training course prepares students for the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE, comparable to the secondary school leaving certificate) in up to ten subjects. Students who have passed the IGCSE can then attend grades 12 and 13, which are being prepared for the International Baccalaureate Diploma program (International Abitur graduation program), a qualification recognized by international universities and also in Germany.
- International Baccalaureate Diploma Program
The two-year IB program is divided into 6 subjects, from which each student has to choose a subject: first and second foreign language, social studies, experimental natural sciences, mathematics and computer science, art and music. Each student is also asked to write an essay about participating in activities outside of class, including sports, charities (CAS), and the interdisciplinary Theory of Knowledge (ToK), which is designed to teach students how to acquire knowledge.
- Remedial classes
Children can be supported within the framework of a support plan that is tailored to the individual needs of a student. The support plan is drawn up in cooperation with the class teacher, the subject teacher, the teaching assistant or the coordinator of the support measure.
Additional offers
- Working groups / activities
The school offers various projects and working groups during the lunch break or after school, such as music projects, handicraft courses and sports. The music teachers study instrumental concerts, choir concerts or musicals with students from different grades. Day or week trips are also organized for the students.
- Hoard
After-school care is offered after 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- Uniforms, house system
Following the British model, every child wears a school uniform during class and when exercising . The house system is organized according to the British model. Teachers and students are assigned to the four buildings. This system is intended to strengthen team spirit across all ages.
additional
The parents' association, the so-called Parent Teacher Association, organizes fundraising events to support the school. Every summer there is a summer festival where larger sums of money are raised to buy playground equipment, school kitchen equipment or musical instruments.
At the German International Schools Sports Tournaments (GISST), the BBS regularly takes part in sports competitions between international schools all over Germany. Every year the school organizes the cross-country race in Grunewald.
Charities: the students themselves and a charitable group within the school collect donations on days when there are no uniforms or at other events for children in India and Berlin, for example. At Christmas time, Christmas trees were set up at each location with the wishes of children in need, which could then be met with a donation.
Memberships
- Council of British International Schools (COBIS)
- University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE)
- European Council of International Schools (ECIS)
- Council of International Schools (CIS)
- International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO)
- Association of German International Schools (AGIS)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Berlin British School - International Complementary School. In: berlin.de. Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family, September 19, 2008, accessed on October 19, 2017 .