"I like to play indoors better 'cause that's where all the electrical outlets are"- This was the answer given by a nine-year-old when asked by environmental journalist Richard Louv where he spent his free time.
In this issue, we would like to encourage readers of all ages to "get out into the wild!" and to show what role education can play in this.
It’s important to sensitise children to a sustainable approach to the environment and its resources and strengthen their awareness of this as soon as they start school and nursery. ‘Education for Sustainable Development in Germany’ (BNE) enables each of us to understand the impact of our own actions on the world and take responsible decisions
In 50 years’ time, Kai, Sofia and Noelle still want to be able to sit outside surrounded by lush green trees. To help keep the world green for the next generation, the students at the Josef-Schwarz-Schule take part in an afternoon club planting trees and encouraging environmental awareness among their peers
Photos: Stefan Wieland | Author: Roxane Meger-Guingamp | 2018/1
Together with the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the TÜV Süd Stiftung, the Phorms Campus München has implemented the Rocket Tables pilot project – height-adjustable ergonomic tables for lessons – in a primary school class
AUTHOR: LUISE MARON | PHOTO: PHORMS CAMPUS MÜNCHEN | 2018/1
A different way of doing German lessons for a change: school children from year 3 at the Phorms Campus Frankfurt City started a pen friendship with students at the bilingual German private school in Otjiwarongo (PSO) in Namibia at the beginning of February 2018
Metacognitive teaching strategies in maths lessons – Allison Mills and Hannah Southwood succeed in communicating seemingly complex concepts to year 3 and 4 students in a playful way
The Josef-Schwarz-Schule’s ‘Wissensnetzwerk Schule’ teacher event took place for the first time on April 11, 2018. Teachers from different schools came together to share their experiences and hear fascinating presentations
Finn and Alexander are in year 5 at Phorms Secondary School in Munich. As part of the geography enrichment course*, they and their teacher Elisabeth Hofstetter took part in the school competition ‘Alle für EINE WELT für alle’ (All for ONE WORLD for all) in 2017/2018
Photo: Phorms Education SE | Author: Finn & Alexander | 2018/1
Natascha Sabottka is 11 years old and in year 5 at the Phorms Campus Berlin Mitte. She was introduced to her big passion, acrobatic dance, by the school. She tells us more about this form of expressive dance and her new leading role in ‘Little Muck’, an Oriental dance fairy tale
Do you already know what book you are going to read on your next holiday? Let yourself be inspired by the great book tips from a Phorms student from the Josef-Schwarz-Schule, a teacher from Berlin Mitte and the mother of a student in Hamburg
