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Kindergarten

A celebration of lights

It was the first big joint event in the new kindergarten at the Fasangarten location: On 19 November the light festival took place in the kindergarten.

In the late afternoon, the focus was on the topic of light, which is particularly important now in the dark season of the year. The children and their parents gathered around many small self-designed lights in the middle of the garden, creating a very special atmosphere. Songs were sung in German, French and English, all with the theme of light or candlelight.

No light, no shadow - this was shown by the shadow theatre, which children from different groups performed to the sounds of Antonio Vivaldi's "Four Seasons". When it was already quite dark, the preschool children showed a fire dance to the music of Carmina Burana around the many little lights. The movement of the cloths and the flickering of the candlelight created an impressive atmosphere.

The highlight of the program was the lighting of the chain of lights. Each child had a candle. The first one was lit and the fire was passed from candle to candle until everyone was lit. So the children could experience that light becomes brighter and brighter when you share it with others.

The evening ended with a great buffet with lots of goodies, punch and cocoa. The kindergarten children had baked cookies together with some parents in the morning. The kindergarten team of the European School Munich would like to thank all parents who contributed to the success of the evening.

The first weeks in kindergarten

About three weeks ago, the kindergarten children ceremoniously cut the red ribbon for the move into the new Fasangarten site. In the meantime, everyone has settled in well.

Thanks to the largely good autumn weather, the children have already been able to explore the fantastic new outdoor area: There are large lawns for running and playing football, various wooden climbing frames, a sand and water playground and two beautiful swings. The enthusiasm radiates from many happy children's eyes.

Last week the kindergarten children ate lunch for the first time in the Mensa of the primary school building. For the youngest of the European School Munich it is very exciting to go to the big school.

This week the children learned about the flower of respect. Through this flower the children learn in a playful way what is important for a good community: respect for themselves, for other children, for adults, the environment and property. Among other things, the children made brooches that show the respect flower from modelling clay. Because there is now an oven in the new kindergarten, these could be baked hard. As symbols of respect, they can now be attached to the clothes.

The European School Munich, its kindergarten teachers and staff wish everyone a happy year!
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Primary School

Christmas time in Primary School

Last Thursday St. Nikolaus came to the Primary School of the European School Munich at Fasangarten. The children of the first and second classes welcomed him in the courtyard. The Dutch class sang songs for Sinterklaas, as Nikolaus is called in the Netherlands, accompanied by the guitar of their teacher Marcel van de Sanden. St. Nicholas then spoke to the pupils in their mother tongue, praising their achievements and giving them small gifts. The pupils thanked him with songs and poems.

Christmas spirit is also returning to primary school everywhere else. The children of the third to fifth grades from the various language sections worked together to create motifs from the Christmas story, which now adorn the windows to the courtyard. On Thursday there will be an Advent and Christmas market. On Friday the ESM primary school celebrates a tradition from the Scandinavian countries with the Luciafest. The "Queen of Lights" St. Lucia wears a wreath of lights on her head. She is always welcomed on 13 December with an atmospheric concert of traditional Scandinavian songs.

The European School Munich would like to thank the many helpers who make it possible every year to celebrate Christmas in so many ways.

Healthy food with the organic bread box

All first graders received a healthy snack in an organic bread box on 17 October. The reusable bread boxes with matching water bottles contained products from organic farming, such as slices of different types of bread, plum puree, a fresh carrot and cheese. There was also a booklet, in which children can playfully learn a lot about healthy eating. In the classrooms, the schoolchildren later occupied themselves with the nutrition pyramid for a long time. They made their own vegetable pictures based on the model of the Milan painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo and ate a healthy breakfast together.

The Munich organic bread box campaign is under the patronage of Munich's mayor Dieter Reiter and the Bavarian Education Minister Professor Dr. Michael Piazolo. It clearly shows what a healthy school breakfast can look like and helps to sharpen ecological awareness and communicate it in a fun way. In this way, children can be sensitised from the first year of school to ensure a healthy diet. Eating together is not only a social ritual, but also an environmental and health issue and can be seen as part of a social responsibility towards sustainable food production.
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Secondary School

MUNoM 2019: Debates on the future

At this year's 16th MUNoM Conference, a topic that is of great interest to both world politics and students today was at the top of the agenda: Sustainability. MUNoM stands for Model United Nations of Munich and is an international conference where students slip into the roles of delegates from different countries to debate and work on content for four days. From the very beginning, it became clear that the buzzword of sustainability inspires many discussions.

At the opening ceremony on 12 November at the Hans Seidel Foundation, Nellie Simon, Vice-President of the European Patent Office, (left in the picture next to Maggie Banatte-Schuster) spoke about sustainability and technical progress. MUNoM Secretary General Lisa Cunney pointed out the different types of sustainability: Not only the environmental aspects, but also economic, political and social sustainability should be a topic at MUNoM. After motivating speeches by Christian Waedt, who supervises and organises MUNoM as a teacher, and ESM Director Anton Hrovath, Martin Geilhufe of BUND Naturschutz in Bayern, once again drew attention to the urgency of the topic.

With these thought-provoking impulses the pupils, who had travelled from many countries, threw themselves into the committee work. MUNoM is more simulation than game, the conference imitates the model of the UN General Assembly relatively close. The goals are to convey a realistic picture of political processes, to arouse interest in topics, to develop arguments and to train debating.

This year the MUNoM Conference again ended with many successfully adopted resolutions. The European School Munich and the organizers thank all participants for their commitment and look forward to the continuation in the coming year.

Further information can be found here and on the MUNoM website.

Further information can be found here here and on the MUNoM-Website.

Friday for Fitness: European School Sports Day

The European School Munich took part in the European School Sports Day on Friday 27 September. About 100 pupils met for dancing in the gymnasium at the Neuperlach site. With this dance the ESM took part in a competition of the Landesverband des Deutschen Sportlehrer-Verbands (DSLV) with a filmed video clip - and won a prize for its outstanding performance. The school congratulates all participants, the prize in the form of new sports equipment will benefit the pupils. The campaign was supported by the Kleine-Nestler-Schule Munich, the vocational school for state-certified gymnastics teachers.

A detailed report of the Süddeutsche Zeitung can be found here.

Information about the European School Sport Day can be found here.

 
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