SCI-NMS e.V. bei der 5 x 5 km TEAM-Staffel im Tiergarten

Beim Start mit unserem Schulsport-Verein (SCI-NMS e.V.) haben am 15.06.2017 unsere Schüler erfolgreich an der 18. Berliner Wasserbetriebe 5 x 5 km TEAM-Staffel im Tiergarten teilgenommen. Unser Sport Club International hatte sich mit zwei Staffeln an den Staffel-Läufen beteiligt. In die Gesamtwertung kamen dann auch die Staffeln vom 14. und vom 16. Juni.

The Primary School in Pfalzburger Str. 23 has a shiny new Mensa!

Our Art department, under the guidance of Mrs. Marion Aulinger and Mrs. Doris Schäfer, began to plan for this wonderful project in 2016. Mrs Birgit Kratzheller, a parent in the primary and an artist herself, helped organize it all. The Mensa used to be a very sad and barren space.  Now it beams with a fresh coat of paint, and paper-mâché pizzas and artistic wire sculptures hang from the ceiling, making lunch a brighter, more fun experience for the students.

During one weekend in May, students from 5a, especially Joshua Hyland and Anoush Wehlisch, along with parents and teachers, especially Annemieke Akkermanns, Kelly Stoner and Nathan Jones, painted the Mensa and completely re-decorated it.The decorative art was produced during the WUV course taught by Mrs Schäfer.

Among the parents who deserve special mention are Susanne Wehlisch, Eraine Judd and our GEV chair Paola Aliverti.The festive re-opening -with free pizza for all- took place on Monday, May 22, with many thanks to Z catering for making this happen.This is a great example of our school spirit at the NMS Primary, and I am truly grateful and happy that the project brought such amazing results.

On behalf of the entire team of helpers,
Ina Claussen

Pictures below!

Erfolgreiche Teilnahme am Wilmersdorfer Staffeltag

Am 10. Mai 2017 fand bei guten äußeren Bedingungen der Wilmersdorfer Staffeltag statt. Unser Schulteam startete als Titelverteidiger und Pokalsieger in die Staffelwettkämpfe über je 6 x 400 m.

Frederick Eichhorst, Year 12 student of NMS, youngest participant of Red Bull Youth America’s Cup

Frederick Eichhorst started school at NMS at age five in 2005 (the small pictures are from 2007). With six years Freddie (born Dec 1999) learned how to sail. After having been coached for several years by Florentine Baumann, who (besides her teaching job at NMS) voluntarily worked as district sailing coach for the Optimist Dinghy Class at Lake Wannsee, Frederick became the youngest participant of the International German Championship for Optimist in 2009. He successfully participated in many more national and international sailing regattas ranking top 10 of Germany’s Optimist sailors. After competing in the Olympic sailboat class 470 he soon searched for new challenges and in 2016 first tried out the foiling catamaran class.

NMS-Schülerin hält Unterrichtsstunde am Community Arts Centre in Mthatha, Südafrika

NMS-Schülerin Veza, 9b, war im April 2017 in intensivem Kontakt mit einer Kunstlehrerin der NMS Mvezo in Eastern Cape, Nthuthu Spelman, weil Veza in Absprache mit Fr. Baumann und Hr. Miebs plante, während einer Familienreise durch Südafrika an der NMS-Partnerschule in Mvezo eine Schulstunde zu halten. Das hat nicht geklappt, weil die NMS Mvezo derzeit durch schweres Fahrwasser geht und man dort schlichtweg übersehen hatte, dass Osterferien waren.

Über den Kontakt zu Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein. wurde jedoch ein sehr angenehmer Bezug zum Community Arts Centre in Mthatha hergestellt. Dort hat Veza schließlich Anfang April eine Unterrichtsstunde zu den „Fibonacci-Zahlen und dem Bezug zur Kunst“ gehalten, die auf große Resonanz stieß.

School Team Takes Part in Avon Frauenlauf

On Saturday, the 20th of May, 18 of our students from grade 7 to grade 12 participated in the Avon Frauenlauf: an annual event which raises money for cancer research. Our students took part in the 5 km race. Before the run, all participants warmed up together and took part in a massive mannequin challenge; trying to break the world record. There were 18,000 women in total participating in the various races. There was a very casual, relaxed and friendly atmosphere. As a gift, the girls received goodie bags filled with Avon products.

We would like to thank all the runners for their enthusiasm, Herr Fraikin for lending us the NMS shirts and allowing us to train with him. Thanks also to Cormac and William from 10d, our helpers on the day. Finally, thanks to Melina and Fenya from 10c, and Anna and Paula from 10d and Mrs. McCabe for organizing our school team.

Euripides’ Alcestis

On Tuesday, 25 April 2017 at 19:00, there was a performance of Euripides’ Alcestis in the Aula, P30.

(The first three pictures are from the rehearsals, the last four from the performance.)

Year 11 Students as activists for a Fashion Revolution

Speech 1: Tabea, 11e

Hi everyone, I’m Tabea. As yet another representative of the 11e in accordance to our project “Fashion Revolution”, I think that it is highly important to spread the word about the cause itself.

To summarize this briefly, the very first Fashion Revolution week took place on the 24th to 30th of April 2013. The week is used to encourage people to question the brands that make their clothes and what journey the clothes might have encountered along the way. Currently, there is a large difficulty in the world of fashion. With the emergence of the Fashion Revolution, different brands and retailers continually are challenged to take responsibility for their actions – for the individuals that their businesses so greatly depend on.

Deutsch-polnischer Theater-, Kunst- und Foto-Workshop im Schloss Morawa vom 01.04. bis 05.04.2017

Insgesamt 19 Schüler/-innen aus den Klassen 7 und 8 der NMS fuhren zum Deutsch-polnischen Theater-, Kunst- und Foto-Workshop nach Morawa, Polen.

Am ersten Abend gab es ein Kennenlernen mit den Schüler/-innen der polnischen Partnerschule. Alle Schüler/-innen wurden in sieben gemischte Gruppen (dt./pol.) aufgeteilt, die sich dann später selbst vorstellen mussten.

Young textile explorers in Flex A

To mark Fashion Revolution Week , the non-profit organization Future Fashion Forward (FFF) presented their workshop ‘Do clothes grow on trees?’ on Wednesday, 26 April 2017, to young textile explorers in Flex A. During the interactive workshop the kids showed great interest in examining different fibers and their characteristics with different experiments such as a water absorbency, flame and a crease recovery test. They explored the benefits and drawbacks of the fibers and their resources in regards to sustainability and learned about the stories of the people who help making our clothes.