On December 1, 2023, I went with five students from the 7th, 9th and 11th grades to the annual state meeting of School without Racism - School with Courage.

After celebrating our 15th anniversary at the Festival of Nations a little late and introducing our "Pate" Lars Barragán de Luyz , we had the opportunity to attend several taster workshops. The program consisted of offers from various cooperation partners. The workshops dealt with cyberbullying, how we encounter discrimination, everyday racism in Germany and the historical background to the Middle East conflict. Art education methods were also included: how can I express my emotions with theater or on film? The activities were mainly aimed at pupils from Year 7 upwards and teachers. Active pupils at primary level who were interested and did not feel overwhelmed by more complex topics were also welcome.

The students of the advanced art course (Q1) have been working on staged photography in class and have created photo series based on an individually chosen sustainability goal that deal with the problems of humanity. Although the photos do not exceed the size of DIN A4, their expressiveness is impressive. In the catalog (only in German) accompanying the exhibition (only in German), the students explain their artistic concept and justify their choice of subject.

The photographs can be found in the new P30 building, on the first and second floors and in the stairwell in between.

Last Friday, November 24th 2023, more than 30 students from years 10 to 13 arrived at school at 20:00 PM and engaged in an exciting night solving math problems until 8:00 AM on Saturday. Here is a short graphic insight on our participation for the first time in the “Lange Nacht der Mathematik”! (link to https://www.mathenacht.de)

Welcome to an hour of best soothing entertainment in the dark season.

From November 8 to 12, 2023, 6 middle school students from years 8/9 and 9 upper school students from the IB13 Visual Arts course traveled to Morawa Castle in Lower Silesia, Poland, to work intensively on theater and art projects. The students met Polish peers from nearby Swidnica, with whom they worked as a team on their productions. This year, the theme of all the workshops was "A Different World". Under the direction of Bernard Szulc, who also organized the entire project trip to Poland, the middle school students from the NMS and the Polish partner school created small theater scenes that were performed at the end.

On 15 September 2023, Mr Wingerath and Ms Baumann's advanced art class took part in "De-fashioning Education" at the UdK to learn more about sustainable fashion and recycling old clothes into new pieces.

A week before the excursion, we were given the choice between two workshops: Stitch N’ Bitch or Cradle to Cradle.

On the day of the event, we met at 11 a.m. in front of the UdK Fashion building. Once everyone had gathered, we entered the building and received our workshop wristbands. Finding the workshop room was straightforward, as many of us had participated in a three-day workshop at UdK just a few months prior.

The workshop commenced with a presentation by the two organizers, who shared insights into their backgrounds and what inspired them to start the workshop.

Recently, in an adapted from MIT integral calculus competition, our students from Abitur and IB have come together for the first event of this kind at our school. Coming head-to-head with others in solving definite and indefinite integrals, the Chaotic Integrators team won! 

It was great to see the school community, including teachers and spectators from different grades, come together to enjoy Math! The participants improved their Integration skills, and many said that the event was much better than they expected. See the pictures attached above!

This is a stepping stone in fostering a thriving Math culture at NMS, through events, competitions, and regular club meetings that contribute to helping students gain confidence in the classroom, solve exciting Math puzzles, and take part in various competitions.

If you want to see events like this thrive in our school community, get involved in an existing initiative of the Maths department. We are grateful to the Friends for their support in this and other activities organized by the department.

rstützung bei dieser und anderen vom Fachbereich organisierten Aktivitäten sehr dankbar.

On October 6th, our students participated in a "Terry-Fox-Run" at NMS.

We named this run after Terry Fox, a Canadian, who was diagnosed with cancer when he was 19 years old. Despite his diagnosis, Terry Fox ran all across Canada in order to raise donations for cancer research. In order to honor his legacy and continue to raise donations, schools in Canada have a "Terry-Fox-Run" each year.

It’s that time again! Registration for Year 1 in Berlin schools starts on October 9th, 2023 and runs until October 20th, 2023. 

If you want to register your child for the Nelson Mandela School, click here to learn about the process and to download the registration form.

The students of 9a have a lot "written on their faces" - in this case, song lyrics or lines that the portrayed students have chosen. Fascinating self-portraits in writing have been created at the beginning of this school year 2023_2024, which show a high sensitivity and expressiveness. 

Enclosed is a small selection...enjoy!

Our exchange students from Seville arrived on September 18, 2023! We all are so excited to have them! A mother wrote: "It was wonderful to see our kids full of excitement, waiting for them with all their signs at the airport. We, of course we’re very nervous, but as soon as the children came through the security, hugs were exchanged and everyone was sooo happy."
 

On the 29th of August set off on our trial expedition to Grünheide Mark. We mapped out 28km route ourselves and used only our compass and homemade maps to guide us. We carried our clothes, cookers and tents ourselves on our backs which was definitely taxing. Despite some challenges, like having only brought pasta and having it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Or struggling through rainy weather. In the end we persevered and successfully made it back to the station, we would definitely recommend the program to others - just make sure you're up to the hike! Now that we've done this we all feel much more prepared for the much more challenging real expedition ahead of us.

Amelia, 11d